Reply To: Stick handling session

[Tom Molloy]

We reversed the order of nervous system overload.
3 pucks at once, then 2 and a hockey ball, 1 and a hockey and tennis ball, then the 3 balls only.

Rythm with the puck in the feet forward around the rink then one puck in the feet and the other with the stick. Same thing backward, this is really hard, my son is the only one that can do this without much problem.

Pucks lined up on both sides of the blueline about a yard away and skate down the line with big moves reaching around each puck, then skate around the pucks and keep puck on top of the blue line, finish stickhandling thru about 15 pucks about 2' apart across the ice.

We did this circuit and added skating on one leg only while weaving the skate and puck thru the line of pucks.

Added some variable goal training and had to cut around nets with big moves after the agility big moves circuit. I focused on change of pace and head and shoulder fakes.

Then I moved the 4 small nets into various places and he worked on various kinds of fakes around the nets finishing with a shot. I put a pad the height of the goalie pad in front of the net. i.e. fake shot with a pivot, front and back toe drags. I added a give and go with me before the last obstacle.

Shooting; 3 shots in quick sequence but the 4 nets were in front of the goal between the top of the circle and hash. He had to get the shot on net but not hit any nets. I pass from the goal line really hard and he leaves from the red line. Gets first puck near blue, shoots and another puck is on the way, shoots and then hard to the net for a close in one timer.

Finished off where I fed him one timer passes with the nets flat on the ice to simulate a shot blocker in front. He had to hit the net over the small nets.

'The Game is the Greatest Coach'
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