Reply To: 2011 Spring Teams

[Tom Molloy]

These are just little guys and there is a huge variation in skill. They need work on good mechanics and doing the skills under pressure and with more speed. It also needs to be fun. It is a GAME that we are coaching and when they leave the ice they should be sad that they can't stay longer.
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June 13 – 02 Titans

Goals: Review shooting technique.

Introduce and practice the puck in front of the toes move.

Review Passing and then taking passes at full speed and shooting.

Game situations to practice these skills under pressure and to see the ice.

Compete.
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B3 Shooting and Partner Work
-Start with everyone shooting at the boards stationary and then moving across and back.
-Instruction for the group before and then individual help as the coaches move around.
-Partner passing and shooting.

B3 Partner Work on stick handling moves
-Demo of faking and then sliding the puck in front of the toes.
-Move to partners taking turns across and then around the rink.

B6 1-2-3-4 Passing
-1 pass to 2 who passes back to 1 who passes to 3 to 4 and back to 1 who shoots.
-rotate in order.

B6 2-0 Pass and Shoot
-Pass and shoot while skating and avoid railroading between passes and before shooting.

D4 Game
-Review skills in a game situation.
-Encourage the players to shoot quickly and pass to a player in better position than you.

D1 One Goalie Game
-Rule is there must be at least one pass in each zone.

E1 Shootout Race
-Player has to race to the top of the circle then around the offside face off dot and battle for the puck.

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• June 13 – 02 Titans.pdf (263 KB)

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