B600 - 2 x 2 Shots - Swiss U20

Key Points:

Pass hard and quickly. Always face the puck and accelerate with the puck. Shoot with the feet moving and shoot to score - not to shoot. One touch pass on puck exchanges.

Description:

A. 1 and 2 leave from diagonal blue lines.
B. B3 pass to R1.
C. R1 one touch back to B3.
D. B3 pass to R2.
E. R2 head man to R1 who attacks and shoot
F. R2 skate around circle for pass from R3 and attack the other end.
G. B1 and B2 do the same sequence from the diagonal blue line.
H. Repeat the other direction with B4 and B5 passing to R6.

*Follow shots for a rebound and then screen or circle back to rebound for the next shooter.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=2012030911374190

https://youtu.be/DPwI9x_HIt4

G 3-0 - Triangle Shooting Finnish U20

Key Points:
Another drill that Finnish goalie coaches use to produce those great goaltenders.
Goalie must stay square to the puck and make the save and then battle to stop the rebound.

Description:
1. One player on each side and one at the mid point.
2. Players take turns skating in and shooting while the other two skaters come in for a rebound.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20120307090122582

https://youtu.be/UkMg-4f_xUc

B300 Optional Practice Skills – Finnish U20

Key Points:

Players work with the coaches and do skills with good habits. In all of these drills a player could pass instead of a coach.

Description:

1. Players line up behind the blue line and skate into the neutral zone and then flare out towards the boards facing the puck and give a target. The coach passes and the player attack and shoot. Follow the shot for a rebound and then circle back to rebound for the next shooter.
2. Player get a regroup pass from the coach along the boards then shoot-rebound.
3. Coach pass to a player from the side boards to the point and the player take a one timer.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20120305093524642

https://youtu.be/U80uRGKRobQ

D1 Shinny – Russian U20

I was going from rink to rink in the 4 rink complex at Canada Olympic Park. Every rink had a different team practicing. Sometime I was with other coaches and sometimes alone. The audio often has me trying to figure out what the team is doing in the drill or game. In this game it looked like three groups rotating at the start but after a while I realized they were playing Shinny with no rules or if they had any skill rules I couldn't tell. I often have my teams or skill groups play but most of the time have rules like one touch in each zone or 2" with the puck only or a stickhandling game like - you can't pass until you cross a blue line and if you get a pass in the offensive zone you can't pass but must try to score.
So anyway the Russians were playing shinny and they seemed to do this as a cooldown activity and usually ended with a shootout.
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Key Points:
Everyone plays at once. No offsides and no rules accept good sportsmanship. Great for developing puck handling skills and recovery after a hard practice.

Description:
This is the Russian U20 team playing shinny at the end of two practices. Everyone plays including the coaches and the extra goalie. They played shinny at every practice. The players enjoyed the games and it was a very different atmosphere than the North American practices which were so military with whistles all of the time, coaches barking and making many passes in command style, coach centred sessions.

Hockey seemed like a Game at the Russian and other European practices and a Job at North American sessions.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20120302093038534

https://youtu.be/waxmknHzVlg

E1 Shootout from Blue Lines - Latvia U20

Key Points:
Goalie play from out to backing in to the net ready to poke check if the player exposes the puck. Shooters make the goalie move first and shoot where they are coming from and not where they are going. Shoot five hole if they open up, high if they go down and just over the pad and under the glove when they are down. Make them cover the entire width of the net by coming in from a side.

Description:
Players line up along the blue lines at each end and take turns shooting. Create competitions and eliminations to make it competitive.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20120229081043104

https://youtu.be/C7nbtkXD9dA

https://www.facebook.com/518555930/videos/pcb.770285150547951/10159670700865931

B6 Jursi Skate-Pass-Shoot - U18 F

Key Points:
This is a drill that Russian Olympic coach Vladimir Jursinov used when I was coaching with him in Austria. The goal is to get players to practice passing and shooting while they skate. Puck handling-passing-shooting should be seamless.

