Reply To: Youth Practices

[Tom Molloy]

March 17 Skills Group 12- 14 Years

10 Minutes
Individual shooting practice. I gathered them together and stressed shooting without dusting the puck off by stickhandling it back and forth before shooting. Carry and shoot quickly tight to the body and not reaching way out exposing the puck. Some took passes and shot quickly without over handling.

10 min. B6 http://hockeycoach.com/group/hockeydrills/forum/topics/b6-rapid-one-touch-and-shoot

10 min. B4 http://hockeycoach.com/group/hockeydrills/forum/topics/b4-rejo-pass-and-replace

5 min. Handling 2 pucks at once with all the players in one zone while the goalies work with the coach at the other end. One puck on the stick, another puck in the feet. Change to handling one puck all around the body with big moves while avoiding the other players.

10 min. Cycling. Demonstrated going into the corner and putting the puck back into a quiet spot then getting open for a shot near the dot while the second player picks up the puck, reverses direction and passes to the first player who shoots while the second player heads to the net for a rebound or pass back. I will post the diagrams later.

10 min. D4 one zone game of 4-4 at each end.
Rules: 2 passes before you can shoot. You must keep the puck in the zone and PLAYS MUST ORIGINATE FROM BELOW THE GOAL LINE. (this puts the cycling drill into a game situation as well as the quick shot practice.)

10 min. D100 4 on 4 full ice
Rules: 1 minute shifts and pass back to the goalie on the whistle. At least one pass in each zone (improves the players vision and support better than anything else I have ever used). After the original rush a goal has to originate from plays below the goal line. (again putting the skills into a real game situation)

-The last 4 minutes we played 8-8 with the same rules.

= 65 minutes It was Slurppy Day for the players on the way back to school.

'The Game is the Greatest Coach'
'Enjoy the Game'