Nice drill from day 2 of Sabres development camp. 1 v 1 wall work down low with offensive support to make it a 2 v 1. Quick track back, stick lift retrieval to a 2 v 1. Defenseman encouraged to play a tight gap on the 2 v 1 coming back.
🏒🔥 IHS Drill Of The Week: 2 v 0 Continuous Backcheck from
@tjmanastersky
&
@BrockMensHockey
✅ The drill is a quick attack 2 v 0, with a lot of pressure from 2 backcheckers.
📋 View full details:
Great day 3 of dev camp from the Sabres. This is a small area game they ran that lead to quick touches and plenty of scoring chances. The players seemed to love it. Thanks to the
@BuffaloSabres
for opening dev camp to the public. Great for the fans and a lot of coaches in the
2 keep away drills from day 2 of Sabres Dev camp that work on communication, scanning the ice, protecting the puck, and deception. Defensively works on awareness and active sticks.
First drill is a 3 v 2 in a tight space and you work to get it to your side and keep possession.
Swiss 4v2 Scoring Game!
A fun small area game that sets up the offense to work on generating passing lanes & scoring opportunities by keeping head up, being patient, using deception and communicating with teammates.
View FULL details & coaching points:
Developing a quick-release is a great way to increase your scoring chances!
Here are 2 exercises from
@Avalanche
Camp this summer that work on reaction & quick release.
If you can get a shot off before the goalie is set, you have a better chance at finding the back of the net!!
Quick Turn Up 2 on 2!
An excellent drill for practicing high-speed turnovers & transitions in the neutral zone 🔥. This clip is from Sabres Dev Camp.
This drill can also be set up as a 1/4 ice station. Can also go 2v1 or 1v1. View drill details:
🚨 Fun & competitive 3 v 2 game from Sabres Dev Camp
✅ offense is trying to score
✅ defense is battling to gain possession & pass to their next teammate in line
✅ when the defense is able to get the puck & pass to their next teammate in line, a rotation occurs ⏩ the 2
Fun 3 vs 3 game from Buffalo Sabres Dev Camp!
2 nets & goalies. 1 net faces other way. Coach dumps puck for 50/50 battle. Team to get puck & pass to a coach is on offense & can shoot on both nets.
If defense gets puck they must pass to a coach before they switch to offense.
🏒 2 v 0 Continuous Backcheck from
@tjmanastersky
, Head Coach of
@BrockMensHockey
✅ The drill is a quick attack 2 v 0, with high pressure from 2 backcheckers. Can modify the drill & put net at top of circles, or goal line.
📋 View full details:
⛏️ 🏒 Digging pucks off the boards & passing to an open teammate is a skill that is often overlooked but extremely valuable.
✅ Here is a simple drill to practice this skill. Youth coaches can make this a 1/4 ice station & add objects the players must pass over or around!
🚨 6 Cone Skills Series from NewEdge Hockey!
A simple yet highly effective setup to practice a variety of skills that are used over the course of a shift (hard & soft direction changes, tight & wide turns, pivots & forward skating).
View coaching points:
🏒🚨 Neutral Zone Angle 2 v 2: a drill that forces players to step up & make a play in the neutral zone!
Defenders practice angling techniques while offensive players practice making plays instead of dumping the puck.
✅ View details & half-ice setup:
🏒 Neutral Zone Angle 2 v 2!
✅ The drill is a valuable exercise to help defenders practice angling techniques while offensive players practice gaining the blue line instead of dumping the puck.
📺 View details & a progression to 3 v 2:
8 Important Hockey Habits👇
Without Puck
1-Communication
2-Shoulder checks
3-Stick on ice
4-Forwards: Stopping at net
5-Defense: Supporting partner
With Puck
6-Head up
7-Shoot & pass with purpose
8-Deception
📽️ Watch presentation from
@HockeyThinkTank
:
🏒 7 examples of hockey drills & small area games that utilize face-off circles as boundaries.
❌ No cones, boards or barriers are needed!
✅ Click link to view details of each game & use our free drawing tool to create your own!
🏒🚨 1-3-1 Power Play (a thread)
The 1-3-1 spreads players out, keeps a player in front of the net & places shooters in key positions.
