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Tag: breakout

  • Robert Morris Head Coach Derek Schooley Shares Two Practice Drills with IceHockeyDrills.Info

    Now that the new season is about to start I wanted to share two drills that Robert Morris Head Coach Derek Schooley shared with me. As with all drills, these should be run at a high tempo to ensure players are practicing at game speed. Both are full ice drills that run from both sides…

  • Drills for Defensemen

    While looking at the stats for views on the site, I noticed a lot of action every day in the Defensemen section. To give you more choices, I’ve added 16 new drills, that my defensive coach runs throughout the season when we split up by group. Hopefully you find these useful in building the skills…

  • 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…

  • Drills from Miami of Ohio Coach Rico Blasi

    Here are some drills from head coach Rico Blasi that he runs with his D1 Miami of Ohio team. Obviously at this level these drills are done at a very high tempo. Some of the drills we have on the site already in a similar style, but I thought it would be good to group…

  • D Under Pressure Half Ice Drill

    We all know how important it is to have defensemen who can play under pressure. Many times we run drills that don’t really put the D under any real pressure to make passes and come game time that causes bad decisions and bad passes that can cost games. Here is a drill I use to…

  • Pavel Datsyuk End-to-End Goal: Dissected

    Pavel Datsyuk End-to-End Goal: Dissected In this post we’re dissecting Pavel Datsyuk’s end-to-end goal against Nashville. As great as the individual effort was, there are quite a few team details that really made this play possible. It starts with Datsyuk providing proper support for his defenseman in the defensive zone. He picks up the puck…

  • Neutral Zone Trap Clarified

    Neutral Zone Trap Clarified Seems like I’m doing a lot of Q&A work these days! There have been quite a few questions on the Neutral Zone Trap I diagrammed up a few years ago. So I decided to make a quick clarification video to resolve some of these questions. Before we jump straight in, let…

  • 1-2-2 “Foosball” Forecheck: IN ACTION

    Here’s a great example of the 1-2-2 “Foosball” Forecheck in action The 1-2-2 “Foosball” Forecheck can be a great set-up if you have the right type of team for it. This forecheck requires speed and discipline. If you lack either of those attributes, it’ll probably fall apart for you. Here are the main key points…