Weiss Tech Hockey Drills and Skills

16Sep 2010 by Jeremy Weiss No Comments

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…

13Sep 2010 by Jeremy Weiss No Comments

Slovakian Agility Race

Half Ice Drills, Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills, Misc. Drills, Skating & Agility

Slovakian Agility Race Drill Since I started this blog back in 2008, I have met a lot of really cool hockey folks. Believe it or not, it has made me a better coach! I have had the opportunity to exchange drills from coaches all over the world. I make a point to work my way through most of these drills, and pass the best ones on to my "readers" here on the blog. I usually try to credit the drill to the person who sent it to me. However, many times the drills that come in are in other languages... as is the case with this one from my good buddy Ján Bednár. Ján has sent me A LOT of drills over the past year or so! Since he…

08Aug 2010 by Jeremy Weiss No Comments

4-Pass Hockey Warm-Up Drill

Coaches' Corner, Hockey Drills, Passing & Timing, Useful Products, Warm-Up

4-Pass Hockey Warm-up Drill Here's a fast-paced warm-up drill that incorporates skating, passing, and shooting. Plus it works multiple angles for the goalies. As always, here's the diagram and explanation: 4-Pass Warm-Up 1. 4 lines on the goal line with pucks. 2. Line 1 skates up to blue line, turns toward line 3 and receives a pass from line 3, then turns up ice and attacks 1 on 0 3. Line 2 receives from line 4, line 3 from line 1, and line 4 from line 2 Enjoy!!! USE THIS DRILL IN YOUR OWN PRACTICE PLAN:

03Aug 2010 by Jeremy Weiss 3 Comments

Breakout, Regroup, Regroup, Attack Drill

Breakouts, Hockey Drills, Regroups, Team Systems Drills

A very versatile drill to work on Breakouts, Regroups, and Attacks Since finishing up our Coaches' Training Course, a few people have asked about different ways of practicing some of the systems we discussed in the course. This drill is in response to the questions about practicing breakouts and regroups. The "Breakout, Regroup, Regroup, Attack Drill" is extremely versatile, and can be used to work on a number of different game situations. After your team gets good at it, try throwing in a forechecker (or two). You can designate where and how you want the forechecking pressure coming in, which will make your defensemen have to read and react to different scenarios. For a more detailed explanation of the Swing Regroup mentioned in this video, CLICK HERE Here's the diagram…

12Jul 2010 by Jeremy Weiss 2 Comments

Giveaway Winners

Coaches' Corner, Useful Products

Winners of our Coaches Training Course Giveaway (Winners were picked at random using the number randomizer at random.org) First of all, I would like to thank DrillDraw and Shooter Tutor for donating products for our giveaway. I was looking to line up prizes that would really help from a COACH'S perspective, and these guys really came through for us! I have used both products for many years, and stand behind them 100%. I would also like to thank everyone who entered the giveaway and told their hockey friends about this free course. We've got a great group of hockey people from all over the world participating here, and it's all thanks to you, our readers, for helping to spread the word!! So, without further delay... Here are the lucky winners!!…

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