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This is a half ice hockey drill that works the players hard, involves lots of footwork, incorporates puck touches, and finishes with a give & go for a shot.  Have the players line up starting at the bottom of one of the face off circles.  Make sure the line curls away from the net so no one is hit with a shot.   One player needs to stand near the top of the circle as shown in the diagram.  The first player starts by doing an Iron Cross.  They finish the Iron Cross by stopping at the hash marks along the boards.

This hockey drill incorporates the same footwork as the previous two Finland Skating drills but now the focus is on foot speed.  I think this is a good drill near the end of practice because it is tiring and the moment you introduce a little competition the intensity seems to increase.  It may be a good idea to place some cones or tires on the top and bottom of the circle because players will tend to cheat otherwise. On the whistle the players side step from the gola post to the boards (they have to hit their stick on the boards).

The intent of this ice hockey drill is to ge the players feet moving in situtations similar to what they experience while cycling down low in the offensive zone. It can also be used as a conditioning drills as long as players are going every 60 to 90 seconds.  There is also something about competition that ignites a little extra effort. Make sure to view the diagrm and animation to see how to set up the drill.  Players need to focus on movingt their feet the whole time.  The player that gets to the puck first will get a scoring chance.

This is a good 1 on 1 battle drill.  Think about using this drill towards the end of practice for conditioning as players tend to push themselves more when competition is introduced.  To set up place four lines on the blue line as shown in the diagram. Place a coach in the center of the ice on each blue line with a bunch of pucks.

This ice hockey drill is good for straight away speed and it is a great aneorobic workout. It is also emphasizes stopping and backchecking. The drill starts as the first two players skate full speed down the ice on a 1 on 0 and shoot with their feet moving. After the shot they stop, and backcheck against the next player in line who starts when the shot is taken.

This is tough conditioning drill that is great for the holidays :) I recommend this for the end of practice because the middle of the ice gets chewed up.

This is a great  drill for the days you work on penalty killing.  Not only is this a conditioning drill, but it is a drill that focuses on one of the best habits, Stopping and Starting.  The stopping and starting habit is critical to having a great penalty kill.  In this drill the players are always facing forwards.  The skate to the center dot, stop, and side step while facing forwards to the outside hash marks, stop, side step back to the center dot, stop, skate forward to

I think at times it is important to keep the pucks out when it comes time for conditioning.

To set up this drill, place two lines of players on opposite blue lines.  On the whistle, P1 makes a pass to the yellow coach and skates to the middle of the ice to receive the pass back from the coach.  At center ice P1 makes another give & go with P2 and skates in for a shot from the high slot.  After the shot, P1 stops and backchecks against P2.  P2, after making the pass back to P1, starts the same thing by making a pass to the orange coach.