Watch Josi distribute pucks in the 1-3-1 & follow the thread below to see 5 examples of how the puck can be moved in this setup.
🧵 (1 of 7)
🏒🚨 IHS Drill of the Week: Big Man Cycle 2 on 1 from John Dean, Head Coach of
@OHLHoundPower
.
✅ Players practice using the boards & net to change the point of attack in the offensive zone & ends with a full ice 2 on 1.
📋 View full details:
🇨🇭 Swiss 4v2: A fun small area game that sets up the offense to work on generating passing lanes & scoring opportunities by keeping head up, being patient, using deception, and communicating with teammates.
📺 View FULL details & coaching points:
🏒 Thursday Hockey Thread 🧵
6 drills to practice shooting off a pass (to help you score more)
(Drill 1 of 6) is Sticks In Lanes Game by
@hockeythinktank
! 6 players use deception & quick passes against 2 defenders. Shoot quickly when the opportunity arises. Keep score!
🏒 IHS Drill of the Week: Owls 2 v 2 from
@passero4
!
➡️ A competitive 2 v 2 battle drill that finishes with a 2 v 2 rush.
📋 View details & 3 v 2 progression:
🔊Corner to Half Wall 2 vs 1 Battle🥊helps players practice 2 vs 1's in a small space along the boards.
The game reinforces keeping your head up, moving to open space, puck protection & communication.
The goal of the game is for the offense to connect on 4 passes in a row.
🏒🚨 IHS is excited to announce a 10 drill collaboration with
@tjmanastersky
of
@Unionmhockey
!
Drill # 1 is Redwing 2v3 or 2v4 - a special teams game that can work on the penalty kill forecheck & power play breakout concepts.
📺 View the 10 drills:
🏒🚨 The Avs getting comfortable with the uncomfortable by practicing a quick release with bad puck placement.
If you can get a shot off before the goalie is set, you have a better chance finding the back of the net!
✅ View 4 ways to score more goals:
🏒📐 Chute Angling 1 V 1 Station
✅ Offensive players practice deception & tight turns while a defender works on angling.
➡️ Can modify this to be half-ice or retrieve along the boards.
📋 View full details & coaching points:
🏒 IHS Drill of the Week: Wheaties 2 on 1 from Brad Flynn
✅ This drill allows players to practice 2 on 1 concepts with a 2 on 1 rush and a 2 on 1 down low.
📋 View this drill & more content from Coach Flynn:
8 Important Hockey Habits 👇
Without Puck
1-Communication
2-Shoulder checks
3-Stick on ice
4-Forwards: Stopping at net
5-Defense: Supporting partner
With Puck
6-Head up
7-Shoot & pass with purpose
8-Deception
✅ View presentation from
@HockeyThinkTank
:
🏒 1-3-1 Mad Attacker
➡️ Great example showing how to practice a power play (or any team situation). Start with pressure from 1 player, progress to 2, and continue to build as players get comfortable.
📋Learn more about the 1-3-1 Power Play:
🏒🚨 Keeping score in your small area games at practice will INSTANTLY boost the competition & fun levels at practice.
Just look at this practice clip from
@HockeyThinkTank
during the Sticks In Lanes Game.
✅ View details of the game here:
The
@Avalanche
starting their final day of Training Camp with a little King of The Hill puck protection exercise.
Great activity for U6 all the way to the
@NHL
!
🏒🚨 NEHDA 3 Puck: helps players practice passing, communication, edgework around the blueline, and more.
✅ View this drill & 9 other drills that help defensemen dial in details that can be transferred into game play:
🚨 How fast can you get 3 pucks in the net!? 🥅
🏒 A high tempo shooting exercise that helps players practice reaction, footwork & shooting quickly from Rob Sedia of NewEdge Hockey.
View the extended video with coaching points 📺:
🏒⭕️ Circle Puck Protect Drill from John Dean
✅ Get players to compete while practicing puck protection, angling & 1 v 1 skills at the beginning of practice.
📋 View this drill + 5 others from Coach Dean:
🏒 ✈️ The Jets 2 v 2 Drill from
@tjmanastersky
of
@Unionmhockey
is a rush drill that puts a lot of pressure on defenseman as they try to gap up or angle properly on forwards who are coming at full speed.
