Advanced 3-Shot Mustang

PURPOSE

For skaters, this is a quick shooting, rebounding and skating drill with ample opportunities for variations. For goalies, this is a great drill for tracking movement coming from the corners, working on post lock-ups (and recovering to/from posts), and controlling/tracking rebounds.

SKILLS

• Passing in transition mimicking board play in OZC and PP/PK situations
• Working on net-front presence for a quick scoring opportunity
• For goalies, working on post lock and drive situations

HOW TO

• Player 1 starts backwards and passes to next player in line (2) and gets puck back. They transition to forwards around cone between blue and top of circle, drives to high slot for shot.
• Then player 1 gets in position to rebound for player 2’s shot.
• Immediately after player 1 shoots, player 2 starts backwards passing to next person in line (3), receives puck back, transitions to forwards around middle cone, then drives net to shoot.
• Player 2 then goes to the front to rebound for 3.
• Immediately after the shot, player 3 drives around low cone and either shoots or passes to one of the players in front.
• Goalie should focus on tracking puck through shot and quick game-like recovery back to their post to track the next shot.

FOCUS

• Player 1 should look to take a mid-range shot, not drive too low or look to deke the goalie out of their pads. This is a shooting drill not a stick handling/deke drill!
• Player 2 needs to focus on the shot, not look for the backside read. They are looking to either score on their SHOT (again, not a deke drill) or create a juicy rebound.
• Player 3 is looking for options. If the goalie gives short side by cheating to the slot, then take that shot, otherwise look for the options out front. Emphasize with players to not be selfish, even though that short side, top shelf goal may look pretty.
• For goalies, post lock ups and recovery is the focus. Be sure to pace the drill correctly so that goalies can get back to their post between reps. This is as much a player shooting drill as it is a goalie drill.

VARIATIONS

• Add a rebounder for player 1 to work on adjusting the shooting angle in the slot.
• Add a defender
• For goalies, have them only use certain save selections or movements like butterfly slides, lateral adjusts, or stay on feet 100%.