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 whistle, D2 caries a puck around the net and makes a breakout pass to F2.  F2 and D1 then attack D3.  F1 backchecks making it a 2 on 2 situation.  Once the play is made, D3 becomes the player behind the net making passes to F2 in front of the net until the whistle blows.  F2 then becomes the backchecking forward as D3 passes to F3.  F3 and D3 then attack the other direction.  The sequence continues back and forth.

This is a great drill that incorporates passing, shooting, and paying attention. This version is the half-ice version, however, there is a full ice version as well. D1 starts the drill by carrying the puck around the net and making a pass to F1.  F1 gives the puck right back to D1 and D2 performes another give & go with F2.  After passing to D1, F1 and F2 go to the net and receive a pass from D2. D2 needs to pay attention as they will be making two passes.  As D1 circles through center ice and comes back into the zone, they make a pass to the last player in line, in this case it is D3.  D1 receives the puck back from D3 and takes a shot from the high slot.

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 who has timed their curl to receive a flat pass from the defense.  After receiving the pass, the forward skates outside the blue line and gives a pass to the second player in line.  The forward then receives a pass back and attacks the defense 1 on 1.  There are several important keys to this drill: (1) Forwards need to time their curl so they receive a flat pass from the defense (2)Defense need to skate around the net and stay inside the dots as they turn up ice and deliver the pass (3) Once they give the pass to the forward, the defense neded to get their feet outside the blue line.

This ice hockey drill focuses on the goalies ability to read the play as it develops from behind the net.  The coach or player has the pucks behind the net.  There are two lines of forwards on each side of the net on the goal line.  The coach passes to either player.  When the player receives the puck, they attack the net.  The forward then has two options.  If the foward from the opposite line joins the play, then the pass can go across to that player as well.  If not the player keeps the puck and tries to score.