Knowledge Graph

Hockey as one connected system

Pick any node to see what it depends on, what it unlocks, and which team systems it lives inside. This is the organization layer that makes Atlas more than a drill library.

Connection map

Prerequisites feed in from the left, related reads sit above, unlocked concepts flow out to the right, and the team systems this concept lives inside anchor the bottom. Select any node to re-center the map.

Scanning before the puck arrives depends on nothing — it is an entry point.

It unlocks Buying time and using space, Support triangles, Pressured retrievals, Weak-side reads.

Related reads: Buying time and using space, Support triangles, Pressured retrievals, Goalie pre-shot reads.

Lives inside: Breakout.

Browse by category

Every concept in the graph, grouped by the capability it builds. Selecting one re-centers the map above.

Hockey IQ

Reads, timing, space and decisions

Skating

Edges, transitions, pace control

Puck Skills

Receiving, protecting, delivering

Positions

Role-specific responsibility

Systems

How five players share the ice

Practice

How reps are designed

Mental Performance

Attention, composure, routine

Off-Ice

Movement quality and durability

Equipment

Gear that changes technique

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Scanning before the puck arrives

When should you look, and what are you actually looking for?

Information gathered before reception decides how much time you appear to have with the puck.

AnticipationVisual habitDecision speed

Open lesson

Depends on

Entry point — no prerequisites.

Unlocks

Buying time and using spaceHow do good players create a half-second that nobody gave them?Not started Support trianglesWhere should you be when a teammate has the puck under pressure?Not started Pressured retrievalsHow do you win the puck behind your own net when a forechecker is arriving?Not started Weak-side readsWhat is the far-side winger doing while the puck is on the other wall?Not started

Shared team systems

Individual concepts connect upward into how a team plays.

Breakout

Three lanes, five timed roles, adapted to the forecheck in front of you.

D-Zone Coverage

Slot first, handoffs called, stick lanes before puck pressure.

Neutral Zone

Deny the middle, force wall entries, hold a tight gap at the line.

Forecheck

F1 removes, F2 hunts, F3 and D hold the escape routes.

Cycle & O-Zone

Move defenders with the puck until an interior lane appears.

The graph shown here is a representative slice of hockey, not an exhaustive catalog. Every edge was authored as teaching material for this prototype.