What are we doing at practice?

Friday, November 24th from 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Bridgetown Arena

Practice Plan

Skating Skill Development
10 minutes
Get comfortable with practising different skills you'd typically use during a regular hockey shift, like sharp and smooth changes in direction, tight and wide turns, pivoting, and skating forward.

Wrist Shot Development
5 minutes

Wow! The feedback is in - the team wants more shooting drills! Watch the Wrist Shot Development video prior to practice to remind yourself of what great form will look like when taking a wrist shot and we’ll spend five minutes working on our shots before transitioning to the next drill where you will be able to apply what you learned.

Where do I put my hands and how do I stand?
Watch Wrist Shot Shooting Tips to ensure you understand where your hands should be on your stick and how to keep your hands off your body.

Paint Scoring Drill
10 min

The Paint Scoring Drill is one where players will see how fast they can score three pucks. Players will be able to work on finishing using backhands, one timers, and wrist/snap shots.

Cut and Drop Warm Up Drill
10 minutes

The Cut & Drop Warm Up helps players practice zone entries and getting on top of the puck in the offensive zone.

  • SETUP

    All players are split up into 4 lines. Two lines in the center ice circle and two lines along opposite blue lines.

    On the whistle, the first player in the center ice lines takes off and works on crossing over to get up ice.

    At the same time, the first player in the lines at the blue lines explode up ice.

    The player with the puck at center ice gives a short quick pass to the player exploding up ice.

    The player with the puck along the boards gets to the middle of the ice and drops a puck just inside the blueline to their teammate that switched with them that is now along the boards.

    The player with the puck now works to gain middle ice inside of the zone to take a shot, all while the player without the puck drives to the front of the net for a screen, deflection or tip.

    After a shot is taken, a coach places a puck in the corner.

    One of the forwards retrieves the puck and quickly finds their teammate, who is supporting them around the face-off dot, for a quick shot on net.

    COACHING POINTS

    Puck carrier works to get middle ice.

    Player without the puck explodes up ice to push the pace.

    Players should keep their sticks on the ice to let their teammate know where they would like their pass to be.

RPI 2 on 2
10 minutes

This is continuous 2 on 2 small area game with a focus on defending the blue line.

Defense are going to work on angles, gaps, and stick position. Do not give up the blue line easily. It is much harder to defend after the offense gets the puck inside the zone.

Forwards need to keep their feet moving and work hard to get the puck inside the offensive zone. Be mindful of your passes and control the puck. Make a great shot at the end and grab a rebound to practice a real game scenario.

  • Start the game with 2 defenders inside the blue line and lines of players on the outside of the blueline along the boards (we’re going to push back to the red line for the first few rounds)

    On the whistle, the first two player in opposite lines start. One player has a puck and they both skate through the center ice face-off dot before attacking the blue line.

    The defensive players communicate with each other and work to angle and kill the play before they are able to enter the zone to start an in-zone 2 on 2.

    The offensive team is working to score, while the defending team is working to gain possession of the puck and break it out to the next two player in the blue line. When the puck is passed to two new players, the defenders rotate out and now the players that were previously playing offense are now working to defend the blue line and the 2 on 2.

    The drill is continuous and all players should get reps at both offense and defense.

Wall Play Progression Drill 2
10 min
Improve your ability to pick up the puck along the boards. Drill 1 will focus on the basic skill of retrieving the puck from the boards. Drill 2 will build upon the skill and add a 2 on 1 play.

  • PART 1
    - X1 from each line leave on the whistle, skates around centre circle towards boards

    - X shoulder checks before entering the zone, receives rimmed puck from coach

    - X pulls puck off wall and drives net for shot

    PART 2
    - X1/X2 from each line leave on whistle, X1 skates around centre circle towards boards

    - X2 skates around centre circle, slows a little and supports X1 entering the zone

    - X1 pulls puck off wall and passes to X2 above the circle for shot on net, X1 drives net for rebound

    2nd Option - X1 pulls puck off wall drives towards net and delays, finding and passing to X2 who is between top of circle and face off dot

    - X2 drives net for shot, X1 drives net for rebound