Perpetual Breakout Drill Mimics Passing Patterns Often Encountered in Games
The Perpetual Breakout is a great drill to develop hockey breakout abilities in a high-tempo, flow and timing setting. Here’s what the drill looks like:
Perpetual Breakout Explanation:
1. “Ghost man” passers start the drill by shooting then picking up a puck behind the net to initiate the breakout
2. Low forward simulates winger, and swings in to pick up board-side breakout pass
3. High forward swings through and acts as the centerman providing middle support
4. winger one-touches to center, who attacks and shoots, then initiates breakout in far zone
5. winger moves to middle line.
NOTE: winger can swing from top down, or from bottom up, depending on your team’s breakout set up.
Here’s a Fantastic Hockey Warm-up Drill with a Five-Phase Progression!
The 4 Blueline Warm-up is part of the Scott Fukami drill collections available through DrillDraw. If you already own DrillDraw, you should really take a look at these. They’re phenomenal. This drill has 5 phases, or sequences. Here’s what they look like:
PHASE 1:
**Drill starts on the whistle. Both ends at the same time.
On the whistle, (1) skates across the blueline and makes a pass to (2). Return pass to (1) for a shot on the (G).
Stretch Pass : see Seq. # 2.
PHASE 2:
**Drill starts on the whistle. Both ends at the same time.
Stretch Pass :
On the whistle, (1) skates across the blueline and makes a pass to (2). Return pass to (1). (1) makes a pass to (3) and continues to the blueline. (3) makes a stretch pass to (1) on the opposite blueline for a shot on the (G).
Full-circle Stretch Pass : see Seq. # 3.
PHASE 3:
**Drill starts on the whistle. Both ends at the same time.
Full-circle Stretch Pass : (only one side shown)
On the whistle, (1) skates across the blueline and makes a pass to (2). Return pass to (1). (1) makes a pass to (3) and continues full-circle to the opposite blueline. (3) makes a stretch pass to (1) on the opposite blueline for a shot on the (G).
Double Regroup Stretch Pass : see Seq. # 4.
PHASE 4:
**Drill starts on the whistle. Both ends at the same time.
Double Regroup Stretch Pass : (only one side shown)
On the whistle, (1) skates across the blueline and makes a pass to (2). Return pass to (1). (1) makes a pass to (3) and continues full-circle to the opposite blueline. (1) turns to the boards. (3) makes a stretch pass to (1) for a shot on the (G).
PHASE 5:
**Drill starts on the whistle. Both ends at the same time.
Mohawk Turn Stretch Pass : (only one side shown)
On the whistle, (1) skates across the blueline and makes a pass to (2). Return pass to (1). (1) makes a pass to (3) and makes a mohawk turn to the boards. (3) makes a cross-ice pass to (2). (2) makes a stretch pass to (1) on the opposite blueline for a shot on the (G).
Enjoy!!
CLICK HERE for a PDF of the 4 Blueline Warm-up Drill
Finally… A High-Quality Hockey Drill Diagramming Software for Mac Users!
I’m sure you know by now, I’m a BIG DrillDraw fanboy. I’ve been using it for years now, and I really like it. The one drawback to DrillDraw is that it is only available for Windows, which interferes with the fact that I’m also an Apple fanboy, who does most of his work on a Mac.
Over the past few years I’ve had a lot of folks ask if I knew of a decent drill diagramming alternative for Mac users, and up until now I haven’t had a good answer… but those days are over now!
My good friend, Kevin Muller from HockeyShare has just released a CROSS-PLATFORM, drill diagramming software that you can use with any operating system. In fact, the software is web-based, which means you can access your drills, and use the software from ANY computer too!
On top of that, he’s integrated the software into his existing database of hockey drills, so you can share YOUR drills, access OTHER coaches’ shared drills, and even import shared drills from other coaches straight into your own practice plan. The concept is incredible!
CLICK HERE to set up your free account at HockeyShare CLICK HERE to check out the Drill Diagrammer “demo model” CLICK HERE to take a look at HockeyShare’s huge drill database
I love this hockey passing drill because it just flows well––especially when you have the right group of players for it. At it’s best, this is a quick-paced, “tic-tac-toe” type of drill. However, if you have the wrong group of players, this drill will grind to a halt pretty quickly. So, just make sure your players are advanced enough before attempting this one!
Enjoy!!
CLICK HERE for a PDF of the Spice Figure 8 Passing Drill
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1. “Ghost man” passers start the drill by shooting then picking up a puck behind the net to initiate the breakout
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