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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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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Description 1. Glide Turns/Passing/Shot – Player leaves from line with puck, glide turn at first cone and passes to coach, player then glides around 2nd cone and receives pass from coach, player dekes cones and gets shot on net. (switch sides half way through to work on receiving pass from both sides). 2. Transition/Passing/Shot –
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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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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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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
Description Drill 1 (Right side of Practice Plan) – 2 D begin at top of circles, 3 F’s are stationary on blue line. On coaches whistle D back pedal and pick up puck in corner, they can either skate puck behind the net or make a D to D pass behind the net (Coach can
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Description Cross Ice 3 on 3 – Split player up into 6 teams and set up 3 games of 3 on 3 cross ice, 1 game in each zone.
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Description Drill 1 – 2-1 Out of Corner: D starts on the dot, 2 F’s start in corner, D skates backward to corner to pick up puck then passes to F at top cone and come up and transitions for 2-1. 2 F’s skate up around top cone and receive pass from D, then attack
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Description Drill 1 – Players begin on blue line (can run drill from both sides of the ice)– Player skates to hash marks, side stop facing the middle of ice– Player then skates to cone and glides around cone– Player picks up puck and takes shot on net (could add passes from line or from
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Description Players are lined-up on all 4 NZ dots, with coaches at the bottom of the centre ice circle with pucks. Players stand stationary, in a 3 point stance showing their backhand as a target (best when separated based on handedness). Players receive a BH pass from coach, and begin skating toward the net/obstacle. Players
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Description Players are lined-up at all four bluelines with pucks. There is a cone infront of them near the redline, a stick by the blueline, and 3 cones in a large triangle infront of the net. Coaches can place themselves in the middle of this triangle to mimic a defender. The drill begins with player
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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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Description Players start on the blue linesPlayers leave on the whistle and race the player across from themOption 1: Glide Turn RaceOption 2: Transition RaceOption 3: Backward Skating RaceOption 4: Stop/Start Race
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