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Bracket Turn/Transition Turn Drills

Description Bracket Turn/Transition Turn Progression 1. Bracket Turn – Players leave from hash marks, pass puck to coach, bracket turn around cone (keeping eyes on the puck, cross over to pick up speed) receive pass from coach and shoot. 2. Bracket Turn with Support – 2 Players leave from hash marks, P1 gives pass to

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Backward Cross Over with Shot 2 Teams

Description Both drill start off the same way with players lined up on hash marks Option 1: Player 1 does backward cross overs around the circle and retrieves puck from cornerPlayer 2 leaves skating forward and gliding around pylonsPlayer 1 passes to player 2 for a shotPlayer 1 then skates around face off dot and

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4 Shooting Variation Warm-Up #2

Description **Run each Drill in all 4 zones, switch sides, then run 2nd drill in all 4 zones, then 3rd drill…** Drill 1 – Puck Control/Passing/Deke and Shoot – Player leaves from hash marks controls puck around cones, pass to Coach, Coach returns pass to player, player dekes cones and shoots. Drill 2 – Opening

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4 Station Puck Protection

Description Drill 1: 2-1 down low. Player 1 and 2 leave when coach dumps puck in corner. Player 1 is on offence player 2 is on defence, they battle below the goal line, player 1 tries to find player 3 who skated around cone and into net front scoring area. Player 3 must continue to

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4 Race Stations

Description If players can be separated by colours to have 2 different colours in each zone, this may help with some of the races and games. 1. Glide Turn Race – Players begin beside the net, on coaches go players skate to far cone and glide to bottom cone up around 3rd cone. Coach leaves

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1 on 1 to 2 on 2 to 3 on 2

Description Drill starts at one of the face-off dots when the coach chips a puck into the corner and the first two players battle 1-on-1 on the whistle. Red player is forward and tries to take the puck to the net after beating D. Black player is defence and tries to stop forward and clear

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Full Ice Angling Drill (Positional)

Description Forwards are lined-up in opposite corners, with defence on the same sides at the blue line. D1 starts on the wall, with D2 in the middle of the ice. On the whistle, F1 and F2 leave around the circle, both carrying a puck for a shot each. After F1 shoots, they grab a puck

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1v1, Shooting Under Pressure

Description X’s play 1vs1 down low in the corner 5-7 sec (if puck pops out coach throws another in)On whistle puck carrier passes to X1 in line and receives puck back for a quick shot, then adds pressure to 2nd shooter coming down far sideOn whistle non puck carrier skates down boards and receives pass

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1-Touch, Movement on Shot

Description X1 skates backwards, X2 skates forward and they one touch pass at far blue line X2 attacks X1 for shotX1 skates towards opposite line and receives a chip pass off of boards and attacks opposite X2 for shot. (X1 must react/fake X2 in order to create a shot lane)

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1-1 Simple with 2-1 Option

Description 1-1 Option:On whistle D skates behind net with puck and makes pass to FF then skates up to far cone and attacks D who pivots and near cone and play 1-1*Make sure to alternate sides 2-1 Option:On whistle D skates behind net with puck and makes pass to F, second F leaves for far

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Cross Over Race into a 2vs2

Description Players line up on all 4 blue lines (lines in the neutral zone)X1 from each line leaves on the whistle, skates down the boards, crosses over around the bottom of the circle and glides up and around the cone and race for the puck vs opposite X1X2’s from opposite lines are teammates, leave on

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4 Station Compete Drills

Description Drill 1 – 1/2 Figure 8 Race – Players begin at blue line, skate outside of cones glide at bottom cone and through cones to top cone, glide and race for puck that coach leaves out.Drill 2 – Glide turn Race – Players leave from hash marks, both players glide around 3 cones and

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