Description:
1. A and B skate down the ice in passing while skating.
2. A is on the inside and continues on with a shot while skating.
3. B pivots facing the puck and continues the other direction passing to C.
4. B shoots and C partners with D the other way.

# This can be done in tandem on both sides of the ice.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20120227085711281

https://youtu.be/9CYHXzW6zFs

https://www.facebook.com/518555930/videos/pcb.770281737214959/10159670688100931

DT 400 - Continuous Game of 2 on 2 - U18 F

Key Points:
Allow the attackers to cross the blue line before leaving.
Sequence is Support-Attack-Defend-Breakout-Rest

Description:
1. Players line up behind the blue lines on each side.
2. Offensive 1 and 2 attack vs defenders 1 and 2
3. Defenders 3 and 4 leave and the support the defense from the top of the circle.
4. Offensive 1 and 2 must attack with speed.
5. After a goal, frozen puck or breakout pass 3 and 4 skate to the far blue line and turn to attack the original offensive 1 and 2.
6. Two players leave to support the defending team.
7. Continue this flow.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20120224091730987

https://youtu.be/JFEiJsm6_9c

https://www.facebook.com/518555930/videos/pcb.770270723882727/10159670648540931

College W
https://www.facebook.com/518555930/videos/pcb.770270723882727/10159670664260931

Dean and I were watching and at first it looked like the power play as it was 5-4 and then we realized a coach was playing to make it 5-5 and we figured out what the game was. We don't know the practice plan and the camera picks up our conversation.
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D4 - One Pass One Second - Russian U20

Key Points:
One touch passes and one timer shots are used. Face the play with the stick on the ice and give quick support.

Description:
1. Play at one or both ends.
2. Transition to offense by making one pass.
3. Puck must stay inside the blue line or defenders get it.
4. Keep score.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=2012022209521290

https://youtu.be/ekItl_Cpdwk

https://www.facebook.com/518555930/videos/pcb.770261753883624/10159670627140931

The hockey world wonders what they do in Finland to develop so many world class goalies. One thing is that they have goalie coaches at all levels. I will post some Finnish goalie practice from the U20 IIHF World Championships.
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G - Walk out and Pass Across - Shot - Finnish U20

Key Points:
Goalie be square with the puck carrier out of the corner and push and slide across to be square to the one timer shot on the far side.

Description:
A. Player one walk out of the corner and pass to player two going to the net from the far corner. Player two take a one time shot.
B. Player two circle back and go to the far post from the top of the circle. Player one get a second puck and skate out of the corner and pass to player two.

*Repeat from both sides.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20120417101724378

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/filemgmt/index.php?id=98

https://youtu.be/S_nD1jChfOU

https://www.facebook.com/518555930/videos/pcb.770255640550902/10159670611335931

B600 Breakout 3-0 with 2F 1D - Point Shot-Canada U20

Key Points:
Attack at full speed. Give a target. Follow the shot for a rebound. One player screen and one player look for a shot pass.

Description:
1. Defense start inside zone and forwards outside the blue line.
2. On the whistle D1 at each end drive the back of the net.
3. F1 and F2 come back for a breakout pass.
4. F1 and F2 attack the far ends from opposite sides of the ice and D1 follow.
5. F1 and F2 shoot and rebound.
6. F1 or F2 pass to the point and screen.
7. D1 drag and shoot.

*Repeat with D2 passing to F3-F4 on the whistle.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20210405154349505

https://youtu.be/ca6_RYrrRNw

https://www.facebook.com/518555930/videos/pcb.769696593940140/10159668738580931

B2 Point Shots - Canada U20

Key Points:
Pointman should skate along the line and shoot instead of forward towards the defender. Get inside the dots and shoot. Move laterally in order to miss the shot blocker. Shoot off the ice over sticks low enough to hit the goalies pads and produce rebounds or create deflections. Use snap shots and one timers to get the shot off quickly.

