Practice "C" Drills
| | Practice "C" - Hour 1Practice "C" - Hour 2Practice "C" - Hour 3Practice "C" - Hour 4Practice "C" - Hour 5Practice "C" - Hour 6 | Objectives- Introduce one timing/passing technique
- Reinforce angling techniques
- Review breakout options
- Review cycling as an offensive plan
Skills- Puck Control Skills: chip passes
- Individual Offensive Tactics: net drive
- Individual Defensive Tactics: open ice angling, defensive side position
- 1-2-3 Attack Principle
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Objectives- Review and refine individual offensive tactics
- Reinforce the importance of timing without the puck
- Improve communication in odd-man situations
- Introduce skills for 1-on-2 situations
Skills- Individual Offensive Tactics: attack options
- Individual Defensive Tactics: overplay 1-on-2
- Defensive Zone Coverage: positional skills, 3-on-3 low zone play
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Objectives- Improve gap control when defending 1-on-1
- Reinforce the importance of defenders maintaining close offensive gap
- Refine transition skills on regroups
Skills- Individual Defensive Tactics: defending 1-on-1
- Offensive Team Tactics: give-and-go, 2-on-2 regroups
- Defensive Team Tactics: timing, gap control
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Objectives- Reinforce the two types of forecheck systems
- Introduce forechecking in the neutral zone
- Introduce main concepts of penalty killing
- Review transition skating while adjusting to puck possession
Skills- Individual Tactics: transition skating, escapes/retrieval skills
- Defensive Team Tactics: neutral zone forecheck
- Team Play Systems: penalty killing
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Objectives- Refine backchecking techniques and communication skills
- Improve 1-touch passing and quick hands as powerplay skills
- Introduce powerplay team systems for 5-on-4 and 5-on-3 situations
Skills- Individual Defensive Tactics: checking techniques, transition skating, gap control, backchecking skills
- Team Play Systems: powerplay
- Cross-Ice Games: small area 3-on-3
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Objectives- Introduce set plays for winning face-offs in all three zones
- Reinforce skills to stay open for passes
- Refine ability to read and act in defensive situations
- Review goaltending skills: shuffling, angling and challenging shooters
Skills- Puck Control Skills: multiple pass options, 2-on-1 battle drills
- Team Tactics: neutral zone transition
- Team Play Systems: face-off situations
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