Ice Hockey Stopping Drills

Players must come to a complete stop.

Ice hockey stopping drills. Start in a good hockey player position. 1 on 1 skating relay races stations quarter ice station battle drills half ice. Stop start angling. Player 1 skates clockwise to each of the four face off marks power stops facing the coach looks up and waves at coach.

Therefore it is important to work on both sides when working on the hockey stop. Half ice slalom races. Let s break it down into 3 simple steps. The focus of these drills small area games and activities is on skill development and fundamentals.

Lighten the pressure on one skate and turn it inward slightly until it begins to shave the ice. Turn your feet nice and fast. Steps to perform a hockey stop get into an athletic hockey stance with a wide base and your knees slightly bent. Begin by skating forward slowly on the inside edges of both skates.

Congratulations you have just learned how to hockey stop. Below you will find over 170 quality hockey drills small area games and activities for squirts atom u10 age level. This drill combines stops and starts angling and drive skating. Each stop and start is to be done facing each other.

Player 2 begins after player 1 reaches 2nd stopping point. Here is a list of good battle drills to use in your youth hockey practice. Setups include full ice half ice 1 3 ice stations 1 4 ice stations and 1 6 ice stations. Players line up as shown offensive player white in the corner defensive player blue toward the middle players waiting in line near the blue line.

Stop and start 1. Most players will have one side that is stronger than the other when they do a hockey stop. Upon completion players get back in line and repeat drill several times. View the diagrams animations and descriptions.

Small area games stations third ice stations 2 on 2 battle drills half ice.