This page lists drills that have been recommended for Pee Wees. The drills are listed in order by how many recommendations they have received, therefore the most popular Pee Wee drills are listed at the top.
This hockey drill is the first in a series of similar hockey drills. The players need to line up in one end of the ice as shown in the diagram. For this series the pucks are all in one corner with the defense. To start the drill the defense carries a puck around the net and...
This hockey drill is a great way to start practice, the players get a lot of touches on the puck and you can emphasize skating aspects as well. One way to start the drill is by having the coach make the first pass. Once the first pass is made the players skate down the ice making as...
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 hockey drill is a small area game with an emphasis on passing and moving without the puck. Defensively is works on stopping starting and active sticks. Set up a rectangle with four cones using the face off dots in the offensive zone and neutral zone. Players are...
Simple Warm Up drill for the goalies. Players need to take shots from within their lanes and from just inside the blue line.
Forwards, especially centers, need to understand the importance of timing in the defensive and neutral zone. Centers who have a good understanding of timing will make themselves available to receive a good pass from the defense in both of these areas. In addition to the...
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 drill is an extension of the previous ice hockey drill. Now, there is a second chip off the boards to another forward providing support in the neutral zone. The forward that chips the puck off the boards then drives hard to the far post and looks from a pass from the forward who he just...
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 drill focuses on defenssive zone coverage and backchecking. The drill starts with a 1 on 1 battle in front of the net ( F1 vs. D1). F1 is looking for a pass from D2 who has a puck behind the net. D2 makes as many passes as possible to F1 before the whistle blows. On the...
The goal of this drill is for your players to work on quick puck movement in the umbrella power play formation. The first pass comes from the coach or another player out of the corner (this pass can go to any player). There are two quick passes before the shot is taken. The the...
This is actually a good game that promotes two things: offensive creativity and defensive zone coverage. In the diagram, the two teams are represented as Green and Blue. Players have to stay within their section of the ice defined by the dashed red line. To start the game, the...
This game is 3 on 3, but really turns into a 3 on 2 down low drill. In each zone there are two teams of three players. On each team there is a designated "bumper". The Bumper can come to life when one of their teamates passes them the puck.
To start the drill, the...
This drill starts the same as the first Continuous Breakout Drill, however, the wings are now making a pass to what would be the opposite wing coming through the neutral zone. D1 starts the drill be carrying the puck around the net and making a pass to F1. F1 controls the puck and makes a...
Great half ice drill here! It incorporates passing, shooting, moving your feet, breakout timing, gap control, and 1 on1. The forwards all line up in the corner without pucks. The defense line up just inside the forwards with the pucks as shown in the diagram. To start the...
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...
This is a 1 on 1 drill in which forwards will work on retrieving and controlling the puck when it is rung around the boards. Set up with all the defense in the middle except for the player who is ready to go, that player starts along the boards at center ice. There should be two...
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...
The intent of this ice hockey drill is to ge the players feet moving in situtations similar to what they experience while cycling down low in the offensive zone. It can also be used as a conditioning drills as long as players are going every 60 to 90 seconds. There is also something about...
This is a one touch passing hockey drill. You can have anywhere from 4 - 7 players in each group with one puck. One player is designated as the passer and is in the center. The other players form a circle about the size of the face-off circles around the player in the middle. ...
This is a hockey drill that can be classified as conditioning drill but also works on some habits useful for the defensive zone. Players need to pair up, idealy with their defensive partner. Place three pucks around the perimeter deep the zone as shown in the diagram. ...
This offensive zone hockey drill will have the forwards attacking the net from behind the goal line. It is a slight variation of the previous drill where they were doing a give and go from the corner and shooting from the slot area. This time they will do a quick give and go, but...
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...
This is a half ice hockey drill that works the players hard, involves lots of footwork, incorporates puck touches, and finishes with a give & go for a shot. Have the players line up starting at the bottom of one of the face off circles. Make sure the line curls away from the net...
