Center Lag Timing Drill
Click Here for a printout of the Center Lag Timing Drill that you can bring to the rink with you.
Timing in hockey is a skill that requires not only physical ability, but mental ability as well. It is not uncommon to see young players buzzing around in practices or games – they appear to only have one speed: FULL SPEED. Since they’re working hard, they think they’re doing a good job… In reality, it is the player who arrives in the right spot, at the right time, with speed that will be the most effective.
Teach your players to pass to designated receiving areas, not necessarily to players. The responsibility lies with the receiver to make the play work. The receiver must select the proper route to the receiving zone so that he arrives on time, with speed. He must be ready to receive the puck when the passer is ready to give it to him, that’s timing!
Note: Passing & Timing go hand-in-hand. Make sure you take a look at our video on passing technique as well!
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Themocracy
This one is a fun one. When you ran this one at practice on Friday Keisha said “I have been wanting to do this drill all year!”
Jeremy,
Nice drill for OZ entry. As another option you could have the skater driving wide curl to the boards to open up time & space and than make their pass.
John
Absolutely! One of the things I like about this drill is the fact that you can work so many different attack options from it.