Tryout Drills

Warm-up - 5 Mins

1. Hard Between the Blue Lines
2. Backwards between the Blues(Always Pivot towards the Boards)
3. ½ Speed up the middle, Cross overs down the outside

Circle Skate - 10-15 Mins

• Players skate 2 at a time around Circles - Forwards x2, Backwards x2
• Coach in Each Circle to direct traffic
• Atom Only - 5^th time Pivot forwards to backwards facing one direction
• Continuous Drill, next two go once group in front finishes the first circle

Skating Drill - 10-15 Mins

• 3 Lines Of Players
• Same Drill there and Back Without Pucks x2, With Pucks x2
• Drill #1 - Stops & Starts (Always Face Same Direction)
• Drill #2 - Tight Turns
• Drill #3 - Pivots Forward to Backward ( Always Face Far end)
• All Lines go at the same time, next Player goes on whistle

Shooting 3 Lanes - 5-10 Mins

• Coaches Make sure Players stay on their side of ice until Center
• From Center, P1 goes too far side takes shot, P2 goes to middle takes shot, P3 stays near side takes shot.
• Make sure players space out between shots.
• Both sides go at same time, on the whistle