BUIHA Approach
Program Overview
Welcome to the BUIHA development programme! This programme has been based on an injury epidemiology study in 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 seasons (Aittasalo, 2020) which identified weaknesses in players body contact use and knowledge leading to alarming rates of injury. Particularly head injuries and poor knowledge of illegal contact rules raised concern of players education level and safety awareness.
Player development is of course not only made up of contact knowledge and awareness, and emphasis should be kept on overall development consisting of puck handling, shooting, passing, receiving, game tactics, game sense, off-ice conditioning, and teamwork to name a few. However, this gap has been identified as a key limiting factor in BUIHA players leading it to be the focus of this ‘program.
