Why "best read" and not "right answer"?

Because hockey isn't chess. A drop pass that gets picked off was still the right read if the defender made an unusual play. We grade the read against what the defense was actually showing — the same way a coach grades video the next day.

Is three seconds realistic? In a game I have less.

Three seconds is the read window — you also get the time to perceive the scene. In Week 3 we cut the window to 2.0s and at our pro tier (when you join a team), we go to 1.2s with motion clips. The static three-second rep is the foundation, not the ceiling.

Will this help an 11-year-old?

Yes — and we have a separate U13 library with simpler scenarios (mostly 2-on-1, 1-on-1, basic breakouts). Younger players gain the most because reads compound: getting good at seeing the ice at 12 means you spend the next ten years getting to the right spot earlier.

What's the difference between this and watching film?

Film is passive — you absorb. Decision Trainer is active — you commit. The brain encodes a choice you made differently than one you watched. We borrow this from chess and surgical training, both fields where the gap between watching and doing is documented.

Do I need a coach to use this?

No. The default 12-rep daily session covers the whole ice surface and surfaces your gaps. If you do have a coach, the team tier unlocks custom assignments, shared dashboards, and clip uploads.

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TOOLS / 06 OF 12 · DECISION LAB

DECISION
TRAINER.

Skating is trained on the ice. Reads are trained anywhere. We freeze NHL and pro-junior scenarios at the decision moment, let you read the whole sheet at your own pace — we time how fast you commit, never fail you on a clock — and grade your choice against what wins on tape. Twelve reps a day, four weeks, see the difference at puck drop.

340+

SCENARIOS IN LIBRARY

OZ · NZ · DZ · ST

∞

NO FAIL CLOCK

Decide when you see it

REPS PER SESSION

~6 minutes a day

▸ PROS DECIDE IN 0.4S · AMATEURS IN 1.6S▸ THE BEST PASS IS THE ONE YOU SEE BEFORE YOU NEED IT▸ WRONG READ AT FULL SPEED BEATS RIGHT READ STANDING STILL▸ YOU CAN'T COACH IT INTO SOMEONE · YOU CAN REP IT IN▸ BEHIND THE PLAY IS A SCANNING PROBLEM▸ YOUR EYES MUST MOVE BEFORE THE PUCK▸ EVERY SHIFT IS 8-12 DECISIONS

● OFFENSIVE ZONE3-on-2 · WEAK SIDE

You carry up the wall. Strong-side D pinches. Center is late.

REP01/8

TOP-DOWN · OZ_OZ-3V2-LATE

17:42 · 2nd · TIED 1–1

TIME TO READ

NO CLOCK · READ IT, THEN COMMIT

0.0s

HOVER A CHOICE TO SEE THE LANE · CLICK TO COMMIT

SESSION · LIVE

ID EHQ-DEC-0000

◆ ACCURACY

0 / 0 BEST READS

AVG TIME

0.00s

BEST STREAK

0×

REPS · LIVE LOG

◆ DECISION TENDENCY

START REPPING TO SEE YOUR TENDENCY

◆ ACCURACY BY ZONE

WAITING ON FIRST REP …

● METHOD

HOW A REP GETS GRADED.

Four signals. No fail clock — read it at your pace, we just time you. Every rep is scored against decisions tracked across 18,000+ tagged NHL clips and 2,200 tagged junior/college reps from our partner programs.

01OPTION

Did you pick the best read?

Every scenario has one BEST, sometimes one OK, and two wrong reads. BEST scores full points; OK scores half; wrong scores zero.

02TIMING

How fast did you commit?

Time-to-decision is logged on every rep. Faster correct decisions score higher — and slow correct picks flag a scanning issue we can drill.

03VALUE

What was the play worth?

We grade picks against expected net goals — a model trained on the same 18k clips. A correct +0.30 pass is worth more than a correct dump.

04PROFILE

Are you balanced — or one-note?

A player who never shoots is a problem. We track your distribution across pass / shoot / carry / safe and surface gaps for your coach.

● LIBRARY

340 SCENARIOS, SIX BUCKETS.

Tagged by zone, situation, and decision type. Your daily session pulls from the buckets you're weakest in — or the ones your coach wants you working on.

OFFENSIVE ZONE

82 REPS

~45m

▸Zone entries · 5v5
▸Cycle reads
▸Net-front retrievals
▸2-on-1 / 3-on-2 conversions
▸Walk-out from behind net

NEUTRAL ZONE

68 REPS

~36m

▸Forecheck breaks
▸Drop pass reads
▸Stretch options
▸Regroup decisions
▸Mid-ice puck battles

DEFENSIVE ZONE

74 REPS

~40m

▸Breakouts under pressure
▸1-on-1 down low
▸Coverage assignments
▸F1/F2 retrieval reads
▸Bumper / weak-side rotation

POWER PLAY

58 REPS

~30m

▸Controlled entry · 4-on-3 / 5-on-4
▸Bumper feeds
▸One-timer setup
▸Reset to point
▸Cross-seam timing

PENALTY KILL

38 REPS

~22m

▸Clear vs ice
▸Faceoff loss responses
▸Pressure trigger reads
▸PK breakouts

SPECIAL · END-GAME

20 REPS

~14m

▸Empty-net management
▸6-on-5 reads
▸Last-minute defensive zone
▸Pulled-goalie offense

● PROGRAM

FOUR WEEKS, MEASURABLE GAIN.

