6 Pass Drill

PURPOSE

Long and short passes on the move, hipping out to open up for passes, as well as catching and receiving passes on-side.

HOW TO

Please note, drill is shown on one side (3 & 4). Can be run alternating sides 1 & 2 then 3 & 4).
3 starts by making the long pass to 4 in the corner.
3 receive puck back and returns for passes 2 & 3.
4 curls inside while 3 curls up boards and opens up to receive inside out breakout pass from 4 (pass 4).
3 turns up ice and makes long pass back to line 3 (pass 5).
3 curls around face off dot (or cone set up inside blue if working on off-side control) and receives pass back (pass 6) for shot on net.

FOCUS

Tape to tape passes in motion. Make sure players are not setting their feet and coasting while passing.
On the short curl, players need to make sure they are getting themselves open and not trying to go up ice before the pass. This is dangerous as well as a low percentage pass.

VARIATION

Player from the corner (4 or 2) can step up and become a defender after making their pass from the curl.