Hockey Player Magazine

Category: Drills

  • 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, mov…

  • Pre-Practice Skating Drills

    Here are a few pre-practice skating drills I like to use to get the players and goaltenders warmed up. Each drill has the goaltenders doing goaltender specific skating drills instead of skating with the team. As we all know goaltenders very rarely need to skate the length of the ice or do transition moves, so…

  • 1 on 1 Agility Skating

    Drill: Players start at the wall On the whistle, they skate toward the opposite side of the circle Next the transition into a backward skate around the circle Now it’s a 1 on 1 battle for the puck Focus: Quick start and transition to …

  • Goalie – Up Downs

    Drill:Setup 3 pucks in various locations Goalie starts flat on the ground (could be belly, back or side)  On the whistle, 1 player skates toward one of the pucks and gets ready to shoot (coach identifies player before the whistle)  Goalie m…

  • 4-Shot Backhand Drill

    4-Shot Backhand Drill

    Drill:1. Setup 4 pucks out in front of the net in the slot2. Players must approach and shoot on Backhand3. Goalie must make save and recover quicklyFocus:1. Backhand shots – approaching the puck and shooting comfortably instead of trying to roll it over to the forehand2. Getting the shot off quickly with no stickhandling3. Goalie…

  • “My Favorite Drill”

    “My Favorite Drill”

    “My Favorite Drill” By Bob Cunningham Nov 5, 2001, 19:21   The rim-it drill Back and forth, to and fro, up and back. The Los Angeles Kings are near the end of practice, so it’s time for hockey’s equivalent of wind sprints. Players become a blur as they skate speedily — first to their own…

  • Half-Ice, Full-Impact Drills

    Half-Ice, Full-Impact Drills

    Half-ice, full-impact drills By Bob Destocki Oct 31, 2001, 16:47 As an instructor and lecturer at hockey schools and seminars, the thing most people want to talk to me about—and learn—are drills. It seems that coaches and players at all levels are always interested in new drills. Sometimes on long airplane flights, I find myself…

  • Puck Retrieval – Breakout setup

    Drill:1. X1 picks up puck behind net and decides which way to go with the puck 2. X3 (a defenseman) must get to the front of the net 3. X2 & X4 must read X1 and adjust their location accordingly 4. X1 moves the puck up and all players breakout of t…

  • 1-1 Sprints (Half Rink)

    Drill: 1. On whistle, Defense starts skating backward and Offense carries the puck in the zone 2. Offense tries to beat the D down the wall 3. Defense tries to cut off O and steal the puck Focus: 1. Defense needs to realize when to make move and push …

  • 2 on 1 Corner Dump

    Drill: 1. Line up 2 player against a Coach 2. Player dumps puck to corner and chases 3. Player 1 chases puck and Player 2 follows 4. Player 1 picks up puck and skate up the wall 5. As player 1 comes up the boards, they drop the pass back to Player 2 6…