📺 View full details:
🏒 The Chicago 5 Puck 👇
🚨 A warm-up drill from
@BrockMensHockey
Head Coach,
@tjmanastersky
, that practices awareness, passing, skating & communication.
✅ View the full drill details:
🏒🔥 Pioneer 2 v 2 Rush from
@BrockMensHockey
Head Coach
@tjmanastersky
✅ The drill focuses on attacking & defending the rush.
📺 View full video with coaching points:
So here’s the scoop on Craig Cunningham carving up the ice...the person who builds Craig’s prosthetic legs made this...he took the Tuuk carrier/blade and created a prosthetic skate!
@pomooldtimers
he’s playing on my wing next season okay?
🏒🚨 IHS Drill Of The Week: Strip Transitions
✅ This drill from NewEdge Hockey helps players practice stripping the puck, transitioning & passing to a teammate that times their jump to the slot.
📋 View full details with coaching points:
🏒 8 hockey games that can be set up in a 1/4 ice station or less. A thread 🧵
(Game 1 of 8) 1 v 1 Score On Any Net filmed at
@batteryhockey
. Good edge work & puck protection techniques help players find success in this game.
We first saw this game posted by
@TheDaveBreen
👇
🏒🚨 IHS Drill of the Week: 6 Cone Skills Series
Practice a variety of skills that are used over the course of a shift (hard & soft direction changes, tight & wide turns, pivots & forward skating). Coaches can easily modify the skills.
✅ View details:
🏒🔥 IHS is proud to announce a new collaboration with
@tjmanastersky
&
@BrockMensHockey
!
The collaboration starts off with The Chicago 5 Puck as IHS's drill of the week!
📋 View details of this drill & more content from TJ & Brock in the link below:
🚨 IHS Drill of the Week: Out of the Corner from
@tjmanastersky
&
@BrockMensHockey
Practice protecting the puck & cutting defenders hands while driving to the net.
➡️ Can start with token pressure & progress to full 1 on 1.
📋View full video & details:
🚨BREAKING NEWS: The All New IHS for Associations has been launched
RT & Like this post to be entered to win a free lifetime account for your entire association (up to 50 teams)
Watch the video ( 🔊 sound up) or click below to learn more
🏒 Simple Breakout 1 v 1: a full ice drill to practice:
✅ Retrievals
✅ Breakout passes
✅ Getting the puck off the wall & up ice quickly
✅ Defensive gaps / angling
✅ 1 v 1's at speed
View drill details & coaching points:
🏒🚨 8 Important Hockey Habits
Without Puck
1-Communication
2-Shoulder checks
3-Stick on ice
4-Forwards: Stopping at net
5-Defense: Supporting partner
With Puck
6-Head up
7-Shoot & pass with purpose
8-Deception
✅📺 Watch video from
@HockeyThinkTank
:
The 6 Cone Skills Series from NewEdge Hockey Development Academy is a simple yet highly effective setup to practice a variety of skills that are used over the course of a shift (direction changes, tight & wide turns, pivots & forward skating).
View more:
🏒 Simple Breakout 1 v 1
➡️ A drill that allows players to work out retrievals, breakouts, 1 v 1's and angling.
Can progress to a 2 v 1.
📋 View drill details:
🏒🚨 The Billy Purcell Breakout Drill from
@tjmanastersky
of
@Unionmhockey
works on fundamentals of breakouts, such as passing, support, communication, and it leads into zone entry concepts.
📺 View full details & video example of the drill:
🏒🚦 NZ Pad Races with Shot - the game of hockey is all about races & winning pucks.
🏁In this progression, players work on skating skills & body positioning. Winner of the race is awarded a shot on net.
➡️ This drill can be found in our newest content:
🏒 IHS Drill of the Week: Swiss 4 v 2
✅ Offensive Principles:
- scan ice & use deception
- look for 1 timer options
- get open if you do not have the puck
🛑 Defender Principles:
-scan the ice
-sticks in lanes
-communicate w partner
📋View details:
MOVE TO OPEN SPACE! Run Ragged Small Area Game: player with the puck has to pass to a forward & move to empty cone. Defense should work on stops & starts with active stick.
