Chip To Speed Passing Drill

I worked this drill at practice last night and really liked the results. You have to keep the tempo high and make sure the players are focusing on making a good pass off the wall. I prefer the players to pass the puck off the yellow dasher and not up off the wall. I think you get a better pass with less flutter to the puck. You can start with the basic drill and then add pressure on F1 and even have F1 join the rush after the pass and have it be a 2-on-1 or 2-on-2. I think getting players familiar with making indirect passes off the wall is a skill that can really help your zone exits and really help a team work with speed through the neutral zone. Hope you find this drill helpful.

Chip To Speed

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Penn State Backchecking Drill

Got this drill last week and ran it in practice with my team. Drill works really well once you get the timing down. Make sure you have F2 work hard backchecking the inside lane while the D rides F1 off the puck.

Penn State Backchecking

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3 Player Passing Drill

I don’t remember where I got this drill but I really like it and so do my players. You can run it with any player in each line or have the X2 player be the defensemen. Basically this drill is working on outlet and headman passing. Give it a try.

3 Player Timing Passing Drill

I will add this drill to the passing section of the site.

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Shoot the lane and Breakout

Drill:

1. On whistle F2 passes puck to D2.
2. F1 breaks to the slot and looks for a pass from D2. 
3. After shot F1 cut thru middle and looks for outlet pads from behind the net from D2. 
4. After F2 skates by D1 follows in a puck support role. 
5. D2 is now the last man up the rink.

1. Playing your position
2. quick movement of the puck
3. puck support
   
   

Puck Retrieval – Breakout setup
3 on 2 Breakout

Recycle Drill

1. Players start at opposite corners with a puck
2. P1 leaves and skates in and shoots on goal and then turns and skates back toward blue line
3. P2 leaves on the shot and carries the puck up
4. P2 hits P1 with a pass just outside the blue line
5. P1 then passes back to P2 as they cross the blue line
6. P2 continues in and shoots and follows steps 2 – 5.

1. Quick start with the puck and hard skating up the rink
2. Good passes
3. Give and go pass at the blue line
   
   

University of Denver Pioneers Transition Drills

Here are a few transition drills from head coach George Gwozdecky of the University of Denver.

These drills add to the growing library of drills given to us from Division 1 head coaches. Hope they can bring some benefit to your team.

Transition Drill #1

Transition Drill #2 (3 Passes)

Transition Regroup

5 on 0 Transition

Breakout V Pressure

Hinge Drill

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University of Denver Pioneers Transition Drills

Here are a few transition drills from head coach George Gwozdecky of the University of Denver.

These drills add to the growing library of drills given to us from Division 1 head coaches. Hope they can bring some benefit to your team.

Transition Drill #1

Transition Drill #2 (3 Passes)

Transition Regroup

5 on 0 Transition

Breakout V Pressure

Hinge Drill

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Goalie Iron Cross

1. Goalie starts in the center circle and forward skates to the top of the circle.  
2. Goalie drops and covers 5 hole.
   Then a right leg pad kick
   Then a left leg pad kick
3. Skate backwards to the center, repeat step 2
4. Slide to the left, repeat step 2
5. Slide to the center, repeat step 2
6. Skate backward to bottom of the circle, repeat step 2  
7. Skate forward to the center, repeat step 2
8. Slide to the right, repeat step 2
9. Slide back to the center, repeat step 2   

1. Skating footwork and speed
2. Up/down motion
3. Focuses on movement in all directions which will only help them in their game

 NOTE:  Thanks to Brett Shank for drawing up and sharing this drill.

Hockey Drills DVDs

Hockey Drills DVDs Hockey Drills DVD from Championship Productions

Breakout Drills

Breakouts are necessary to create the dangerous 2-on-1 plays. Mark Carlson, the USHL’s Coach of the Year in 2004-05, covers the key breakout ingredients – quick, move the puck, timing, talking, read pressure and maintain puck support – in these hockey drills.
Details include getting to the puck quickly, check

Hockey Drills DVDs

Hockey Drills DVDs Hockey Drills DVD from Championship Productions

Breakout Drills

Breakouts are necessary to create the dangerous 2-on-1 plays. Mark Carlson, the USHL’s Coach of the Year in 2004-05, covers the key breakout ingredients – quick, move the puck, timing, talking, read pressure and maintain puck support – in these hockey drills.
Details include getting to the puck quickly, check