You're right Liam, it will take a while. That's why I said 5-10 years. I remember when I first started in mid 80s that players were taking 3-5 years to get some of the fundamental stuff down and that was because not many were doing it, at least not in the US. Now with everyone stick handling the new players get it within months, not years. It will be the same thing.

Now once those skills are in the game as a fundamental, you will see change. Imagine a pass is made and intercepted, the defender can go many directions with the puck so a shoot and chase at the defender's stick may not work. Where now if the shot is blocked it generally comes down within a half-meter spot so you can charge that spot and have a great chance at coming away with the puck. If you shoot and charge and the defender just tips it over to his other side as he rolls, you are out of the play, and he has the puck with open pool.

Look at the futbol guy that dribbles on his forehead as he runs through the crowd of defenders... how many have gone on to the field and tried that? Some will get it, some won't. Usually it's the older guys that won't and they end up out of the game at some point soon anyway. But the new guys will pick it up as "normal" from the beginning so they will work on it and work it into their fundamental skill set. Takes 10 years to be good at something I recall seeing in one of these threads. If you buy that and the new guys are watching these videos, then the timeframe is spot on, right?

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