03Sep 2024 by Jeremy Weiss 2 Comments
Synchronized Passing Drill: Improve Full-Speed Passing Skills Without Breaking Stride

Synchronized Passing Drill: Improve Full-Speed Passing Skills Without Breaking Stride

Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills, Passing & Timing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05di0WHx404 Understanding the Synchronized Passing Drill In the world of hockey, mastering the art of passing is critical. Smooth, effective passing can make the difference between a successful play and a missed opportunity. In this guide, I'll walk you through a quick, simple, yet effective passing drill called "Synchronized Passing." This drill can be applied to players of all ages and skill levels. Moreover, it offers several variations to keep practices dynamic and challenging. What is Synchronized Passing? The Basics Synchronized passing aims to teach players to give and receive passes smoothly without breaking stride. The essence of this drill is maintaining close distance between players to ensure precise and efficient passing. You'll want to focus on moving the puck "tape to tape"—meaning your passes are hitting the sweet spot…
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30Jul 2024 by Jeremy Weiss 2 Comments
Boost Foot Speed with this Great Hockey Agility Drill

Boost Foot Speed with this Great Hockey Agility Drill

Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills, Skating & Agility
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVHRnrT-ixc This Circle Agility Hockey Drill is Phenomenal for Developing Speed & Quick Feet Speed is one of the most important aspects of today's game. True hockey speed is comprised of two parts: Skating Power and Foot Speed. A player will not reach his or her full skating potential until he or she gets good at both. Power and foot speed can be worked into many hockey drills, which will help young players to improve their overall game. The Circle Agility Drill one of my favorite on-ice agility drills. I like it because it develops quick feet while skating forward, backward, as well as side-to-side. Here's the diagram and explanation for the Circle Agility Drill: Always facing the cone: Sprint to the top of the circle, backwards to the left-side…
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23Jul 2024 by Jeremy Weiss
Hockey Warm-Up Drill: High-Low Shooting

Hockey Warm-Up Drill: High-Low Shooting

Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills, Shooting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6O1G6rCba8 High-Low Shooting is a Fantastic Warm-up Drill for Any Age Group Here's another great hockey drill that I like to use particularly as a warm-up drill. It is quick-paced, and incorporates skating, stickhandling, and shooting in stride. It's also great for goalies as it gets them moving side-to-side. Players must keep their heads up as they explode through the middle of the ice in opposite directions. Stress that the players keep their feet moving throughout the entire drill. Here's the diagram and explanation: High-Low Shooting1. Players are divided into 4 corners with pucks.2. All 4 lines leave at the same time on the whistle.3. Short lines go to first set of cones.4. Long lines go to middle set of cones.5. Players skate full speed through the cones, drive wide,…
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14Jan 2013 by Jeremy Weiss No Comments
Bednár Skating Warm-up Drill

Bednár Skating Warm-up Drill

Half Ice Drills, Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills, Skating & Agility, Stickhandling, Warm-Up
Bednár Skating Warm-up Drill I've got a good buddy out in Slovakia who sends me great drills on a regular basis. I usually test them out with my teams, then pass the best ones along to you guys. I'm naming this hockey warm-up drill after him, the Bednár Skating Warm-up Drill. Here's the diagram: Bednár Skating Warm-up Drill 1. Players skate the patterns, with pucks, as diagrammed. 2. First player of each line goes at the same time. 3. The next player goes ones he receives the pass from the first player of the other line. 4. Drill is perpetual. Note: Make sure to have players execute at full speed, while maintaining good puck control, and staying low on the pivots. Enjoy! USE THIS DRILL IN YOUR OWN PRACTICE PLAN:
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09Apr 2012 by Jeremy Weiss No Comments
Butterfly Passing Drill

Butterfly Passing Drill

Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills, Passing & Timing
Butterfly Passing is a Simple but Effective Hockey Passing Drill Butterfly Passing is a great drill to work on passing fundamentals with youngsters, and to iron out technical "wrinkles" in more experienced players. Although the drill itself is simple, players should use this drill as an opportunity to work on passing accuracy in stride, and should focus on precise execution at full speed. Here's the diagram: Butterfly Passing Drill: 1. Two lines at one end, the width of the goal posts 2. Players skate in pairings all the way down the ice, passing back and forth while maintaining stride 3. At far end, players peel off, around the bottom of each's respective circle, then skate back making cross-ice passes back into the zone they started from Variation: have d-men skate…
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