Big M

PURPOSE

Skating and conditioning while also learning to generate and maintain speed

HOW TO

• Starting in one corner, players skate down the boards to the far face off dot and turn back up ice. To work tight and wide turns, this can be a power turn.
• Heading toward center ice, they will go around the center face off circle (not dot) and head toward the other far face off dot for another short turn.
• Turning up ice they will go down the boards opposite of where they started to other zone face off dot for another short turn.
• Players then head back to center ice for another wide turn around the center face off circle.
• Back to nearest face off dot by where they started, then finish in the far corner.

FOCUS

• Bending knees in turns to generate and maintain speed
• Skating in a game-like manner, meaning players aren’t coming up out of their hockey stance on the straight aways
• cross overs on short and long turns
• Puck control if pucks are involved

VARIATIONS

• Backwards
• In transition (half the drill will be forwards to backwards, half will be backwards to forwards)
• All big turns or all power turns
• Add in extra cones for weaving on the long straight aways