Hockey Drills
34 animated hockey drills, each with a rink diagram, age group and coaching notes. Open any drill in the DrillFlow builder to watch it play out, adapt it for your team, and share it with players and parents.
Warm-ups & Skating6 drills
Crossover Circles net in middle Premium
A crossover circle drill run out of each end, with a net in the middle. Setup: • Three players at a time out of each end. Execution: • Players skate…
Edges & Crossovers Momentum Drill
A high-repetition edges and power-skating drill: players keep their speed through half-stops at the cones, then explode into backwards crossovers.…
Full Ice St. Louis Premium
A full-ice skating and conditioning drill built around heavy crossover work through the turns. Execution: • Players skate the St. Louis movement…
Half Ice Warmup
A dynamic half-ice warmup that combines skating, edge work, passing in motion and shooting. Execution: • Players work through an obstacle course with…
Progressive Puck Control Warmup
A multi-stage warmup that combines skating, puck control and give-and-go passing with the coaches. Progressions: • Puck-handling variations get…
Road Runner Passing + Goalie Slide Premium
A combined drill that pairs a high-repetition passing progression (Road Runner) with goalie recovery slides. Execution: • Skaters run the Road Runner…
Breakouts & Transition1 drill
Offensive Drills19 drills
3 Pass Low Winger Swoop
A fast-paced passing drill built on quick touch passes, timing and low-zone support, finishing with a low swoop and a hard shot on net. Execution: •…
3 Player Weave Breakout
A full-ice three-player weave breakout that focuses on puck support and backing up your teammates. Coaching points: • Support the puck carrier and…
4 Dot Passing Basic Premium
A four-dot passing drill where players pivot backwards to open up for a return pass, then finish with a deke and a shot. Setup: • Pucks at all four…
4 Dot Passing Variation 1 Premium
A four-dot passing variation that adds a cross-ice pass before the return to the original player streaking up the ice. Setup: • Pucks at all four…
Bank Pass Breakout
A breakout drill that teaches players to use the boards to beat the pinching defence. Coaching points: • Timing. • Clean bank pass execution off the…
Blackhawks Continuous 2v1 Premium
A continuous 2v1 rush drill that flows from one set of forwards to the next. Execution: • Red 1 starts with the puck and passes it to the blue…
Breakout Race
A high-intensity breakout race: two teams race to complete a patterned breakout and get the puck to the coach on the red dot first. Setup: • Pucks on…
Coach Keep Away Passing Premium
A four-player keep-away passing drill that emphasizes moving without the puck, bank passes off the boards, spreading out the ice and quick…
Continuous Retrieval Flow Premium
A high-intensity continuous drill that works on puck retrievals, outlet passes, puck protection along the boards and shooting. Execution: • Players…
Criss Cross Apple Sauce Passing
A full-ice passing drill where players cross paths to create passing lanes and receive pucks in stride. Coaching points: • Timing. • Skate with speed…
Edging Battle Drill
A competitive 1v1 battle drill: win puck battles in open ice with strong edges, protect the puck and transition quickly once you gain possession.…
Give & Go Net Drive
A give-and-go drill that progresses into a net drive. Execution: • Pass to the coach and receive it back. • Protect the puck while driving around the…
Give and Go either Direction Premium
A give-and-go drill where the player picks a side and transitions backwards before driving the net. Execution: • Purple 1 plays a give-and-go with…
Half Ice 3 Stations Premium
A half-ice drill with three stations running at once: shooting, forwards/backwards transitions and an obstacle course. Red station (neutral zone),…
Half Ice St. Louis
A half-ice St. Louis pattern where players skate over the blue line, take a feed from the opposite line and attack the net. Execution: • The blue…
Practice Half Ice Warmup - U7-U11
A half-ice warmup where players get low around the cones, play a give-and-go with the coach and finish with a shot. Setup: • Players can leave once…
Rim Retrieval with Speed
A dynamic rim retrieval drill that teaches players to keep their speed through the corner, time the pickup and transition quickly up ice. Coaching…
Rim to Regroup 2v1 Premium
A half-ice 2v1 transition drill that combines rim retrievals below the net with a neutral zone regroup and attack. Coaching points: • Puck battles. •…
Wakey Wakey Premium
A give-and-go drill where players make multiple give-and-go passes before driving the net. Execution: • The yellow and purple lines start by playing…
Defensive & Backchecking3 drills
1v1 Neutral Zone Angling
A classic neutral zone 1v1 drill focused on angling, gap control and explosive puck retrieval. Execution: • The coach alternates passes to different…
2 v 0 Continuous Backcheck
A hidden conditioning drill for high-intensity, short-burst training. Coaching points: • Head up to receive the pass from the coach in stride. • Hard…
Interrupt Breakaway to Breakaway
A quick-transition drill where a player steals the puck from the coach with a stick lift, then goes the other way on their own breakaway. Execution:…
Small-Area & Competitive2 drills
Dual Puck Race Premium
A competitive full-ice race for possession: coaches push pucks to centre ice and players race to win them. Execution: • Stagger the pucks: the pair…
Gates of Dean Park
A small-area game where players score by passing the puck through "gates" made of tires, cones or other objects. Setup: • Best with 4 to 6 players at…
Special Teams & Systems3 drills
2v0 to 2v1 to 3v2 to 1v1 Premium
A progressive drill that builds from a 2v0 to a 2v1, a 3v2 and finally a 1v1. Execution: • Two forwards go down on a 2v0 off a pass from the coach. •…
Coquihalla Swing Premium
A continuous, synchronized two-zone flow drill run on both sides of the ice at the same time. Execution: • Breakout and first pass: purple shoots a…
Power Play Offensive Zone Basics
A fundamentals drill for power play structure in the offensive zone, great for teaching basic power play concepts and timing. Coaching points: • Puck…
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