Description:
1. Coach pass to 1 at the point who skates along the blue line inside the dot and shoot.
2. Coach pass to 1 at the point who passes to 2 at the far point and 2 shoots.
3. Coach pass to 1 at the point and 1 pass across to 2 at the far point who skates wide passes back to 1 who skates to the mid-point and shoots.

*The coach alternates passes from easy to ones that are difficult to control.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20210405151235634

https://youtu.be/rjnjoeVpAMA

https://www.facebook.com/518555930/videos/pcb.769680380608428/10159668694175931

D1 - Full Ice 3 Team Scrimmage U15 B

Key Points:
Give close support to the ball or puck. Defending team create speed through the neutral zone after the breakout. New defending team identify coverage when the attackers enter the zone.


Description:
Three teams play full court or full ice.

1-Red attacks vs Green at one end.
2-Green breaks out and attacks vs. Black waiting at the other end.
3-Black breaks out and attacks Red.
4-Green rests at the original end.
5-Black attack vs. Green.

They keep this rotation and play a game up to 5. Start another game at 0-0 but switch who they attack first i.e. now Green attacks Red and Red attack vs. Black and Black vs. Green. This rotation can be used to practice team play at full strength and power play and penalty kill.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=2&s=20210405041823536

https://youtu.be/twbEjatnjzA

https://www.facebook.com/518555930/videos/pcb.769655903944209/10159668632950931

Off Ice Game:
http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?s=2012013110134174

D6 Game Formation – Variations - Youth

Key Points:
The ice can be divided into two halves lengthwise which creates more speed and allows full ice drills and games on each side.

Description:
B6 is the basic formation with a net on each side of the ice on the goal lines at each end.

D6 Variation One
- One net on the goal line lined up with the other net on the far blue line.

D6 Variation Two
- One net in the goal crease at one end and the other net lined up with the face-off dot at the far blue line.
-This variation allows for play in the entire zone.
- In this variation the scoring team gets the puck and goes the other way and the team scored on must touch the blue line before defending. Use either Variation A or Variation B or you could combine them. Variation B gives a full zone to attack and defend in at each end.

By dividing the ice down the middle you have the option of doing games and drills full ice, in one zone, 2-3-4 games at once or games and drills at the same time.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=2021040503520512

D - Games to Learn to Play -D2 and D6 Variations – Youth
https://youtu.be/DcvV2AtGjwE

A friend Mike Tschumi who played in Switzerland for ten years showed me this the othe day and we did it at practice last night. It is a good warm up drill for passing.

B300 - Tschumi Around the Clock One Touch Passing - College W

Key Points:
One touch the puck in the middle of the blade and follow through with the top hand away from the body. Start rotating clockwise and then switch to counter clockwise.

Description:
A. 1 and 2 one touch five times 6-12 o'clock.

B. 2 pass to 3 at 3 o'clock.

C. 3 one touch across to 2 at 9 o'clock.

D. 2 one touch to 4 at 12 o'clock.

E. Repeat with 4 passing to 3 x 5.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=4&s=2021040314422129

https://youtu.be/hW741n4yGLQ

https://www.facebook.com/518555930/videos/pcb.768430744066725/10159663844225931

B Skills Warm-up Finnish U17

Key Points:
This is a great way to warm everyone up at the start of a practice. Defense do the various breakout options and read where the pressure is coming from. Pass the puck back to the coach and move thru everyone. Forwards pass with good technique and eye contact. Goalie coach work on technique and rebound control.

Description
A. Defense work with two doing breakout options vs one forechecker.
B. Forwards lines of 3 work in the neutral zone.
1 - Stationary pass with eye contact.
2 - Pass while moving always face puck.
3 - #8 around partners give and go.
4 - Keepaway 2-1 in four areas.
5 - Two lines move and pass to other two lines on the blue line.
6 - Two lines of 3 pass while skating on one side of the neutral zone.
C. Goalies work with coach at one end.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20140131221040649

https://youtu.be/P0nsIv0zT6w

https://www.facebook.com/518555930/videos/pcb.768413050735161/10159663774660931