Drills

Goalers as Part of a Team System

By CoachC | April 2, 2024

In the modern day game of hockey, coaches often refer to team play as “Six on the attack, six in defense of our net!”

Build Your Chest The Right Way With Bands

By CoachC | March 30, 2024

Hockey players should just think about how often they need to rather violently push away from an opposing player or the side boards…

Unlocking the Power of a Fast Mind in Hockey

By CoachC | March 16, 2024

Here’s the first advice Andrej provides us, this all about “Unlocking the Power of a Fast Mind in Hockey”…

Where Do Hockey Drills Come From? Part 2

By CoachC | March 8, 2024

Now, from this old coach’s perspective, new drill ideas frequently come about because there’s a problem.  Said yet another way, a new drill can be created to solve a difficulty one of our players — or most of our team — is experiencing…

Where Do Hockey Drills Come From? Part 1

By CoachC | March 6, 2024

It’s been several years now, since one of my Team NEHI assistants described something he’d seen on a newscast.  I guess the sports segment showed some clips of our local NHL hockey team, and then it highlighted the team’s new coach…

Build Your Own Off-ice Hockey Training Center

By CoachC | February 21, 2024

Many good drills require some sort of training aid (I’ve mentioned previously that a lot of pretty good training tools can even be homemade)…

Drill: Tic-Tac-Toe Down Low

By CoachC | February 7, 2024

This drill needs at least 7 players for flow at one end of the ice, from the hash marks to the boards…

Dustin Pedroia’s Hand-eye Coordination

By CoachC | February 2, 2024

A future MLB star played lots of tennis and ping pong as a boy, and I thought…  That’s something that deserves some discussion here…

The Shooting Gallery Drill

By CoachC | January 27, 2024

This is a drill I like to use when we are short players. The drill itself needs 3-5 players plus a goalie and does not take up a lot of room on the ice surface…

The Garage Sale Drill

By CoachC | January 25, 2024

The sender of this drill seems to have a knack for fun oriented drills.  Ya, her approach to the game always seems to make me smile, and I can just imagine that her players look forward to what she might have planned next…