The 5 Player - Every Pass a One Touch from Darryl Belfry builds off of the 3 Player - Every Pass a One Touch drill and is from his practice plan, Parallel Teaching Structure - Passing Between Two Checks and One Touch Passing. In this drill, 5 players work to pass the puck around to each other with only one touch passes. The drill starts at the neutral zone with a regroup, before the players attack up ice.
Setup
- Players line up in the neutral zone with a puck. To start, the center slaps their stick on the ice to get everyone moving, and then the drill starts.
- The 5 players work with each other to regroup and then attack up ice and stay onside.
- Every pass must be a one touch and if a player is unable to complete a one touch, the drill ends and a new group starts.
- For points, coaches can keep track of goals as 1 point and number of one touch passes as a point.
Coaching Points
- Players should know where they want to pass the puck before they get it. This means that every player must keep their head up and know where their teammates are at all times.
- Players should communicate with each other to let their teammates know where they are.
- Players should keep their sticks on the ice to let teammates know where they would like the pass.
- Players should keep moving.
Variations
- Can add 1, 2 or 3 defending players to make it more of a challenge if needed.
