Individual Neutral Zone Recovery Skills

Diagrams     

This drill was created using HockeyShare.com's Online Drill Drawing & Practice Planning Platform.

Description

Player starts with puck skating back in neutral zone, passes to coach or D and immediately turns up ice to accept returning pass off the boards. Player breaks on net.

Options:
1) Place a stationary defender on face-off acting as an obstacle
2) Change the stationary defender to a Dman to create 1on1 down the ice.
3) Change the coach to a Dman for additional passing practice. Start Dman on blue line and start drill with him peeling backwards while accepting initial pass.