Ice Hockey Defending Drills

This site contains information and drills that i have learned over the course of my 28 years on the ice.

Ice hockey defending drills. Form groups of two around the rink. Half ice shooting passing one goalie. Here are five hockey drills that will help develop a beginning skater s hockey defense techniques and make excellent warm ups for the more advanced defenseman. Keep your feet moving.

In each group there is one forward carrier and one defense forechecker. View print share with your team. Forwards are told to keep moving in the offensive zone and on the rush. Offensive zone 2 on 2 3 on 3 half ice defensive defensive zone.

Thanks for stopping by. Free hockey drills online drill manager creator practice planner tournament listings coaching supplies training tools and equipment hockey news videos scores articles hockey tape backyard ice rink supplies and more. Continuous one touch shooting drill. In order to challenge the forwards and defend their net defencemen must be agile skaters and keep their feet moving at all times.

Simple breakout 1 on 1. Contain 1 on 1 good drill from the pije drill collection over at drilldraw pressure v. The defense works on puck retrieval look over the shoulder for awareness collect puck at an angle for speed wheeling around the net and passing to the winger. This is a collection of videos highlighting defensive team drills and individual player drills.

Full ice drill 3. 2 on 1 stations half. Player from line 1 drives through the seam for a give and go pass receives the pass from player 2 then one touches to player 3 or 2 for a one timer. Everything is free if i have a drill i will post it and you can use it before i post a drill i use it myself to make sure it actually serves a purpose.

Quick 2 vs 1 attack situational drill. An excellent drill for forwards and defenseman to work on breakout concepts. Hockey drill guru rick trimble offers 15 of his favorite ultimate hockey drills for defense. Keep your back straight and eyes forward.

Search by categories and age levels. When practicing these drills don t forget to focus on proper backward skating technique. Have a strong knee and ankle bend. Check out the entire hockey dvd at.

Agility skating is the ability to move the body quickly in multiple directions. Player from line 1 leaves with the puck and walks up the boards then cycles back to player from line 2.