Great drill to practice moving to open areas! 27 more small area games:
🏒 Swiss 4 v 2 Scoring Game
✅ Offensive Concepts
- scan ice & use deception
- look for 1 timer options
- get open if you do not have the puck
🛑 Defender Concepts
-scan the ice
-sticks in lanes
-communicate w partner
📋 Full details:
Blue Line Shuffles with 3 progressions that help defensemen work on moving laterally on the blue line. You can have 4 of these going in one zone at the same time to get some really good reps in. Full details 👇
🏒📐 Chute Angling 1 v 1
✅ Offensive players practice deception & tight turns while a defender works on angling.
➡️ Can modify this to be a station, half-ice or retrieval along the boards.
📋 View full details & coaching points:
🏒♻️ Corner Cycle Give & Go
✅ Practice picking pucks off of the boards & passing to teammate for a quick shot.
➡️ Can progress to give light pressure from a coach that the player must pass around.
📋 View this and additional shooting drills:
🏒🚨 Griffs 2 V 2 Game from
@tjmanastersky
of
@Unionmhockey
can be used to emphasize neutral zone transition and fundamentals of rush attack.
📺 View full details & video example of the drill:
🏒🚨 IHS is excited to announce that
@CoachLammers
, Head Coach of
@NiagaraMHKY
has been added as a contributor to IHS.
Coach Lammers shares the Ramsay 3V3 Race, along with 5 favorite drills & a presentation on Bench Management.
✅ View them here:
2⃣🔄 Double Regroup 2 on 1: a drill that helps players practice the transition and timing of a regroup before fishing with a 2 on 1.
This can also progress to a 3 on 2 // or can require 3 regroups before an attack.
✅ View details & coaching points:
🏒 IHS Drill of the Week: Use The Net 2 vs 1 from
@HockeyThinkTank
!
✅ An excellent drill that allows players to practice puck retrievals, using the net, angling, breakouts, and 2 on 1 rushes.
📺 View full video:
The other drill was an in-zone keep away. Coach dictates how many players go in the zone and can add players as time moves on, or send everyone at once. Usually started as a 5 v 3 and went all the way up to 7 v 3.
🚨 Insightful Coaching Advice
In The Belfry Way,
@belfryhockey
emphasizes the importance of stepping back from drill operations to focus on teaching.
📈 Empowering players to run drills leads to amazing learning opportunities!
Watch full series on IHS:
Great 2 on 1 Drill From the
@Avalanche
!
This 2 on 1 situation, where the offensive team comes out of the corner with the puck, happens countless times during a game. A great small area game to practice for all age levels!
🏒 Sticks In Lanes Game from
@HockeyThinkTank
!
A fun game to help the offense practice passing while the defense works to take away passing lanes.
🚨 KEEP SCORE (players will get extra competitive).
✅ View details & variations:
🍀 Cloverleaf - Cutting Hands drill -
@curryhockey
putting in the work and looking great!
We got this excellent puck protection drill from
@NextGenHKY
. Watch their progression without puck, with the puck, and with passive pressure:
Wall Retrieval Station: great drill to work on handling pucks along the wall & opening up for a pass.
The goal of this drill is to get players more comfortable along the wall and provides a situation you can use to teach them techniques on how to handle pucks along the wall.
🏒 Thursday Hockey Thread 🧵
7 drills that utilize face-off circles as boundaries.
(Drill 1 of 7) is Rondo Keep Away Passing from
@AGagliardi92
! Pass the puck & use deception to avoid the defenders in the middle.
🏒 Neutral Zone Angle 2 v 2!
✅ The drill is a valuable exercise to help defenders practice angling techniques while offensive players practice gaining the blue line instead of dumping the puck.
📺 View details & progression to 3 v 2:
🚦🚗🚙🏒 Shoot Around The Traffic!
This shooting progression forces players to get comfortable with pushing or pulling the puck around traffic (the net) in the offensive zone. Keep your head up!
✅ View details & coaching points:
🚨 How fast can you get 3 pucks in the net!? 🎯🥅
A high tempo shooting exercise that helps players practice reaction, footwork & shooting quickly around the net.
📺 View the extended version of the video with additional coaching points:
🏒 IHS Drill of the Week: Breakaway Backcheck by
@MarkZarboHockey
➡️ The drill simulates a backchecking situation. The offensive player works on playing in contact & protecting the puck to gain access to the net.
