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  • Drills to Build Competitive Instincts

    My team is eleven games into our season and I haven’t been happy with our competitive instincts. I feel we are not winning enough 50/50 pucks and not winning enough loose pucks. Over the past few weeks I’ve started running drills in practice specifically designed to work on these skills and as of today, I’m…

  • Robert Morris Head Coach @DerekSchooley – Canadian Reverse 1v1

    Coach Schooley brings us another drill designed to work on breakout passing and 1 on 1 play. Drill runs from both ends at the same time. Make sure that the defensemen work the reverse pass at game speed and are positionally sound. D2 should hold the front of the net with his skates up ice…

  • Robert Morris Head Coach @DerekSchooley – Reese 2v1

    Coach Schooley brings us another drill today. This one works on the breakout, regroup and 2v1 play. The drill runs from both ends at the same time. To avoid some confusion in the diagram of the drill, we only show one side skating the pattern, but both are going together. I think the attached video…

  • Robert Morris Head Coach @DerekSchooley – Chip Breakout

    Robert Morris University Head Coach Derek Schooley gives us this drill today. The drill is designed to work on the breakout pass from the D to Forward down low, followed by the all important second pass to get your team out of the zone. For this drill, the second pass is a chip off the…

  • Double D Retrieval 2v1 / 3v2

    This drill is brought to us by Peter Russo, who is an assistant coach at The Brooks Prep School in North Andover MA. Peter also runs a website where he shares his ideas about all things hockey. You can visit his site at www.coachprusso.com . In Peter’s own words “The main focus is D1 retrieving pucks…

  • Hockey Canada – D Agility Transition

    Got this drill from my friends at Hockey Canada. Worked it at practice last night and it looked good once we got the hang of it. The drill works on supporting the puck with the weakside D as well as transitioning to offense using the forward cutting through the middle. Make sure your D concentrate…

  • Advanced Hockey Drills – 101 drill collection

    Hockey drills are the backbone of a good practice. Coaches are always scouring for new drills to try to teach a certain point, or help their players develop and enhance their skills. There are a lot of drill resources out there, however most free sources lack organization and experience. By experience I mean a coach…

  • Advanced Hockey Drills – 101 drill collection

    Notice: Undefined offset: 1 in /srv/users/serverpilot/apps/wordpress/public/wp-content/themes/thesis_184/lib/functions/post_images.php on line 151 Hockey drills are the backbone of a good practice. Coaches are always scouring for new drills to try to teach a certain point, or help their players develop and enhance their skills. There are a lot of drill resources out there, however most free sources lack…

  • Cornerstone Skating Drill for D

    I’ve used this drill for years to help develop the skating skills of my defensemen. It works many of the fundamental skills a good defenseman needs to play at a high level. If you have the ability to split your ice to work with the defenseman, this is a great drill to add to your…

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