Weiss Tech Hockey Drills and Skills

20Jan 2011 by Jeremy Weiss 2 Comments

Breaking Down the Edmonton Oilers’ Powerplay

Coaches' Corner, Philosophy, Special Teams, Team Systems

Breaking Down the Edmonton Oilers' Powerplay This is the first 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. The video was very well received by the Oilers fans up there, and I thought you might be interested in taking a look. Enjoy!!

12Jan 2011 by Jeremy Weiss No Comments

Warm-up Pass Exchange

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

The Warm-up Pass Exchange is a great way to start your practice! This is a cool little drill that incorporates a lot of different elements such as puckhandling, forward skating, backward skating, pivots, crossovers, passing, and shooting. It can be run at a quick pace, making for limited "stand-in-line" time. Warm-Up Pass Exchange: 1. Players line up in opposite corners, with pucks 2. Players skate the diagrammed route, pivoting backwards between the blue lines 3. Players exchange pucks in neutral ice, then step in and shoot. Note: make sure to run from both sides so players work on pivoting both directions Enjoy!!

06Jan 2011 by Jeremy Weiss No Comments

Perpetual Power Turn and Passing Drill

Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills, Passing & Timing, Skating & Agility

This power turn and passing drill is a great one for younger to intermediate age groups. Use this drill to work on power turns, passing, and certain timing and support concepts with your youngsters. When done well, it's a quick-paced drill that works on some of the key fundamentals that are important in the game of hockey. Perpetual Power Turn and Passing 1. Run both sides at the same time 2. Drill starts with a “ghost man” (Gh) in each corner. After the first rotation the Gh isn’t needed anymore 3. Players follow the sequence executing power turns and passes as shown 4. After the last turn, the outside man drives wide and shoots 5. Inside man starts the drill going the opposite direction as the wide man Enjoy!! CLICK…

04Jan 2011 by Jeremy Weiss 3 Comments

Advanced Hockey Breakout Progression

Breakouts, Defensive Zone, Hockey Drills, Team Skill Drills, Team Systems Drills

This hockey breakout progression is recommended for advanced teams only This is a highly effective breakout progression. There are endless ways to change it up to work on different game situations, and it involves many recurring passing patterns. Since there are many possible "points of failure" I only recommend this drill for older, or more advanced hockey teams. Here's the diagram and explanation: Advanced Hockey Breakout Progression 1. D to D to Wing 2. D to D to Wing 3. D to D to Wing, one-touch to Center 4. D to D to Wing, one-touch to D who follows up play 5. Start again from the other side OPTIONAL: Put defensemen on far blue line for a 1 on 1. Enjoy!! USE THIS DRILL IN YOUR OWN PRACTICE PLAN:

30Dec 2010 by Jeremy Weiss No Comments

Give and Go 1 on 1

1 on 1's, 2 on 2's, 2 on 1's, 3 on 2's, Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills, Passing & Timing, Team Skill Drills

Give and Go 1 on 1 is another AWESOME drill from the Scott Fukami drill collections! This is another drill I picked up 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 getting all three drill sets if you own DrillDraw. Here's the diagram and explanation: Give and Go 1 on 1 **Drill starts on the whistle. Both ends at the same time. 1. On the whistle, the (F) makes a pass to the (D). 2. Return pass to the (F). 3. The (F) carries the puck under the blue line for a 1 on 1 on the opposite side. Option: A second (F) joins the play as the first (F)…

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