One of my favorite Hockey Body Checking Drills to work on body positioning and angling
Remember, as you progress into hockey body checking drills, to stress that the purpose of body checking in hockey is to separate the man from the puck. To do this effectively, players need a strong base in the following areas:
- “Raw” Skating Ability
- Agility
- Body Positioning (Angling, Gap Control, etc…)
- Stick Positioning
- Make the Hit
Here’s the explanation:
1. Players start facing each other on dot
2. (F) picks up a puck and drives wide
3. (D) skates around cones as shown, then angles
4. (F) has to drive around lower cone before cutting to the net
Variations: (a) take out the cone at hashmarks (b) allow forward to cut inside earlier
Cheers!
USE THIS DRILL IN YOUR OWN PRACTICE PLAN:
hello;
i am unable to find out how to find the pdfs of your drills. also i can not purchase ‘drill draw’. your drills are very helpfull.
thanks
tom arkins
thanks for letting me know about the drilldraw error… should be fixed now.
jeremy