Forecheck Drills

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.

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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