A Great Passing/Receiving Drill

Searching for ways to gain more repetition with a given skill (just to avoid doing the same old drills over and over again), I especially like substituting “hand passing” — with a beanbag, a ball or a puck — as a way of reinforcing basic passing skills.

And, the reason I KNOW this form of drilling meets my aims is because I find myself making almost the exact same corrections and comments as when we’re doing traditional-type passing drills! By the way…

Ya, I’ll calling for the potential receiver to move through a high percentage pattern, and to give a steady target; and then I’m reminding the passer to hit the target and do anything possible to make the pass “catchable”.

Lasting, although I usually do this type of drilling away from the ice — outdoors as shown here or on in-lines, it can be done on practice ice, so long as necessary safety precautions are in place so that hand injuries won’t likely occur.