Week 3: Games
** No stations, players will split off by age, scrimmages cross-ice, or obstacle courses. Take first 5-10 minutes to teach warm up.**
Warm-Up: include skills focusing on inside edges (inside edges on blue line/ forward single leg c-cuts)
- Teach horseshoe drill:
- The remainder of the time can be spent on games and obstacle courses.
Week 4: Guest Coach
** Guest coaches will join stations-give them 2-3 minutes at the conclusion of class to talk to participants**
- Stick Handling
- Moving with the puck-small touches with the puck while moving down the ice. Focusing on proper stick handling and keeping the puck close.
- Skating Skills
- Backwards skating-Warm up with backward swizzles. Then move to backward single-leg c-cuts.
- Shooting
- Carry puck and moving wrist shots.
- Horseshoe drill.
- Passing
- Move and pass/pass and turn.
Week 5:
- Stick Handling
- Focusing on forward and backward movements
- Skating Skills
- Outside edges-Edges down the blue line, focusing on edge control and lean of body.
- Shooting
- Elevating puck-Continue work on wrist shots, and teach out to elevate puck.
- Passing
- Movement passing-Use drill from week 4
Week 6: Celebration/Games:
** No stations, players will split off by age, scrimmages cross-ice, or obstacle courses. Take first 5-10 minutes to teach warm up. **
Warm-Up: include skills focusing on inside edges (inside edges on blue line/ forward single leg c-cuts)
- Horseshoe Drill
- The remainder of the time can be spent on games and obstacle courses
