Half Ice Mirror 1v1
PURPOSE
This drill works on technical skating while also reinforcing concepts of stick mirroring and defensive containment.
SKILLS
- Skating – edges, crossovers, transitions
- Puck handling
- 1v1 and body containment
HOW TO
- Players start in corner. First corner skates with puck forward around the outside of the first circle and inside the second circle.
- Second player will mirror them with keeping their chest facing forward/toward player 1. So, they will skate forward on the inside of the first circle, transition to backwards to the second and transition back to forward outside the second circle.
- Player 1 transitions to backwards at the hash mark to face player 2. Two players pass back and forth to the blue line.
- Player 1 transitions back to forwards, Player to to backwards and two players go 1v1 to the net.
