Ice Hockey

Skating Drills

The player first in line skates out and goes out onto the ice wherever he wants. The player second in line goes out after the first one and attempts to act as first skater’s shadow by exactly following all his moves. This drill should not last longer than 15 seconds. This drill focuses on helping players work on reaction time.

Passing

To conduct this drill, players run from both sides. 2 makes a pass to 1 and then skates to the wall. 1 then passes it back to 2 who skates up the ice. 1 follows 2 who makes a drop pass to 1. 2 then becomes the new back as he loops back. 1 takes an extensive shot and then returns to the opposite line.

Ice Hockey Skill-Development

For this drill, the players line up on the red line as shown in the figure. When the whistle is blown, two players standing opposite to each other race towards the puck. Whoever reaches the puck first shoots while the other one then back-checks. When the next whistle is blown, the next two players rush the other way.

Ice Hockey Practice Drills

When the whistle is sounded, D dumps the puck behind the net and sets it off the board to the other D. that D makes a pass up the center to F who then takes a shot. D skates up to the faraway blue line and gets a pass from F at the corner. The other two F’s are up against the first D for a 2 on 1 game.

Ice Hockey Drills for Defensemen

With reference to the figure below, black lines show that P makes a pass to D. D treads inside of the dotted lines and takes a shot.

Ice hockey Breakout Stimulation Drills

This drill starts with the coach dumping the puck behind the net. With respect to the figure, D2 keeps feet forward-facing and goes to the front of the net. D1 collects the puck and goes right up the ice. D1 then passes to a new D1 and D2D passes to D2 who then takes a shot.

Half Ice Hockey Drills:

Since the cost of ice time is going up, many teams have started sharing the rink for practice, especially for younger age groups. Thus the requirement of drills for half ice hockey is growing too.

Goalie Drills

This drill starts from the corner with 1 and 2 passing back and forth to make a chance to score. 1 can also go about the net for a deflection or a wraparound shot on 2.

Cycling Drills

This drill begins with the coach tossing the puck to the corner and then following the players to exert pressure. The players have to judge the coach’s position and then move away from the pressure being applied at the corner.

Competitive Drills:

For this drill, the team which scores twice will win. After scoring one goal, two of the players will traverse the red line and get a pass from the player present at the front of their line. Then a second bout is made to score the next goal. If the goal is missed, the puck must be retrieved and the player must try again to score.