Reply To: Diary of a Season 2012-13

[Tom Molloy]

Flyers Practice Plan Date: 7-02-13 Time: 17:15-18:45 Venue: ECTAS

Focus:
Offensive team play. Middle drive, regroups Puck handling, passing, breakouts, penalty shots

6 min.
B6 or B4 Crossover Skating and Puckhandling

Key Points:This is a great skating and puck handling warm up drill. Many variations can be used with the puck or in skating tasks.Do a different skill in each zone. Keep the feet moving it is crossover in large #8's and not tight turns. You can also do as a B6 and start out of opposite corners.

Description:
Cross Overs and Puck Handling Skills
Do figure 8's in each zone.
1. Quick hands and quick feet fwd
2. Skate backwards
3. Face the far end transition skate and go in for a shot.
4. Carry puck using only the forehand
5. Use only the backhand.
6. Heel to heel turns facing the inside and finish with a shot.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/video.php?n=20120418155124444

6 min.
C1 Breakout-Attack-Breakout 1-0 or 2-0

Key Points:
Time the support to be available when passer gets control of the puck. Give a target, call for the pass, skate to the big ice inside the dots when you get the puck.

Desription:
A. At both ends player 1 shoot, rebound and pick up a puck from the corner.
B. Player 2 be available for a breakout pass from the middle or the boards. It could two players one in the middle and one on the boards.
C. Player 1 pass to player 2.
D. Player 2 go down and shoot on the net and rebound.
E. After shooting player 2 get a new puck from the corner and make a breakout pass
on the other side of the ice for either a 1-0 or 2-0 rush.
*Option: Player 2 could regroup with 1 before attacking.

https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/c1-breakout-attack-breakout-1-0-or-2-0/

8 min.
B5 Double Cross-Drop-Pass-Shoot Options

Key Points:
Cross over skate, leave the drop pass as still as possible. Pass quickly. Going to the net for a bang in or practicing a one timer from the high slot is also easy to do.

Description:
Option One: Double Drop-Pass-Shoot
-R1 skate around circle and cross-drop to R2
-R 2 gain the blue line and cross-drop to R1.
-R1 either shoot or pass to R2 who shoots.
-Rebound.
– Add after shooting the give and go pass with the next two players. i.e. 1 pass to you and you pass to 2 who shoot.
– Add that after the shot the player who did not shoot skate out and defend a 2-1 vs. the next two players.

10 min.
B5 Regroup 3-0, Middle Drive-Pro

Key Points:
Defense move quickly and hinge the pass up the middle. Pass hard. Centre give the stick and skates as a flat target. Middle drive hard to the net.

Description:
1. All the players are inside the middle circle.
2. Red D1get a pass from a Red F2.
3. Red D hinge and pass D1 to D2.
4. D2 pass to F2 supporting in the middle.
5. F2 pass to F1 on the strong side.
6. F1 gain blueline and pass wide to F3.
7. F2 middle drive skating hard to the net.
8. F3 shoot and all crash the net for a rebound.
9. Blue repeat in the other direction.

https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/b5-regroup-3-0-middle-drive-pro/

15 min.
D100 – 4 on 4 Scrimmage

Key Points:
Divide the team into two groups of 8 and play 4 on 4 stressing the middle drive.

Description:
1 . LD play defense and all others forward. 3 D each team.
c. 4 on 4 each team and then a 3' time out.
e. Coaches agree on a situation they want to focus on.

https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/t2-4-d100-roles-2-and-4-specialty-team-scrimmage/

10 min.
D100 Transition Game with Defense Joining the Attack

Key Points:
The defender make a pass and jump into the play right away. The new defender has to realize it is a late developing 2-1 and the attackers must make a play early before the defenders get support.

Description;
a. Start with #2 attacking vs #1.
b. #3 support on defense and #4 support the attack.
c. After a goal or a defensive breakout #3 attack vs #4.
d. The original defender #1 join the attack (#2 return to the lineup when the puck crosses the blue line.) This creates a 2-1 in the neutral zone.
e. #5 and 6 join the play after the attack crosses the blue line and actively play a 3-2. #6 play the offensive point position.
f. After a goal or breakout continue the flow with 5 vs 6 and 4 joining the rush.

You can run this game with all players playing F and D or if you have D joining the F could line up on one side and the D on the other side in the nzone. Starting with a 2-1 and two players supporting the D and one the attack would make a 3-3 on the
original attack and a 3-1 in the nzone and a 4-3 in the offensive zone. Starting with a 2-2 attack and the offense getting support from 2 D and the defense from 2 F it would make a 4-4 on the original attack. One D joining the rush makes a 3-2 in the nzone and 5-4 at each end. (D stay up on the attack)
https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/dt100-continuous-1-1-d-join-attack/

10 min.
DT100 Backchecking Transition Game with a Regroup in the Neutral Zone

Key Points:
Attack quickly and the defender tie up the stick on the rebound then look for the puck.

Description:
Full ice game with the defenders getting support. New attackers have to get the breakout pass inside their zone. This works on quick passes and attack or the backchecker catches up. The backchecker must tie up sticks on the rebound and don't allow a second shot. The attacker must be quick and follow the shot. Defender make a breakout pass to the supporting player in the high slot.

Add the attackers turn back and regoup with the defenders who passed them the puck and then continue the attack vs the original attackers. It is best to start with the original transtion game and then add regroup if the coach whistles. The backeckers should race back to defensive side and then play good gaps.

https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/dt100-backchecking-transition-game-1-on-1/

15 min. Sean 2/3 ice and Natalie at one end with goalies. One goalie at a time.

Sean: A game where half the whites and half the green pass in the nzone while the other half waits along the boards in one end. On the whistle whoever has the puck attack and the opposite colour in the zone defends. Continue this flow until all players are in the zone. Defenders stay with their man and play man on man defense. The play should continue until the whistle blows.
Variation: Players in the neutral zone play keepaway and whomever has the puck on the whislte attack.
I tooo a video and will attach.

10 min. Regulation Shootout
Player start on the whistle and the goalie starts on the goal line.
Count how many each team scores.
It is important for the goalies to get used to starting from the goal line and the shooters to wait for a whistle to prepare for shootouts and penalty shots.

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