Category: Ice hockey team drill
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Double 2v2 with cross Drill – Hockey Resource
This drill is intended to practice 2v2 situations for both offense and defense. It is also a good conditioning drill for defensemen. Have the forwards line up in each corner at one end of the rink. Pucks should be placed in one corner as well as in the neutral zone on the opposite side of…
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Circles Skating Drill – Hockey Resource
This drill is designed to practice turning, cross-overs and acceleration. The drill is most effective on weak to moderate skaters as the turn radius is too large to be effective for good skaters. To keep the drill effective for good skaters, the circle radius should be reduced for stronger skaters by using cones. This skating…
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The Horseshoe drill – Hockey Resource
This drill is very simple and most often used pre-game to warm up the players and goaltender. It features some skating, passing and shooting. Players are evenly divided in both corners at one end of the ice surface. A player starts from his corner and skates around the faceoff circle located just outside the blue…
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3-Man Horseshoe Drill – Hockey Resource
This drill is good as a warm-up during a practice or to make the players use their different shots (wrist shot and slap shot). It combines some skating with shooting. Have all the players lined up in a corner of the rink. Three players at a time skate forward while carrying pucks. The first player…
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3-man weave skating drill – Hockey Resource
The 3-man weave is a good drill to practice in order to learn to head-man the puck. It also emphasizes skating, passing (to both sides), using the entire width of the ice surface and being aware of where other players on your team are located. Three players start lined up on the goal line (one…
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The Lines skating drill – Hockey Resource
The lines drill is a basic skating drill used at every level of play and often used in conditioning camps, it works on skating speed, acceleration, stopping and endurance. Two different variations of the drill exist. The Red-Blue-Blue-Red drill is the initial drill with more focus on stopping and accelerating. The Sequential lines drill focuses…