New Hockey Drills in the CoachThem Marketplace

In collaboration with our partners Minnesota Hockey and the OMHA, we've collected 15 standout drills and added them to the CoachThem Hockey Drill Marketplace.

All 15 drills can be found in the Marketplace under their respective tags.

 

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Drill 1: Cyclone
 

Tags: 1 vs 0, Give & Go, Shooting, Warmup
 

 

• X1 starts with puck, passes across ice to X3.
• X1 skates along blue line, X3 passes back when X1 gets half way across ice.
• X1 makes touch pass up ice and skates along far blue line and receives a stretch pass from their starting line X2.
• Repeat on opposite side.

 

Drill 2: Build Up Game
 

Tags: 2 vs 2, Games, Small Areas, OMHA
 

 

• Drill begins from a 2v2 cross ice format with the coach spotting a puck in the zone.
• Each team can activate additional players by passing twice to the first person in their team's line.
• Once the player in line has received two passes, they then activate into the play and the next player in line gets ready as a possible outlet.
• There are no limits to the number of players a team can build up to during their shift.

 

Drill 3: Air Force 2 vs 2
 

Tags: 1 vs 1, 2 vs 2, Minnesota Hockey
 

 

• Split one zone down the middle with cones. On one half, set up two nets. On the other side, split it into half again using cones.
• Start the drill with Coach 1 dumping a puck into each zone on that side of the ice. Both F1's race to the far puck and engage in 1 vs 1 keep away. Both F2's race to the puck in the closest zone and play 1 v 1 keep away.
• After 15 seconds, whistle blows. Coach 2 dumps a puck in the zone with two nets. Forward F1 & Forward F2 engage in a 2 vs 2 against Forward F1 & Forward F2 in that zone. At the same time, Coach 1 starts F3s and F4s in the next round of 1 vs 1s.

 

Drill 4: McDavid Escapes
 

Tags: Individual Skill, Puck Protection
 

 

• The drill starts with X1 standing facing the boards and receiving a spotted puck from X2.
• X2 follows their pass and provides token pressure towards X1.
• X1 must use shoulder checks to read the pressure and then use an evasive move to spin away from their opponent.
• X1 then attacks the net and uses another evasive move around X3 who acts as a defender, also providing token pressure.

 

Drill 5: Either Side Defend
 

Tags: 1 vs 1, Angling
 

 

• Xs and Os line up on the boards in the neutral zone. Coach shoots a puck just inside the zone of either blue line.
• The players whose side the puck is shot to will be on offense and the other will be on defense.
• The defensive player must take a route to the puck carrier that will angle them to the boards.
• Use your stick to shut the door and not allow the player to cut to the middle.

 

We also added:

6. 3 Puck Showdown
7. 3 vs 3 Levels
8. Boeser Attack Through D
9. Makar Walking the Blue Line
10. 2 vs 2 - Steal Puck
11. Quick Hit Warm-Up
12. Lightning Game
13. Jets Angling
14. Deceptive Retrievals
15. King of the Hill

Explore the diagram, description and key points for all 15 drills in the CoachThem Marketplace!

 

 

Written by the CoachThem Team

 

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