| The most important aspect of hockey except scoring, | | | | started. |
| is skating. Knowing hockey skating drills is very | | | | Russian circles |
| important for anyone who might want to try out the | | | | Players skate in a single file around the 5 face-off |
| game of hockey. Here are some hockey skating drills | | | | circles with a puck. |
| that you can use to better the technique of your | | | | Skate figure 8 |
| skaters. | | | | You must place four cones on the back face-off dots. |
| Power start drill | | | | Players must skate in a figure 8 pattern around the |
| This hockey skating drill will teach skaters how to have | | | | goal outside the cones. Once they pass the goal, they |
| fast powerful starts. The drill is to have a player pull | | | | must sprint, pass the cones and skate to the other |
| another to the red line. Player 2 holds player 1 by the | | | | end. |
| jersey. Player 1 takes 5-6 strides or until he reaches | | | | Snow cone drill |
| the red line to come to a gliding stop. Each player that | | | | Players are divided into two groups and are put in |
| is being pulled should do this 5-6 times before switching | | | | opposing corners. A cone is put at the blue line. Both |
| places. | | | | teams must skate to the blue line with a hard stop, |
| 4-minute skating drill | | | | pivot and skate backwards to the starting point. |
| First, you must divide all players in groups of 3 players | | | | The dots |
| each. Each player will skate from the blue line to the | | | | Separate the players to make two groups and put |
| middle red line and back again twice with full speed. | | | | them on opposite sides. At the same time, make them |
| The next players repeat what player 1 did, and this | | | | skate to the dots in a zig zag manner so that they will |
| goes on for 4 minutes. | | | | cross each others path. They will make a full stop at |
| 4 stop drill | | | | each dot until they reach the other end of the rink. |
| Players form a line at one end of the rink. Player 1 | | | | Chasing the wind |
| takes off clockwise and skates to each of the four | | | | The players will line up side by side on the blue line. |
| face- off marks, power stops, looks up and waves at | | | | When the coach blows the whistle, they will skate the |
| the coach. After all four marks are hit, player one | | | | second blue line and stop. The coach will blow his |
| skates back in line behind the rest as player 2 takes | | | | whistle again and the players will skate to the red line in |
| off and so on. The drill is repeated 4-5 time without | | | | the middle. The coach will blow the whistle again and |
| stopping. | | | | the players will skate to the blue line where they |
| Piranha pivot | | | | started. This is good for cardio, starting, and stopping. |
| Starting at one end of the rink, Player 1 skates full | | | | As minutes pass, the coach will make the players go |
| speed to the blue line, then pivots and skates | | | | faster by decreasing the stop time at each line. |
| backwards to the second blue line, pivots again and | | | | The hockey skating drills found above are good for |
| skates to the other red line and goes behind the net, | | | | beginners and more advanced player. Coaches and |
| pivots again, skates backwards until the second blue | | | | players must always remember that you cannot reach |
| line, pivots again to reach the end of the rink where he | | | | the net to score if you do not first know how to skate. |