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Choosing Drills for Practice
Maximizing your ice time requires proper planning and selection of the hockey drills you implement during practice. Here are some points to help you properly select drills for your own practices.
Ten Quick Tip Drills
Ten hockey drills focusing on shot tipping and screening the goaltender.
Flow Drills (en français)
Robert Potvin has been kind enough to share some of his flow drills. This PDF is written in French. If there are any users would like to volunteer to help…
Pepper Drive Variations/Modifications
Variations to the Pepper Drive Hockey Drill.
Planning a Practice
Practice planning can be one of the single biggest factors in having a successful season. The way a team practices, and the preparation put into each session go a long way to developing the team - good or bad! The age-old saying of "you play like you practice" is (most times) spot-on.
Pepper Net Drive Video
The Pepper Drive is a great drill to focus on crashing the net and playing rebounds.
Highlights from the Forums
Highlights from the HockeyShare forums.
Staple Warmup Drills
Hockey drills to run consistently at warmups.
How to Approach Warmups
Warmups are often an over-looked aspect of games and practices. If you look at the amount of time you spend "warming up" each season, you'd quickly realize your total amount of ice time would add up quickly. Coaches must thoughtfully plan each warmup session they're involved with in order to utilize this time to continue developing the players.
Goalie Tip Game Video
Hockey small area game to improve goalie rebound control and players rebounding ability.
Off-Ice Stickhandling
Clips from USA Hockey's Off-Ice Stickhandling videos.
December 2009 Practice Plans
Hockey practice plans for December, 2009 written by Kevin Muller.