12Jul 2012 by Jeremy Weiss No Comments
Controlled Skating Breakout Drill

Controlled Skating Breakout Drill

Breakouts, Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills, Passing & Timing, Team Systems Drills
Controlled Skating Breakout Drill Although this drill loosely mimics a breakout drill, the real purpose behind this one is to introduce Timing and Support concepts to youngsters. Players must time their skating to arrive at the designated receiving zones on time for a possible pass. Here's the diagram: Controlled Skating Breakout Drill 1. 2 lines of Fs and Ds on the blue lines (out of the way) 2. D starts drill on dot 3. On the whistle, F passes to D, who pivots toward the boards, then skates behind the net to initiate a breakout 4. F control skates through each of the 4 receiving zones, presenting him or herself as a passing option in each zone (never taking eye off puck) 5. After receiving pass, F attacks 1 on…
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27Feb 2012 by Jeremy Weiss No Comments
Double Bank Pass Drill

Double Bank Pass Drill

Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills, Passing & Timing
Double Bank Pass is Great, High-Tempo Passing Drill The Double Bank Pass Drill is quick paced, and a lot of fun. This is one you should definitely try out on the ice, as the diagram doesn't always do it justice (at least it didn't for me!). Here's the diagram: Double Bank Pass Drill: 1. 4 lines, each with pucks 2. On whistle, two players leave from diagonally opposite lines. 3. The first player fires a cross-ice pass to the opposite line, then skates up ice to receive the first bank pass. 4. Receiver steps out to create a good passing angle, then executes a bank pass to the player who passed to him. 5. The second player skates further up ice, timing it to be ready to receive the second…
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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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06Aug 2011 by Jeremy Weiss No Comments
Passing: Extreme Passing Kit

Passing: Extreme Passing Kit

Coaches' Corner, Hockey Drills, Hockey Equipment, Individual Skill Drills, Off-ice Training, Passing & Timing, Skills, Stickhandling, Useful Products
The Extreme Passing Kit is a Great Way to Incorporate Passing into your Off-Ice Workouts Passing is a skill that most players don't think about working on away from the rink. The main reason they don't think to work on passing is pretty obvious: because you need a partner to pass to, and to receive passes from... Unless, of course, you have the Extreme Passing Kit. Overview: The Extreme Passing Kit is a really cool skill pad & passing rebounder combo, that will let you work on multiple skills such as regular passes, touch passes, and one-time shots. The Extreme Passing Kit comes in two different models, the One-Timer Model (which you see in this video), and the Bungee Cord Model. The only difference between the two is that the…
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