Ice Hockey Defenseman Drills

Hockey defenseman pressure drill start with the defenseman on the blue line facing the opposite end of the rink a coach with pucks just inside the blue line and a forechecker next to the coach.

Ice hockey defenseman drills. Win all your battles in games and practices. Hockey must not be played in the library. Small area games activities or drills that replicate game situations and target skills specific to the position a player plays forward or defenseman can be an effective way to use your ice time and develop fundamental skills. We have videos for beginners intermediate and pro levels.

These drills focus on various skills including mobility passing and shooting. Search by categories and age levels. Position specific drills become more and more common as a player gets older typically in the bantam age group on up. Offensive zone 2 on 2 3 on 3 half ice defensive defensive zone.

View print share with your team. Talk to your goalies about things such as puck placement on a dumped in puck let the forwards know who they should pick up on rush coverage. Quick 2 vs 1 attack situational drill. Half ice shooting passing one goalie.

Small drills for defensemen designed to be done with a partner or small group. Continuous one touch shooting drill. First forward passes to the defenseman without a puck then skates around the top of the circle and drives the net. Skate to weak side curl back to strong.

2 on 1 stations half. Get to know each other. Forwards line up in corner with pucks. Defenceman collects the puck and goes right back up the same side the puck was dumped up to and passes to.

Defenceman collects the puck and skates around the net to weak side wing. Breakout options you can practice with this setup. Two have pucks one doesn t. Half ice hockey drills to add to your drill library 1.

Communicate with your partner at practice and off the ice.