Reply To: How many drills?

[Tom Molloy]

Tony, it sounds like you use a lot of games with modified rules that will help the players. I had a skills session with 6 players this morning and I filled in for another coach. We did a lot of puck handling and then I had them play cross ice 1-1 using the stripes on the boards as goals. We then moved to 3-3 using the red stripes and the rule that everyone must touch the pass before scoring.

You can play with good habit rules like always face the puck, you must take at least 3 hard strides before a shot or pass, make an escape move, only forehand passes, etc. There are lots of examples in this site.

Search D1, D4, D2, D5 for examples. For transition games search DT100, 200, 400 and you will get lots of ideas.

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