09Nov 2011 by Jeremy Weiss 2 Comments
Perpetual Breakout Drill

Perpetual Breakout Drill

Breakouts, Defensive Zone, Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills, Passing & Timing, Team Skill Drills, Team Systems Drills
Perpetual Breakout Drill Mimics Passing Patterns Often Encountered in Games The Perpetual Breakout is a great drill to develop hockey breakout abilities in a high-tempo, flow and timing setting. Here's what the drill looks like: Perpetual Breakout Explanation: 1. "Ghost man" passers start the drill by shooting then picking up a puck behind the net to initiate the breakout 2. Low forward simulates winger, and swings in to pick up board-side breakout pass 3. High forward swings through and acts as the centerman providing middle support 4. winger one-touches to center, who attacks and shoots, then initiates breakout in far zone 5. winger moves to middle line. NOTE: winger can swing from top down, or from bottom up, depending on your team's breakout set up. USE THIS DRILL IN YOUR…
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14Sep 2011 by Jeremy Weiss 2 Comments
4 Blueline Warm-up

4 Blueline Warm-up

Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills, Passing & Timing, Regroups, Team Systems Drills, Warm-Up
Here's a Fantastic Hockey Warm-up Drill with a Five-Phase Progression! The 4 Blueline Warm-up is part of the Scott Fukami drill collections available through DrillDraw. If you already own DrillDraw, you should really take a look at these. They're phenomenal. This drill has 5 phases, or sequences. Here's what they look like: PHASE 1: **Drill starts on the whistle. Both ends at the same time. On the whistle, (1) skates across the blueline and makes a pass to (2). Return pass to (1) for a shot on the (G). Stretch Pass : see Seq. # 2. PHASE 2: **Drill starts on the whistle. Both ends at the same time. Stretch Pass : On the whistle, (1) skates across the blueline and makes a pass to (2). Return pass to (1).…
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11May 2011 by Jeremy Weiss 2 Comments

Hockey Drill Diagramming Software for Mac!

Coaches' Corner, Useful Products
Finally... A High-Quality Hockey Drill Diagramming Software for Mac Users! I'm sure you know by now, I'm a BIG DrillDraw fanboy. I've been using it for years now, and I really like it. The one drawback to DrillDraw is that it is only available for Windows, which interferes with the fact that I'm also an Apple fanboy, who does most of his work on a Mac. Over the past few years I've had a lot of folks ask if I knew of a decent drill diagramming alternative for Mac users, and up until now I haven't had a good answer... but those days are over now! My good friend, Kevin Muller from HockeyShare has just released a CROSS-PLATFORM, drill diagramming software that you can use with any operating system. In…
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07Apr 2011 by Jeremy Weiss No Comments
Spice Figure 8 Passing Drill

Spice Figure 8 Passing Drill

Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills, Neutral Zone, Passing & Timing, Regroups, Shooting, Skating & Agility, Team Skill Drills, Team Systems Drills
Here's Another One of my Favorite Hockey Passing Drills I love this hockey passing drill because it just flows well––especially when you have the right group of players for it. At it's best, this is a quick-paced, "tic-tac-toe" type of drill. However, if you have the wrong group of players, this drill will grind to a halt pretty quickly. So, just make sure your players are advanced enough before attempting this one! Here's the diagram and explanation: Spice Figure 8 Passing Drill 1. On the whistle, one (F) from each line diagonally across from each other goes. 2. Each (F) takes a few steps forward, then passes to the far (D). 3. The defensemen make a few "D to D" passes, then hit the (F) as he power turns around…
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