Continuous Warm-Up
SKILLS
PURPOSE
This half ice warm up drill is great for getting the legs moving, getting shots on net, and basic board breakout passing. For goalies it works on short and mid to long range shots in a continuous manner.
HOW TO
- Lines in each corner with pucks.
- First player in line 1 skates around circle with puck and takes a shot on net.
- They release to the bottom of the other circle, open up and get a breakout pass from the first player in line 2.
- Player 1 will carry out to the neutral zone, around both face off dots, and then in for a mid to long range shot.
- Immediately after player 2 makes the pass, they follow player 1 out and repeat the pattern from the other side. Ideally, player 2’s shot will come before player 1’s mid range shot.
- Drill continues in a constant flow
- 1 goes to 2, 2 to 3, 3 to 4, 4 to 1. If you don’t rotate properly the drill will break because there won’t be enough people in each line.
**This is not a hard drill, but it does require timing and patience to not shoot at the same time and to develop a continuous flow and pattern.
FOCUS
- Shooting in motion
- Short passing tape to tape
- Breakout concepts
- Timing/hockey sense
VARIATIONS
- Add extra passes: As the player comes out the corner they can pass down and receive the puck back before going around the circle to shoot. On the other side they could receive the pass, give it back and then receive another quick one to head up ice.
- Add defenders
