Reply To: Favorite Small Area Games

[RookieCoach]

Tom ,

Great way for young players to learn support , passing , and having their head up .

Also teaches them to move from zone to zone quickly and making themselves available for a pass.

Did your young players have fun playing ringuette ?

Thanks
RookieCoach
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Rcmat,
Thanks for the information on getting rings at the pet store. I will check it out.

Thanks
RookieCioach-
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Our last practice of the spring, I did a 30 min review of stickhandling doing the Russian big moves sequence and then added a shot at the end. I think skating and good mechanics while handling the puck are the cornerstones for being an effective player. The pass and shot are extentions of Stickhandling.

Good habits i.e. facing the puck,skating to open ice when u get the puck and good sticks on O and D are the Tool Box that make effective players.

We played a 45 min tournament after with 9 games of 5 min. 3 games going on ot once. 2 cross ice games using small nets and one game using one net. Each game had a different task. There was one goalie, so we played 2 pass at his end. There were 12 skaters so it was 3 games of 2 on 2.

Different puck each game area
Series 1. Hockey ball, tennis ball, rubber and sponge puck
Series 2. Plastic puck, ringuette ring, racquet ball
Series 3. 1 on 1. One play goal. You must regroup with your goalie to go on offense. At the end with one net they had to regroup with their point man to go onto offense.
Same pucks as in game 2. Switch when sc ored on or your team gets 2 goals.

Finished with a 2/3 ice game using regulation puck and 3 pass rule.

I will post a video of the practice.