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Tag: passing

  • Video: Quick Shot

    I often run this ‘Shoot and Break’ drill in my practice.  I like it because it does 2 things:Focuses on the drive toward the net and a quick shotBreaking out with speedIn Game 1 of the Blues/Kings game, I saw a great example of how the first half …

  • Video: Receiving a Pass

    In this video, we focus on the proper technique for receiving a pass. ‘Catch’ the passDon’t slap at the puckRelated Drills:Video: Making a PassPassing Forward/Backward Tandems

  • Video: Making a Pass

    In working with younger players, there always seems to be the same common mistakes made when they are learning to pass.  In this video, I cover the steps to making a good pass.Don’t try to make the pass from in front of your bodyDon’t slap at the …

  • 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…

  • The 3 Areas of Hockey Dominance

    Improve your Physical Skills, Mental Skills, and Physical Conditioning to Dominate your Opponent! In this post I’m going to discuss what I call the 3 AREAS OF HOCKEY DOMINANCE… now I know that title sounds a little dramatic, but the reality is, if you implement the information I’m about to share with you into your…

  • 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…

  • Recycle Drill

    Drill: Players start at opposite corners with a puck P1 leaves and skates in and shoots on goal and then turns and skates back toward blue line P2 leaves on the shot and carries the puck up P2 hits P1 with a pass just outside the blue line P1 then…

  • Product Review: Green Biscuit

    As an Inline coach, I’ve noticed working out outside the rink can be difficult to do at times.  Most notably, working with an inline puck on the driveway, street or asphalt court can be hard because the puck doesn’t want to stay flat.  While …

  • Windmills

    Drill: 1. Line players up in opposite corners 2. Place a coach at each wall on the blue lines (4 coaches) 3. Players start by making a pass to the opposite side of the blue and the skate the middle 4. Player receives return pass and passes to the next …

  • 2 on 1 – Pass to D (Half rink)

    Drill: 1. On the whistle D1 at the Blue line skates backward toward mid rink and looks for a pass from Forward 1 2. Forward 1 skates with a puck above the circle and passes out to D1 and then continues outside the blue line looking for a return pass 3….