The focus of this drill is to develop good habits when going to the net and backchecking. The forwards need to focus on moving their feet, skating hard to the net, and stopping at the net. The drill starts on the whistle. D1 skates up to the red line and pivots backwards. F1 & F2 wait till D1 hits the red line then swing out along the blue line and then face up the ice to receive a pass from the coach. The coach will make a pass to either F1 or F2. F3 is the ba
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Backcheckers need to start on hash marks
I ran this drill the other day and figured out that you really need to set the backcheckers on the hash marks. Otherwise it is too easy for them and they end up waiting for the play to develop.