---
title: "Using the AI Practice Plan Assistant"
description: "Let AI draft a full practice plan from your drills. Set your ice, time and focus, review the drills, then save it as a regular plan."
category: "Plans"
published: "2026-10-10 16:46:46"
updated: "2026-10-10 20:47:40"
url: "https://www.hockeyshare.com/support/kb/practice-planner/ai-practice-plan-assistant"
---

# Using the AI Practice Plan Assistant

The AI Practice Assistant builds a full practice plan from your drills in under a minute. Tell it your ice, time and focus. Review what it picks, then save it as a regular plan.

*NOTE: The AI Practice Assistant is a Premium feature.*

## Step 1 — Open the Assistant

Go to **Plans → AI Assistant**. The counter in the top right shows how many generations you have left this month.

## Step 2 — Set Your Constraints

- **Ice format** – full ice, half ice or cross-ice.
- **Practice length** – 20 to 180 minutes.
- **Age level** – optional.
- **Roster size** and **Number of stations** – optional. Set stations if you run station-based practices.

![AI Practice Assistant constraints: ice format, practice length, age level, roster size and stations](https://img.hockeyshare.com/01a1278d-f2d1-7d29-8fed-d35438b30b4a/-/format/webp/)

## Step 3 — Describe Your Focus

The **Focus** box is the most important part. Tell it what you want to work on, in plain words (up to 500 characters).

- Good: "Breakouts under pressure and quick D-to-D passes. Finish with a small-area game."
- Too vague: "Passing."

## Step 4 — Choose Drill Sources

The assistant always uses your own drills. You can also include:

- **HockeyShare public drills**
- **Association drills** (if you're part of an association)

The assistant works best when it has at least 15 finished drills to choose from. If your library is small, turn on public drills.

![Focus description and drill source options with the Generate Practice Plan button](https://img.hockeyshare.com/01a1278d-fbc1-727f-a73c-29e09b749d0d/-/format/webp/)

Click **Generate Practice Plan**. It usually takes 15–45 seconds.

## Step 5 — Review the Plan

The assistant gives your plan a title and total time, and groups the drills into sections (warm-up, skill work, scrimmage, etc.).

![Generated practice plan with title, total time and rating buttons](https://img.hockeyshare.com/01a1278e-0b8a-7e50-8cec-59c321b346e3/-/format/webp/)

For each drill you can:

- Change the **Length**.
- Edit the **Notes**. The assistant adds coaching notes for each drill.
- Click the **trash can** to remove it.

![Generated drills grouped by section with editable length and notes](https://img.hockeyshare.com/01a1278e-16c9-7d60-b4f4-e880a1e61338/-/format/webp/)

If the assistant couldn't fully match your request, a **Heads up** note explains what it changed.

## Step 6 — Rate the Plan (Optional)

Use the thumbs up or thumbs down under **How was this plan?** If you give it a thumbs down, pick what was off, add a note and click **Send feedback**. We use this to improve the assistant.

![Thumbs-down feedback with reason chips and a note](https://img.hockeyshare.com/01a1278e-1f33-7e55-b822-c37ddfc3b630/-/format/webp/)

## Step 7 — Save It

Click **Save as Practice Plan**. The plan opens like any other plan, so you can edit it, pick a template, print it or share it.

Not happy with it? Click **Start over** and try a different focus.

![Start over and Save as Practice Plan buttons below the generated plan](https://img.hockeyshare.com/01a1278e-2b2e-741e-8c06-56b2c4aeff53/-/format/webp/)

## Generation Limits

- You get **10 generations per month**. The count resets on the 1st.
- If a generation fails, it doesn't count against your limit.

## Tips

- Be specific in the Focus box. Name the skill, the situation and how you want to finish.
- Keep your drills finished and categorized. The assistant can only pick from drills it can understand.
- Treat the result as a first draft. Swap drills or adjust times in the Plan Builder after you save.
- Short on drills? Turn on HockeyShare public drills for more variety.