📋 View details & a 1 on 1 progression:
🏒🚨 IHS Drill of the Week: Regroup 3 v 3 Game
♻️ The game requires teams to regroup behind their own goal before they can attack. This setup allows teams to practice regroup habits & skills.
📋 View full details:
Quarter Ice Angle 1 on 1 Drill! Angling is an extremely important yet overlooked skill.
Here is a simple station drill that helps players practice this valuable skill.
🏒 1 v 1 score on any net with
@batteryhockey
!
✅ A battle drill that allows players to naturally practice edgework, puck protection & defensive concepts.
➡️ If you don't have 2 mini nets you can place a tire in the middle as the goal.
📋 View details:
🏒🚨 Bourque 3 on 3 Breakout Game
✅ Practice breakout concepts & encourage players to move & get open.
Each team has a "Bourque" (or Makar) behind their own goal line that they must use before they attack.
📺 View full details:
PASS & MOVE TO AN OPEN CONE! Run Ragged Small Area Game: practice getting youth hockey players to move to open space!
The player with the puck has to pass to a forward & move to the cone that is not occupied. The defense should work on stops & starts with an active stick.
🏒 10 Offensive Zone Faceoff Plays
➡️ Faceoff plays can create scoring opportunities. In this article we show 10 o-zone face-off plays from our Clip Library.
Thank you
@MacLennan28
&
@HockeyThinkTank
for putting these clips together.
📺 View the clips:
Fun exercises from the
@Avalanche
. Can't touch the sticks!!
Receiving a pass and get a shot on net. Alternate sides. Make space between sticks smaller with each round.
The 7 Pass Shooting Exercise.
A high tempo drill that works on one-touch passing, transitions, quick shots & following shots to the net.
This can be set up cross-ice for longer passes & skating (as shown in the video) or as a station (for shorter passes).
🏒🔥 IHS Drill Of The Week: Pioneer 2 v 2 Rush from
@BrockMensHockey
Head Coach
@tjmanastersky
.
✅ The drill focuses on attacking & defending the rush.
📺 View full video with coaching points:
🏒📦 The Box Game
A small area game from Brad Flynn that works on quick decision making, transitions, give & goes and net front play.
➡️ View details & more games:
🏒 The NEHDA 3 Puck from NewEdge Hockey 👇
🚨 Helps defenseman practice passing, communication, edgework & more. This drill should focus on quality passing.
✅ View full details:
🏒 IHS Drill of the Week: Weak Side Attack from Wes Wolfe, Assistant Coach of the
@ErieOtters
➡️ A 2 part drill that allows players to practice rushing to the weak side to create time & gain support from teammates.
📋 View full details:
🚀 Danger Zone 1 on 1✈️
This drill focuses on an area of the ice where a lot of turnovers occur.
- D should angle with stick on the ice & keep players to outside of ice
- Forwards should keep moving their feet as they enter the zone
✅ View details:
🚨 Developing a quick-release is a great way to increase your scoring chances!
If you can get a shot off before the goalie is set, you have a better chance at finding the back of the net!
View 4 other shooting techniques to score more goals:
🏒🚨 Feed or Lead: high tempo drill that works on passing, jumping to open space, receiving a pass & a quick shot on net.
➡️ Progression: add a static defender that the corner player must pass through before the shot on net.
✅ View details:
🏒 IHS Drill of The Week From
@KendallCoyne
Triangle Scoring Game is a fun & competitive game that has 2 teams competing against each other to score first.
🚨 Deception, quick passes, & quick shots will help teams be successful!
✅ View full details:
🏒📐 IHS Practice of The Week: Defensive Angling
✅ The 5 drills in this practice are designed to help your U14 players & above practice and develop angling habits.
🗒️ View practice plan with videos:
🏒 10 Offensive Zone Faceoff Plays
➡️ Faceoff plays can create scoring opportunities. In this article we show 10 o-zone face-off plays from our Clip Library.
Thank you
@MacLennan28
&
@HockeyThinkTank
for putting these clips together.
📺 View the clips:
🚦🚗🚙🏒 Shoot Around The Traffic!
This progression forces players to get comfortable with pushing or pulling the puck around traffic (the net) in the offensive zone.
✅ View details & coaching points: