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Russian Circles
Conditioning Drills, Ice Hockey Drills, Overspeed, Skating Drills

The focus of this drill is SPEED! This drill allows players to move their feet much faster than going all the way around the circle. It is a good drill for Warm-Ups, Skating Drills, or Conditioning Drills. If players are advanced enough, you can try incorporating pucks and going backwards.

Up-Back Give & Gos
Defense Drills, Ice Hockey Drills, Passing Drills, Skating Drills

This drill focuses on footwork, puck control, and passing.  D1 starts the drill by passing to D2 and skating through the cones.  As D1 skates through the cones they have to always face D2.  D2 side steps their way down the blue line and performs as many give and go passes with D1 as possible.  After the last cone, D1 passes to D2, gets the puck back and goes in for a shot on net.  the two players then go to the opposite lines.

Transition Pivot Races
Defense Drills, Ice Hockey Drills, Skating Drills

This drill focuses on footwork for defense.  By incorporating a "race" into the drill it forces players to move their feet faster than they would normally.  It is just something about a little competition that increases the urgency.  To set up the drill place a couple of cones as shown in the diagram and have the coach at center ice with all the pucks.  Split the players into two teams and have each team form a line on each side of the center ice circle.

Yo Yo Transition Skating
Conditioning Drills, Defense Drills, Ice Hockey Drills, Skating Drills

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