This page lists drills that have been recommended for Mites. The drills are listed in order by how many recommendations they have received, therefore the most popular Mite drills are listed at the top.
This time of year that is good for skill development. The next few drills will focus on key individual skills that are important to work on in the off season. To set up this drill all players line up just inside the blue line with the pucks. In this variation there are no...
This a hockey drill for mites or teams that are using a lot of shared ice. The drill allows players a chance to use their inside edges while handling the puck, shooting, and receiving a pass. Place a net along the goal line in line with the dots as shown, a coach with pucks in the...
This drill focuses on turning and puck control. It is fairly simple, the players weave in and out of the cones and depending on what variation you run, they catch a pass at different places. Players should focus on maintaining control of the puck and keeping their body between the cone and...
Here is a hockey drill the young ones will LOVE! It works for half ice as long as you have two nets. Split the players into two teamsand hav them line up along the blue line so the first player is even with the face off dots. The objective is to be the first team stopped along...
This is station hockey drill to use in shared ice situations. The set up requires two tires (or cones) and 1 net. Place the net along the goal line and the tires just inside the hash marks (as shown). The first player starts the drill by skating towards the net and then around...
This drill is extremely simple but can be a good use of time for a quick warm up on a half sheet of ice. To set up, divide players into two lines in the corners and scatter pucks on one side of the ice between the red and blue lines. P1 and P2 go at the same time. P1 skates out...
This type of warm up drill can be used for pre-game warm up or a good half-ice drill at practice. The forward starts the drill by skating into the slot and receiving a pass from the defense in the corner. After the shot, the defense carries a puck around the net and passes to the same forward...
This ice hockey warm up drill is a conitnous drill that is a little hard to understand without viewing the animation. This drill is good flow practice drill. One thing that makes it easier for players is to remind them to give the passer a flat angle pass which requires some...
Simple Warm Up drill for the goalies. Players need to take shots from within their lanes and from just inside the blue line.
A simple half ice shooting drill that works well for a half ice warm up. It is a drill that works fine for squirts and up. Divide the players into the two corners with pucks. Three players from each corner go at the same time. The first player carries the puck around the first...
This half ice warm up drill gives the goalies three type of shots and angles, and the players also get to work on 3 types of shots. P1 starts the drill by coming out of the corner with a puck around the tire and shooting from below the face off circle. After the shot P1 stays in front of...
This drill works on pivoting and can be useful as a half-ice warm up. Set up the drill with two lines in the high slot as shown in the diagram. A coach or dedicated passer should have all the pucks between the two lines in the high slot as well. You can use two cones placed on the...
This ice hockey goalie drill should make your goalies look like a "brick wall" because no pucks should end up in the net. The primary focus is angles and rebounds. Set up two lines of players just outside the blue lines just inside the face off dots as shown in the diagram. The...
Four hockey drills are included here and divided up into four sections of the ice. This could easily be used for an entire hockey practice for the little ones.
Station #1
The younger ones will love this hockey drill! Split the players into two teams and...
This hockey drill is meant as a station in a shared ice situation. It offers two similar drills on each side of the ice, one that works on power turns, the other works on stops and starts. Set up the coach in the high slot in the middle of the ice with the pucks. Four cones,...
This is a skating hockey drill that is geared for the young kids. The focus is on control turns and inside edges int he context of a race to add some urgency. It only uses the neutral zone so if can be useful when designing a practice that uses stations. The players line up...
Here is a good hockey skating drill to do in warm up or at the end of practice. Set up two lines at each blue line along the boards. Players will go in groups of two for the sake of competing. The first player tries to not let the second player catch them. Have the...
This hockey drill is a fun way for young hockey players to work on puck protection. The drill starts with two forwards (each with a puck) and a defender in the offensive zone face off circle. The object is for the forwards to protect the puck for 10 seconds while the defender tries to...
