Weiss Tech Hockey Drills and Skills

12Feb 2011 by Jeremy Weiss 3 Comments

Musical Pucks

Musical Pucks is a great game to help youngsters work on crossovers Working on crossovers can be hard and frustrating for many young hockey players. I've found that turning skill development drills into shooting drills or games can make them a lot more fun and motivating to work on. Musical Pucks is a small area game that demonstrates this tactic well. Here's the diagram and explanation: Musical Pucks 1. Put one less puck in the middle than you have players on circle 2. Players cross over until whistle 3. On whistle, each player tries to get a puck - whoever doesn't get one is out 4. Make sure to run it both directions so players practice crossing over both ways. Enjoy!! USE THIS DRILL IN YOUR OWN PRACTICE PLAN:

10Feb 2011 by Jeremy Weiss 1 Comment

3 Shooter, Rebound and Recovery

Goalie, Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills

The 3 Shooter, Rebound and Recovery Drill is a great way for players to work on their shots, while goalies work on their movement! This is a great, simple, goalie drill. It allows your shooters to work on their shots while the goalie works on his/her movement around the crease, angles and rebound recovery. Here's the diagram and explanation: 3 Shooter, Rebound and Recovery Drill: 1. Goalie in the net, three shooters set up as shown 2. Shooter 1 shoots low glove side. Goalie tries to kick rebound into the corner, then FOLLOWS his rebound and squares up to Shooter 2 3. Shooter 2 shoots anywhere. Goalie makes the save and stays square to the rebound, wherever it goes. 4. Goalie Squares back up to Shooter 1, and this time…

08Feb 2011 by Jeremy Weiss No Comments

Passing Medley

Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills, Passing & Timing

The Passing Medley can be a great drill for the right group of players! I designed the Passing Medley as a drill to work on multiple types of passes, both standing still, and in motion. This can be a great drill if you've got the right group of players. However, there are quite a few possible "points of failure." So, if you've got a less-experienced team, or a wide range of skill levels from top to bottom, this might not be the optimal passing drill for you. Here's the diagram: Passing Medley 1. player leaves corner and picks up pass from his line 2. after receiving the pass, he passes to (P) in the corner and gets it back 3. executes give and go with (P) on the blue line,…

25Jan 2011 by Jeremy Weiss 4 Comments

C-Pass Give and Go Drill

Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills, Passing & Timing, Shooting, Warm-Up

The C-Pass Give and Go is a great, high-tempo passing drill. The C-Pass Give and Go is an awesome drill to get your players moving. It is high tempo, and works a lot on giving and receiving passes in motion. This drill should be done at full speed. As your players get the hang of this drill, start pushing them to keep their feet moving throughout the entire drill. Here's the diagram: C-Pass Give and Go 1. First player in each line leaves without a puck, skates the "C," then receives a pass from the next player in line at about the top of the circle. 2. After receiving the pass, the puck carrier skates into the neutral zone and executes a give and go pass with (P). 3. After…

22Jan 2011 by Jeremy Weiss No Comments

Breaking Down the Edmonton Oilers’ Penalty Kill

Coaches' Corner, Philosophy, Special Teams, Team Systems

Breaking Down the Edmonton Oilers' Penalty Kill This is the second of two videos I put together for the folks down at The Cult of Hockey, which is part of the Edmonton Journal's online Oilers coverage. In this video we go through some key points of the Oilers' penalty kill. Check out the first video on the Edmonton Oilers' Power Play here. Enjoy!!

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