D200 - Keepaway U22 W

Key Points:

Role One - the player with the puck must protect it and skate to open ice.
Role Two - player without the puck must get open and give a target.
Role Three - player checking the puck carrier must have the stick on the puck and in the passing lane.
Role Four - player away from the puck must see the puck and the player they are covering. Stick in the passing lane and body on the defensive side.

Description

1. Players line up on both blue lines. Two players from each team play keepaway in the neutral zone. They pass to each other or to the same colour on the blue line.

2. Keep score with a point for making 5 or 7 consecutive passes.

3. Rotate in from one end of the line every 30 seconds.

4. Variation is to focus on skills such as: only forehand passes, backhand, skating backwards, one on foot, sticks the wrong way, one hand only on the stick, pivot before passing, skates on the ice and skull, etc.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20120806085000699

https://youtu.be/jrwWio_apCo

B4 - Regroup 2-0 x 2 - Pro

Key Points:

This drill works on the wide hinge, giving targets, pass to the middle, wide entry and middle drive. Everything should be done as quickly as possible with good habits like stopping at the net for rebounds.

Description:

1. Start with the players in the middle circle with red on one going one way and blue the other.
2. Two D from each team start at the blue line.
3. F1 pass to D1 who skates to the middle and passes to D2 who has hinged wide and up.
4. D2 pass to F1 in the middle. D return to the middle circle.
5. F1 pass to F2 who enters the zone in the wide lane.
6. F2 shoot and both forwards look for a rebound.
7. This drill is done from each end.

*The coach could add tasks like Red F1 defend a 2-1 vs. the Blue F1 and F2 coming the other lane or skills like F2 shoot low to the far pad while F1 goes for the rebound.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20120722101907662

https://youtu.be/KRqsCQ44Gow

DT100 Continuous 2-2 With Tag-up – Pro

Key Points:
Allow the attackers to cross the red line and tag up at the blue line then follow the ploy so that there is a 2 on 2 attack first before it becomes a 4 on 4. I like the D on one side and F on the other to make it easier to talk with them. Leaving from each side also works.

Description:
1. Start with a 2 on 2 attack. BF1 and BF2 vs RD1 and RD2.
2. RF1 and RF2 and BD1 and BD2 support the play from the lineup - tag up at blue line and follow the play into the zone..
3. Play 4-4 in the zone.
4. On transition or after a goal or frozen puck RF1 and RF2 attack BD1 and BD2.


*This rotation can be done from 1-1 to 3-2. Dump ins and regroups can be added

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20120722101726758

https://youtu.be/JeN-pykX-1k