Hockey Player Magazine

Tag: Checking

  • 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…

  • Half Ice Checking and Support Drill

    I picked this one up from Ken Pauly who is a very well respected coach in Minnesota high school hockey. I like to use this drill a few times each year to just get the players to understand working hard along the walls and in the corners. This drill isn’t the typical gauntlet drill where…

  • 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 .