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Forecheck Drills

Offensive Zone Cycling with High Roll
Forecheck Drills, Forward Drills, Half Ice Drills, Ice Hockey Drills, Offensive Zone, Power Play Drills

This is an offensive zone hockey drill that gets the defense involved in the play.  It can be useful as a power play drill as well.  Set up four lines along the blue line, the defense should be against the boards, and the two forward lines should be in line with the face off dots.  The coach is set up in the middle with the pucks.  The coach starts the drill by dumping the puck into one of the corners.  The strong side forward (F1) will sprint into the corner to get the puck and make a tight control turn up the boards.

Dump In Timing
3 on 0, Forecheck Drills, Ice Hockey Drills, Offensive Zone

This forechecking drill focuses on timing.  The dump-in is a very important part of setting up a good forecheck.  In this drill the goal is to dump the puck in to the opposite corner and time it so that your players are going full speed crossing the blue line.  This gives a huge advantage to the forecheckers.

2 vs. 1 In the Corner
Forecheck Drills, Forward Drills, Ice Hockey Drills, Offensive Zone

To start this drill, the puck is dumped into the corner by the coach.  The defensemen should be positioned in a place where he will get to the puck just before F1.  F1's job is to take the body on the defense.  F2 is then responsible for picking up the loose puck.  F3 remains in good position in the high slot.  F2 then feeds F3 in the high slot for the scoring chance.  The tendency is for F3 to get sucked down to low.  The higher F3 can stay in the slot the easier i

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