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Here is a good warm up drill if you only have 1 goalie.  It is similar to the origial three lane shooting drill but adapted to shoot on one net.  Set up the players along the boards at the blue line.  The coach or another player  has all the pucks just inside the other blue line.

This drill is a good drill the works on skating, puck control, passing, and ends with a 2 on 0.  Set up the players in four lines along the boards at the blue line. Two coaches have pucks on each side at center ice.  On the Whistle P1 and P2 skate along the blue line and criss cross. P2 pivots and opens up to receive a pass across the ice from the coach.  P2 receives the pass and skates around the tire throught the slot and gives a drop pass to P1.  P2 continues to drive to the post for a pass from P1 or a rebound.

This ice hockey drill is also a great Warm-Up drill. Again the key is to get players feet moving while receiving and releasing a shot as quick as possible. An interesting variety to this drill is to give the player bad passes on purpose to make them adjust and get off a shot.

This can be a good warm up drill that will get the goalies lots of shots and forwards a chance to work on opening up and making themselves available in the neutral zone.  F1 & F4 start the drill by making a pass to the line across from them (F2 & F3) they then skate out across center ice and open up so they are always facing the puck.  They then receive a pass back from either F3 or F2 and go in for a shot.  Once the shots are taken, F2 and F3 do the same thing.

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.

This is a good warm up drill with an emphasis on passing. The player that starts with the puck passes to the first player in the opposite line and skates straight across the ice, then breaks towards the net when they get to the middle of the ice. The player who receives the first pass gives the puck back as quick as possible and then picks up a new puck and starts the drill over by passing to the next player in the opposite line.

This is a simple drill that can be run from four lines, each starting at the Blue line. This is meant to be a warm up drill, especially for the goalies. Therefore it is important to make sure the shots are spread out enough to give the goalies a change to set up for each shot. The forwards need to make sure they are shooting from their designated lane as well so the goalies are getting shots from all three lanes. The first shooting shoots from outside the face off dots on the far side.

This is the first in a series of drills that can be used as great warm up drills. Timing and passing accuracy are critical or else the drill will fall apart fast. Tell players that they need to make eye contact with the first player in the line across from them before they both go (this will also help players think about communicating). This drill typically falls apart fast the first time a team attempts it, however, if this series of drills is used on a consistent basis it can be a great series of drills to use throughout the year.

This ice hockey drill builds on the previous two 4 Line drills. This time each player performs a give and go with each line. The key is for players to pay attention as the second player in line will often be receiving and giving the pass to the moving player.

Yet another version of the 4 Lines Series.  Same fundamentals apply, and again, the key is for players to pay attention to where they pass the puck to, and where to expect a pass from.  In this variation, the player passes to the player on the opposite blue line and receives the puck right back, then passes right back to the same player.  F1 then continues around center ice expecting a pass from the player on the opposite blue line.

This is a good pre-game warm up drill as it only requires half of the ice. The first player skates to the outside of all three cones and receives a pass from the first player in the opposite corner. The second player skates to the outside of the first two cones and receives a pass in the high slot. The third player skates around the first cone and receives a pass near the top of the face off circle and then brings the puck in for a close range shot or deque.

In this drill each player performs three give & go's with the the players along the boards. Each pass should be a one-time pass. Once the player takes the shot, they take the place of the last forward. After each pass the player along the boards takes the place of the previous passer.