DDP Week 1 - Mohawks

Players drop a glove and work on mohawk turns

• Two feet glide
• Push toes and heels 

Players pair up and place their sticks together - knob to knob.

• Players take turns doing figure eights using mohawk turns and always facing the sticks

Large mohawk turns around the circles

• Front foot planted - Both ways
• Pushing with both feet- Both Ways
• Front foot outside edge - Both ways

This exercise is the same as the Open Hips without Pucks but it progresses to where players will control pucks while working on this skill. This skating portion of this skill is an advanced skill especially for younger players. Pucks should not be introduced to players that struggle performing it without pucks.

To set up place 5 - 6 stick in a ladder formation as shown in the diagram running side to side.

To see how this translates to game situations view this skill breakdown.

Use crossovers to attack the cone from an angle then at the cone use a mohawk turn as the deke.

• Use a toe drag deke when facing the cone
• Turn you back to the cone as a puck protection deke

Players skate out of the corner and use an outside edge mohawk turn as a deception deke then continue around the circle and shot.

Blue vs Orange - First in line gets a puck from center ice then skates in on a breakaway. Once they shoot, they race back to the line to tag the next player for them to go, and take a knee. First team to all shoot wins.

• A variation is if the player does not score they have to get the puck then pass to the next player in line.