This may be the best situation drill of all. It is game-like and full ice,, the players transition from offense to defense and a lot of read and respond is required .
Gene Reilly is running this drill. Gene is from Boston and is a lifer with a huge background coaching Jr. A with Bill Dineen, at Maine with Sean Walsh, working with Ottawa's AHL team with the assignment of teaching Jason Spezza the pro game. He also was an asst. coach at Harvard, Northeastern and now trying to rebuild the program at CC. Gene spent about five years with the Red Bulls and left there to be a pro scout for Carolina. He missed coaching and went back to the NCAA. A really, really hard working guy. I learned a lot from him.
Here is Babcock doing this same sequence as a transtion game with Detroit (coaches would be well advised to incorporate Transition Games after they use situation drills to teach the players. There is only one puck, no whistles and you just need to send more or less players to change the situation.)
DT100 Continuous 2-1, 2-2 Detroit – Pro
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Video of the transition game.
https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/dt100-continuous-2-1-2-2-detroit/
https://www.facebook.com/518555930/videos/pcb.814633112779821/10159834060175931
Detroit's supporting F and D are passive in this video but they could be active as in the drill and have a 2-1 in the nzone and 3-3 in each zone and then a 2-2 through the nzone and a 4-4 in each zone. A 3-2 situation creates a 5-5 in each zone and they are all great ways to practice offensive and defensive team play. If you have only 16 skaters you can get a 5-5 by having one D join the rush and the high F backeck on a continuous 2-2.
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C6 – 1-1 to 2-2, 2-1 to 3-3, 2-2 to 4-4 – RB Pro
Key Points:
Defenders communicate, attack with speed, O and D fight to control the slot.
Description:
1. D in one corner and F in the other corner at both ends.
2. Either F1 starts with a puck or D1 passes to F1 who skates into the middle circle before attacking 1-1 vs. D1.
3. On the whistle F2 attack D2 at the other end and D1 join the rush while F1 backchecks.
4. Keep attacking and defending until the whistle.
5. Add a forward to make it a 2-1 until the whistle when they join to create a 3-3.
6. Players must communicate who to cover on defense.
7. Attack with speed to beat the backchecker on the 2-1.
8. Play with good habits: stop at the net, D tie up sticks, create rebounds.
9. Keep Score to increase intensity.
10. You need at least 8 F and 4 D to do the 2-1.
11. Add another D making it a 2-2 rush and 4-4 at each end.
12. With 2-2 you need at least 8 F and 8 D.
13. You can also do this drill with all the player playing both F and D.
* If you have 20 skaters you can do a 3-2 rush and 5-5 at each end.
* This sequence can be done as a one puck transition game with either active or passive support.
https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/c6-1-1-to-2-2-2-1-to-3-3-2-2-to-4-4-rb-pro/
C3 – 2-1 – F Backtrack-D Join Rush – Pro
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