Using one starting point and going from simple to more complex exercises
You can start a drill or a game from one place and create more skills and situations in order to use your ice time more efficiently.
An example of this is lining up the players on the side boards. We call this the A1 formation in our ABC code but that doesn't matter but it does make it easier to find the activities.
Here is an example of using this cross starting point.
– Cross ice skating drills without a puck. Good formation for young players to start from. A1
– Cross ice skating with a puck. A100
– Partners work together stickhandling around each other.
– Partner pass back and forth. Combine pass, moves and a shot. Take turns with a partner.
Overspeed without a puck to zero resitance to situations.
Leave from the red line while waiting along the boards. Line up on either side of the line and the first players from each line leave on the whistle.
– two players from each side leave without a puck and skate as hard as they can in all directions within the neutral zone.
– overspeed in the neutral zone and then skate in and shoot. Return to the back of the line.
– overspeed and shoot, then give and go with the next shooter or shooters. B500
– 2 or 3 from each line make as many passes as possible in the nzone and then attack each net.
– overspeed in the neutral zone and then defend vs the next shooters. i.e. 2 players from the front of each line leave and skate as hard as they can in the neutral zone then attack each net. One of the previous shooters now defend a 2-1, then progress to both defending the next shooter and play a defensive 2-2. C2
This is an example of how to progress from simple skills to more complex skills to game situations.
I will attach a few diagrams.
'The Game is the Greatest Coach'
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