We don't grade for fun — average +19% accuracy after 28 days, tracked across the first 1,400 athletes through the program. Most gain comes from PK and DZ, where dwell-time kills.

WK 01

~6 MIN / DAY

BASELINE

Mixed reps across all six buckets. We build your decision profile and find the holes.

EXPECTEDBASELINE ACC.

WK 02

~6 MIN / DAY

BIASES

Targets your two weakest zones with extra reps. Expect more PK and DZ if your baseline showed it.

EXPECTED+8% ACC.

WK 03

~6 MIN / DAY

PRESSURE

We start surfacing your slow reads and push you to commit earlier — same scenarios, less dwell, faster time-to-decide.

EXPECTED+14% ACC.

WK 04

~6 MIN / DAY

TRANSFER

Linked reps — your decision in Rep 03 sets up Rep 04. Trains anticipation, not just recognition.

EXPECTED+19% ACC.

● FOR COACHES

ASSIGN A LOOK.
SEE WHO CAN READ IT.

Push a 12-rep session to your roster on Tuesday. By Friday you've got a heat map of which lines see the play and which don't. Use it to set lines, set PK pairs, or just settle who actually understands the breakout.

ROSTER-WIDE ASSIGNMENTSPush to a line, a pair, a position group, or the whole team.

DECISION HEAT MAPSPer-player accuracy by zone, with time-to-decision distributions.

CUSTOM SCENARIOSUpload your own clips · we tag the read points and verdicts.

GAME-WEEK PREPBuild a session from your scouting report. Reps mirror Thursday's opponent.

COACH PANEL · MOCK

U18 AAA — Breakouts Under Pressure

WK 3 · ASSIGNED TUE

PLAYER

REP 1

REP 2

REP 3

REP 4

REP 5

REP 6

#17 RANTANEN, M.

92%

#9 MAKAR, B.

100%

#22 JOHANSSON, P.

75%

#4 ARMSTRONG, T.

75%

#14 LEHTONEN, I.

58%

#11 BORZECKI, K.

83%

#6 PETROV, V.

50%

BESTOKWRONGTEAM AVG · 76%

● FROM THE BENCH

“You can't skate the read in. You either see it before it happens, or you don't. This is the first tool I've used that drills the seeing.”

A. ROSSI

AHL HEAD COACH · 11 SEASONS

“My 14-year-old reads breakouts like she's 18. Six minutes a day for eight weeks. The kids who do this look slower because they're always early.”

M. KAPRANOS

U16 DIRECTOR · MINNESOTA

“We pushed PK reps to our second unit before a Wednesday game. Killed 7 of 7 that weekend. Could be a coincidence. We're not stopping.”

COACH B. HEDIN

NCAA D1 ASSISTANT

● FAQ

QUESTIONS BEFORE
YOUR FIRST REP.

What players, parents, and coaches ask before they commit six minutes a day to this.

A mix. The core library is 18,000+ NHL clips, tagged at the decision moment by a panel of pro and junior coaches. We add ~2,200 junior/college reps from our partner programs each season — vetted with the same tagging protocol so the verdicts stay consistent across levels.

△ NOTE

Verdicts reflect aggregate decision quality, not a single absolute right answer. The same scenario can have a different best read against a different defender — we tag for the read most likely to produce a positive outcome on tape, not the only possible one.

DECISION
TRAINER.

ASSIGN A LOOK.
SEE WHO CAN READ IT.

ROSTER-WIDE ASSIGNMENTSPush to a line, a pair, a position group, or the whole team.

DECISION HEAT MAPSPer-player accuracy by zone, with time-to-decision distributions.

CUSTOM SCENARIOSUpload your own clips · we tag the read points and verdicts.

GAME-WEEK PREPBuild a session from your scouting report. Reps mirror Thursday's opponent.

DECISIONTRAINER.

HOW A REP GETS GRADED.

340 SCENARIOS, SIX BUCKETS.

FOUR WEEKS, MEASURABLE GAIN.

ASSIGN A LOOK.SEE WHO CAN READ IT.

QUESTIONS BEFOREYOUR FIRST REP.

DECISIONTRAINER.

HOW A REP GETS GRADED.

340 SCENARIOS, SIX BUCKETS.

FOUR WEEKS, MEASURABLE GAIN.

ASSIGN A LOOK.SEE WHO CAN READ IT.

QUESTIONS BEFOREYOUR FIRST REP.

DECISION
TRAINER.

ASSIGN A LOOK.
SEE WHO CAN READ IT.

QUESTIONS BEFORE
YOUR FIRST REP.

DECISION
TRAINER.

ASSIGN A LOOK.
SEE WHO CAN READ IT.

QUESTIONS BEFORE
YOUR FIRST REP.