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This hockey drill ramps up the competion.  It is a great competitive drill but make sure you have players of equal speed and strength going against each other.  At the start, the first player in each line carries a puck around the top of the face off circle and takes a shot on net.  After the shot the player continues around the circle.  The second player chips another puck off the boards and then chases the first player around the cones and back towards the net.  

This drill is simply geared towards overspeed for forwards in the offensive zone.  To set up, the coach gathers the pucks in the middle of the ice just outside the blue line.  Divide players into two teams and line them up starting on the off sides face off dots.  To minimize the cheating place a couple of cones at the top and bottom of the offensive zone face off circle.  On the whistle the players have to skate around the circle, staying to the outside of the cones.  The coach will play a puck into the high slot.

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.

This is a drill for more advanced players.  The goal is to work on footwork and one touch passing.  Set up four lines at each neutral zone face off dot.  One player starts at center ice with a puck.  The player starts by passing the puck to one of the four lines.  The player then skates in a figure eight around the two cones placed just outside the face off circle.  The player can choose to go in any direction but they must complete one figure eight before moving in for

This drill needs to be done at a high tempo.  Both players start at the smae time and skate around the cones.  The coach chooses which  player to pass to.  The player that receives the puck gains the blue line and looks to fire a pass to the other player who is driving to the net.  The player that does not receive the pass has to stay onside and skates as hard as they can to the near post.  Make sure they keep their stick on the ice and expect the pass from the player wi

This ice hockey drill will add some variety to your warm up routine. The animation shows the basic variation of this drill. One way to increase the demand on the players attention span is to have them read and react to the first pass. The coach will point to one side as the players approach and pass to that side. The players then have to react and still time the play correctly. This will require extra pucks on both sides of the ice as well.