Figure 8 passing with shoulder checks
Category: Head & neck control, Agility
Level: 2
30 seconds per player
- Players will skate in a figure-8 while making passes with a partner.
- Keep head up
- Aways facing partner
- Maintain a strong neck and hockey stance
- Stay in control
- Passer performs a shoulder check after each pass and calls out the number of fingers held up by a coach
- Going too fast
- Cue "Stay in control"
- Making too many passes
- Cue "Look back after each pass"
- Passer turning full body to see coach
- Cue "Keep body square, shoulder check"
- Hockey-specific drill that increases heart and breathing rates
- Encourages movement with head up
- Practices a non-linear skating pattern while challenging coordination
- Practices awareness while simultaneously completing sport-specific tasks
- Develops head-on-neck control