Reply To: Daily Drill Section Eleven

[Tom Molloy]

D200 – 1 on 1 – Puck Handling Game – Youth

I just got back from my hockey skills class.

Today we had 6 beginner level players and 6 more advanced level. Half in Red and half in green. We did a lot of puck handling and skating agility and then they played this puck handling game.

– 2 small nets across ice from each other just inside the outside of each circle.
– 1 player on and the other two at the blue line.
– start with NHL touch face-off.

Sequence:
– if you get scored on you get the puck out of the net and pass to a team mate on the side who attacks 1-1 vs. the player who scored, who must skate to his half of the ice before defending.
– If you score vs. everyone then rotate by passing to the side.
– To score you must get at least to the face-off dot and the net is just inside the circle (no chicken shots from far out-you have to dangle to score)

Options we did.
– players on the side are jokers and you can pass to them.
– 2-2 with the same rules.

It was nothing short than a GREAT puck handling exercise. I saw them pulling moves in the games that I have recently showed them.

'The Game is the Greatest Coach'
'Enjoy the Game'