The Team at IHS would like to thank you for all of your support in 2023. We are so very grateful to all of our members, associations, contributors, and partners.
Our objective at IHS is to create content and tools that inspire coaches and players around the world. Below is a list of the most popular practice plans, small area games, drills, coaching clips, coach education videos, tools, and updates from the past year.
Top Practice Plans of 2023
We have unlocked our top 15 practice plans of 2023 for all coaches to have access to and to draw inspiration from. Please keep in mind that the practices span a wide range of ages and skill levels. You can use the content as a starting point and we always encourage you to add/remove constraints to fit your team depending on age/skill level. These are meant to spark creativity, not to replace it.
- 1 v 1 Stations
- Puck Support in 2 v 1 Situations
- Playing with Pace
- Backchecking Practice (Full Ice)
- Net Front and Down Low Play
- Competitive Station Games With No Goalies
- Cutting Hands and 1 v 1 Net Drives
- D-Zone Concepts
- Retrieval Stations
- Passing & Playmaking
- Body Contact & Checking Practice # 1 of 5
- Give & Go's (Pass & Move)
- Breakout Stations
- Puck Protection Stations
- Body Contact & Checking Practice # 4 of 5
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Top Small Area Games of 2023
- Ramsay 3 v 3 Race from Jason Lammers
- 4 v 2 Rondo to 4 v 2 Quick Attack from Alyssa Gagliardi
- Hit The Tire Passing Game With No Goalie from Global Hockey Network
- Pass Through The Cones 2 v 2 Game from Global Hockey Network - Members Only
- 2 v 2 Rim Game from Jeff Meredith
- Oreo from Jason Lammers
- The Box Game from Brad Flynn
- Sticks In Lanes Game from Topher Scott
- The Breakout Game from Jason Lammers - Members Only
- Go Go from TJ Manastersky - Members Only
- 2 v 2 Tire Pass Game With Support from Global Hockey Network - Members Only
- Davos Game from Wes Wolfe
- 4 v 2 Down Low Game from Kendall Coyne Schofield - Members Only
- Nobles 2 v 2 Transition Game from Global Hockey Network - Members Only
- Angling Through The Circles Progression - Global Hockey Network - Members Only
View all 195+ Small Area Games
Top Hockey Drills of 2023
- Pioneer 2 v 2 Rush from TJ Manastersky
- Pit Chaos Handling With Passes from Global Hockey Network
- 3 v 1 Keep Away from Battery Hockey Academy
- The Chicago 5 Puck from TJ Manastersky
- Paint Scoring from NewEdge Hockey
- Red Wing 2 v 1 With Backchecker from TJ Manastersky
- Circle Puck Protect from John Dean
- Chute Angling 1 v 1 from Global Hockey Network
- D-Zone Coverage Tire Drill from Tyler Bielby
- Ferrari 3 on 2 from Steve Wiedler
- Forecheck Angling from Mark Zarbo Hockey - Members Only
- 1, 2, 3, Forecheck Drill from Nik Passero
- Net Drive & Angle Drill from Mark Zarbo Hockey - Members Only
- Cross-Fire Passing from Global Hockey Network- Members Only
- Continuous 1 on 1 Puck Retrieval Drill from Mark Zarbo Hockey - Members Only
View all 800+ Hockey Drills
Top Coaching Clip Categories of 2023
IHS secured a license allowing us to enhance our platform with hundreds of coaching clips from the NHL. Below are the 15 most viewed coaching clip categories (out of a total of 120 categories). Click on the links below to view both free & members only clips.
- Breakouts
- Down Low Play - Defensive
- Power Play 5 on 4
- Backchecking
- Net Front - Defensive
- 3 vs 2
- Defensive Zone Faceoffs
- Offensive Zone Faceoffs
- 2-1-2 Forecheck
- Angling
- Penalty Kill 4 on 5
- Compete Level
- Sacrifice
- Gap Control
- 1 vs 1 - Defensive
View all Coaching Clips in 120 categories
Top Coach Education Videos of 2023
IHS was proud to expand our coach education resources in 2023. We worked with Topher Scott & Alyssa Gagliardi on Season Launch Events and with TJ Manastersky on the Brock University High Performance Hockey Seminar. The collaborations brought in a a wide range of topics & speakers. The most popular coach education videos from the past year are shown below.
- U14 Season Launch Presentation & Materials - Members Only
- Adding Decisions & Cues To Practice - Free Short Video from Alyssa Gagliardi & Ben Eaves
- Bench Management from Jason Lammers - Members Only
- U16 - U18 Season Launch Presentation & Materials - Members Only
- Teaching Offensive Creativity Through Systems from John Dean - Members Only
- U8 - U10 Season Launch Presentation & Materials - Members Only
- Practicing & Developing The Penalty Kill from Steve Wiedler - Members Only
- U12 Season Launch Presentation & Materials - Members Only
- 8 Important Hockey Habits from Topher Scott - Free
- Developing Hockey IQ from Wes Wolfe - Members Only
- 10 Offensive Zone Faceoff Plays - Free
- Developing Defensive Zone Habits from Alyssa Gagliardi - Members Only
- Developing On Ice Speed from Vicki Bendus - Members Only
- Practice to Game Transfer - Skill Development from Brad Flynn - Members Only
- 12 Fun Hockey Drills & Games to Shake Up Practice - Free
View all 100+ Coach Education Videos
Most Popular IHS Coaching Tools of 2023
- IHS Drawing Tool - our digital drawing tool that allows coaches to easily draw drills & systems. Coaches without a membership can download images & PDFs for free. IHS Members can save their drawings in a drill library, add video, add the drills to a practice plans, and easily share the content with players, parents & coaches.
- IHS Practice Planner - create engaging practice plans & share them with coaches, players & parents. Members Only
- IHS For Associations - IHS for your whole association. Allows for easy collaboration between coaches. Members Only
- Save & Share Coaching Clips - Coaches can save & share coaching clips with their team. Members Only
- IHS Game Planner - plan out your game day roster & game strategy. Members Only
- Adding Team Logo to Content - add your team logo to drills, practices & more. Members Only
Top IHS Updates of 2023
- The Launch of Licensed Categorized Coaching Clips
- IHS Acquires The Global Hockey Network
- Season Launch Guides Live Events with Topher Scott & Alyssa Gagliardi
- Brock University High Performance Hockey Seminar
- Intro to Body Contact Course with 5 Practice Plans from Mark Zarbo Hockey
- Season # 2 of The Weekly Edge Newsletter
- New Contributors Added to IHS
Look back at previous year recaps: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019.
The Team at IHS would like to wish you all a Happy 2024!
Thank you so much for being part of the IHS Coaching Community. We really appreciate you being here and allowing us to be part of your coaching journey.
Please contact us anytime with any questions or suggestions. We would love to hear what you would like to see from us in 2024, what we can improve upon, or just reach out to say hi! We love hearing from our members and truly appreciate every message and suggestion that we receive.