Reply To: Diary of a Season 2013-14

[Tom Molloy]

Flyers Practice Plan Date: 25-02-14 Time: 16:00-17:30 Venue: Max Bell 2

Notes:
Skating, pass, shoot, break-out vs. Pinch Rebounds, puck support, 1-1, 2-1, Puck handle, Agility, balance, edges

10 ‘ – 3’ Individual Big Moves

A2 Skating Warm-up for Edges and Balance

Key Points:
Good players can move in all directions efficiently because they and use all edges and have great balance on the ice. Routines for skating, puck handling, shooting and passing are efficient ways for a coach to quickly review the foundation skills and allow the players to get a lot of reps and improve at their own rate.

Description:

A2 Formation – Players start at one end and skate to the other end. – inside edges – out and in using a snowplow. – inside edges – sculling one leg at a time on the inside edges. – outside and inside edges – slalom with the skates together and a good knee bend. – balance and edges – one length of the ice on each leg. Repeat the same sequence but skate Backward.

7’
A200 Chaos Puck Handling

Key Points:

Make moves, protect the puck, go hard on the whistle. Designate moves, add pucks, play keepaway, use ball, multiple pucks, etc.

Description:

1. Carry a puck and protect it while skating in random directions. Stay in the zone.
2. Go hard for about 5" on the whistle and slow down on the next whistle.
3. Coach designate the move to be practiced, i.e, tight turn when you approach someone.
4. Exchange pucks-pass with eye contact.
5. Spread pucks around which also must be avoided.
6.Keepaway-coach take a puck away every 10".

https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/b200-chaos-puckhandling-2/

https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/a200-chaos-puck-handling-1/

8’
B6 Chaos 3-0 Pass and Shoot

Key Points:

Give a target, pivot to face the puck all the time; use forehand passes and backhand only when passing forward.

Description:

1. Three players leave from each end.
2. Each group passes one puck in nzone.
3. On the whistle player with the puck shoot.
4. Other two players save ice and get a pass from the corner and shoot. a few seconds apart.

https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/b6-chaos-3-0-pass-and-shoot-pro/

10’
B202 Neutral Zone Regroup 1-0 and 2-0 – Pro

Key Points:

Start by exchanging the puck and always face the puck when pivoting for the return.

Description:

1. Players face each other and regroup in the neutral zone 1-0 then 2-0 and then attack. Start with exchanging the puck and then the breakout pass.
2. On the 2-0 practice chipping by the D to enter the zone or simply enter 2-0 with crosses.
3. You can add defense by having the shooter go out and defend the next attack.
4. When just shooting follow the rebound then circle back for the rebound from the next shooter.

https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/b202-nzone-regroup-1-0-and-2-0/

15’
B5 Murdoch Breakout Routine E and F – Winger Chip-out

Key Points:

On all of these both wingers can go and time their skating to be available for the pass. Add the centreman to do 5-0 full ice reps.

Description:

E. Coach dumps the puck in D1 gets it, D2 skates to the front of the net and calls for the pass D to D. Both wings watch the puck from the middle zone and time their skating to be available for the pass. D1 behind to D2 to F1 to D2 to F2 and out. try to pass to all three forwards and back to D twice. i.e. D to C to D to F2 to F1.
F. Coach calls the breakout (i.e. reverse) and all 5 breakout and try to score at the other end.
Practice all of the options doing about 2 reps each line of 5.

Example:
http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/video.php?n=20080720200746400

10’
B6, 2-0, Regroup, 1-1 then 2-1 Back

Key Points:

Forwards pass to the outside and skate to the middle with the puck. Face the puck all the time. D pivot with the puck. D work with the goalie and only give away poor shots. Forwards attack with speed and make the first play early. One high one low; one fast one slow.

Description:

1. F1 and F2 leave from diagonal corners.
2. D1 leave from diagonal bluelines.
3. F's regroup with D in nzone.
4. F's skate to far blue-D follow.
5. F's turn at own blueline.
6. F's attack 2-2 vs. D1's.

http://hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort =0&s=20101007155153211

13’
D100 One Pass in Each Zone

Key Points:

Close support, skate to open ice with the puck, give a target.

Description:

1. Play full ice either in shifts or all on the ice at once.
2. There must be at least one pass made in each zone. If not the other team gets the puck.
3. Controlled scrimmage so everyone stop on the whistle for coach input.
4. With shifts in a D100 game pass back to the goalie on the whistle.

https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/d1-game-one-pass-in-each-zone/

8’ Scoring Contest – Rebounds

B5 2-0 Shot – Rebound – Shot

Key Points:

Shoot while skating and aim at the far pad. It is really a shot pass off the goalies pad when the shooter sees he has no openings and #2 is going hard to the net.

Description:

1. Start in the B5 formation with the players inside the middle circle.
2. Each #1 leave to the wide lane and get a pass from #2.
3. #1 Skate wide and shoot from outside the circle and shoot low to the far pad to create a rebound.
4. #2 go hard to the far post and be ready to shoot in a rebound.
5. Repeat the other way with each #3 leaving and getting a pass from #4.

https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/b5-2-0-shot-rebound-shot-pro/

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