28Oct 2010 by Jeremy Weiss No Comments
1 on 0 Headman Drill

1 on 0 Headman Drill

Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills, Passing & Timing, Warm-Up
1 on 0 Headman is an AWESOME drill. Give it a try!! I picked up this drill from the Scott Fukami drill collections available to DrillDraw owners. These drill collections are phenomenal, and are filled with hundreds of REALLY GOOD, well-drawn drills. I highly recommend picking up all three drill sets. Here's the diagram and explanation: 1 on 0 Headman 1. On the whistle, (1) passes a puck to the (D). 2. D to D pass, then a return pass to (1). 3. (1) receives the puck and makes a stretch pass to the "Ghost Man" (Gh), who has skated across the neutral zone. 4. (Gh) takes a shot. 5. (2) passes a puck to the (D). 6. D to D pass, then a return pass to (2) 7. (2)…
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26Oct 2010 by Jeremy Weiss No Comments
Full Ice 3 Pass and Shot Drill

Full Ice 3 Pass and Shot Drill

Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills, Passing & Timing, Warm-Up
The Full Ice 3 Pass and Shot Drill can be VERY effective with the right group of players! This drill is a more difficult version of our regular 3 Pass and Shot Drill. In this version the passes are longer, and must be harder. With the right group of players (and the proper number of players), this can be a very fun and effective drill. However, if your players aren't capable of handling long, cross-ice passes, they'll spend a lot of time chasing pucks into the corner. See the diagram and explanation below: Full-Ice 3 Pass and Shot Drill 1. players leave respective lines and skate across the ice 2. receive a pass from next player in line, and quickly return the pass 3. loop to receive the final pass…
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23Sep 2010 by Jeremy Weiss 2 Comments
“S” Warm-up Drill

“S” Warm-up Drill

Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills, Neutral Zone, Passing & Timing, Team Skill Drills, Warm-Up
Use this Hockey Warm-up Drill to get everyone moving at the beginning of your practice! This is a great little high-speed hockey warm-up drill that incorporates many different elements of the game, including skating, passing, and shooting. I typically have my defensemen acting as the passers, since that neutral zone "d-to-d" pass is something they will need to perform over and over in games. Make sure to push those defensemen to make quick, hard, stick-to-stick passes to each other, and then fire that cross-ice pass hard and accurately. "S" Warm-up Drill 1. Forwards line up in the corner, two defensemen on each blue line 2. On whistle, first forward in each line passes out to the near defenseman 3. Defensemen execute D to D passes while forward skates the "S"…
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20Sep 2010 by Jeremy Weiss No Comments
3-Zone Timing Drill

3-Zone Timing Drill

Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills, Passing & Timing
The 3-Zone Timing Drill is one of my all-time favorite passing and timing drills! I've been using the 3-Zone Timing Drill for years as both a player and a coach. I love it because it simulates passing patterns that happen over and over in game situations––particularly in breakouts and regroups. This is a "classic" flow drill with lots of passing, timing, and shooting. Make sure you check out the One-Touch Timing Drill as a precursor to this drill. Here's the diagram and explanation: 3-Zone Timing Drill 1. To start the drill, 3 players leave from the corner (after that only 2 leave from then on) 2. First player shoots, picks up a puck from the circle, and hits the second player in the first green receiving zone 3. Receiver controls…
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16Sep 2010 by Jeremy Weiss No Comments
One-Touch Timing

One-Touch Timing

Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills, Passing & Timing
One-Touch Timing is a great precursor to the 3-Zone Timing Drill If you've followed me at all over the past few years, you know I love to use progressions to develop new skills. This is a great example of a simple drill that can be progressed into a more complex version, the 3-Zone Timing Drill. As you begin introducing timing concepts to your players, remember to stress that it is better to be late and accelerating into the pass, than to be early and slowing down. Here's the diagram: One Touch Timing Drill: Designate a Passer (P) for the first time, just to start the drill. 1. first player from each line at one side of the ice leave together 2. low man swings to receive the pass, then one-touch…
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