Reply To: 2010-2020 Coach Discussion Forum

[Tim Taylor]

Tom,

Just wanted to give you some feedback after our practice tonight. We tried the King-Kozak drill you provided and we very pleased with how well it went. We started off 1v1, then went to 2v2, up to 3v3. One of my assistants, who has more experience than me, said this is really good, but let's try this 3v2. That really worked well. We started the two D on their knees and set up the 3 O in an offensive triangle.

Upon making the pass, we instructed the receiver to begin skating towards the puck. The other O were to start skating to get open and try to begin a cycle (these are low level 12U players). Once the pass was received the D were instructed to get up and defend. We let them play it out for 30 -45 seconds. We encouraged the O to pass the puck behind the net. This forced the two D to switch, which was exactly the practice we needed.

We were very pleased with how effective this drill was. It was great for working on many game concepts, all played low in the zone. Just what we needed. Thank you.

Tim
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Tim

Glad to read that the King/Kozak drill worked for you. It is a good way to isolate situations and focus on how to play them.

Tom