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Hockey Drills for a Power Play Practice

In Coaching Tips on Monday, May 7th, 2012 by Ice Hockey Systems

A hockey practice that focues on the power play is not to be confused with a practice where you play power play versus penalty kill for the entire practice. There are lots of drills that focus on skill sets that can be used while leading up to a power play scrimmage. Some of the key points of emphasis on the power play are puck possession, timing, shot selection, moving away from the...

3 great hockey drills for private sessions

In Coaching Tips on Friday, May 4th, 2012 by Ice Hockey Systems

It can be tricky to come up with unique, usefull, and fun hockey drills to use in a summer session where you only have a couple of players. These are hockey drills you can pass along to players to do at stick and puck as well. Two people are required for each one of these hockey drills because of they all incorporate lots of passing. The diagrams for each hockey drill are at the...

A plan for summer sessions

In on Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 by Ice Hockey Systems

Planning hockey practices for summer sessions are much different than planning for a mid-season practice. During the season it is typical to focus on more team concepts, especially at the higher levels. During the summer the goal should be to improve the skill set of the individuals while giving them a taste of fun and excitement that will have them yearning for hockey season to start...