Practice Notes
Drills
Continuous Warm Up Skills Series #1
Continuous Warm Up Skills Series #2
Continuous Warm Up Skills Series #3
2 vs. 0 Rush Series #1
2 vs. 0 Rush Series #2
2 vs. 0 Rush Series #3
Quick Turn Up 2 on 1
Center Ice 3 on 3
This is a 60 minute practice plan that is very well suited for Pee Wee (U12) age level. The start of the practice includes several full ice warm up drills with a lot of 2 on 0 passing in combination with skill development drills. The first is the full ice 2 on 0 series. This series of drills allows players to continuously pass the puck through the middle of the ice and workd on a designated set of skills along the outside. The goalies can get warmed up by another coach at the other end. There are three variations and spending 5 minutes on each variation should be sufficient. The next 2 on rush series allows players to work on attacking the zone with two players. Along one side players work on basic passing followed by a designated zone entry tactic. Along the other side players can do drop passes or pass & follow before working on the zone entry tactic. These zone entry tactics can then be carried over into the Quick Turn Up 2 on 1 drill. The practice ends with a fast paced small area game in the neutral zone. The outline for the practice is as follows:
- Full Ice 2 on 0 Warm Up #1 - 5 minutes
- Full Ice 2 on 0 Warm Up #2 - 5 minutes
- Full Ice 2 on 0 Warm Up #3 - 5 minutes
- 2 on 0 Rush Series #1- 5 minutes
- 2 on 0 Rush Series #2 - 5 minutes
- 2 on 0 Rush Series #3 - 5 minutes
- Quick Turn Up 2 on 1 - 15 minutes
- Center Ice 3 on 3 - 15 minutes