This practice plan is focused on developing skills, both without and without the puck, for quick transitions -- from defense to offense and offense to defense -- in various situations all over the ice.

Key Coaching Points

• Mindset: Encourage players to anticipate and react quickly on turnovers or takeaways to quickly transition offensively and defensively. Finding openings, seams, and space to quickly take advantage of advantage situations is a key awareness and decision-making skill. 
   
• Technical Skills: The focus areas are to develop skills to quickly transition with skating, puck control and passing execution.
   
• Tactical Skills 
  • Defense to Offense: When your team regains possession of the puck, players looking to recognize and create 2v1 situations through passing and player movement. 
     
  • Offense to Defense: When a puck is turned over, quickly sorting out defensive positioning and making reads on what the situation is, where your teammates and support players are, and looking to limit scoring chances while trying to get the puck back as quickly as possible.