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Neutral Zone Drills

Overspeed Quick Pass
Ice Hockey Drills, Neutral Zone Drills, Overspeed, Passing Drills

This seems like a simple drill but it is tougher than it looks.  It is an overspeed drill so players have to move their feet the entire time.  P1 and P2 start at the same time.  P1 carries the puck along the blue line and around the far neutral zone face off dot.  P2 skates up along the boards and through center ice along the red line and then turns up ice to take up the far lane.  P1 makes the pass to P2 just as they turn up ice.  The timing should work out so that P2 is receiving the pass just as they cross the blue line.

Continuous Triple Transition
Ice Hockey Drills, Neutral Zone Drills, Passing Drills, Transition Drills

It is very important for forwards to have good timing in this drill.  Timing is very important in the neutral zone and so many young players get too far ahead of the play, making the defense's job much tougher.  In this drill both forwards present themselves as outlets for the defense and they are in a position where the defense can give them a horizantal pass.

Neutral Zone Give & Go
Defense Drills, Ice Hockey Drills, Neutral Zone Drills, Passing Drills

This drill is primarily for defensive players.  The player is always facing forward and is to keep their feet moving as much as possible.  The player begins without the puck and quickly receives a pass from the next player in line.  After receiving the pass, they pivot around the cone and give the coach at center ice a pass.  They then skate forward to the red line and pivot to a backwards skate and gets in good position to receive a pass back from the coach.  Once they recei

D-Race
Defense Drills, Ice Hockey Drills, Neutral Zone Drills, Passing Drills

This drill is good to help defense work on their puck control in neutral zone situations.  Players need to work on moving their feet, keeping thier head up, and making accurate passes. As players get better you can add passes so that they are required to make twice as many passes.  It is also fun to start timing players and compete for the fastest time. 

Escape, Pass, Follow
Defense Drills, Ice Hockey Drills, Neutral Zone Drills, Passing Drills, Transition Drills

This drill is animated and diagramed showing it run from one side, however, to keep the animation and diagram legible it has been shown from just one side.  D1 starts the drill by skating backwards and receiving a pass from F1.  F1 then swings across the ice as though they were filling in the far lane.  D1 practices an escape move, and once they are moving forward with their head up, they make  a pass cross ice to F1.  F1 carries the puck into the zone and takes a long shot.&

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