Asteroids is a fun target game for players to practice passing and shooting. Encourage players to follow through with their passes and shots.
Description
Coach draws a lines on the ice to indicate the boundaries. The red line indicate the line players can not cross. The green line indicates the scoring area. Coach sets an odd number of cones in the middle of the scoring area (3,5,7 cones)
Players line up along the red line with pucks.
When the coach says "Go" players try to knock the cones over the opposing scoring lines using their passing.
At the end of the game (3-5 min). The coach counts the amount of cones over the opposing scoring line.
Players cannot touch the cones with their sticks, they must use the pucks.
Game can be set up again and repeated as needed.
Key Points
Encourage players to use their side puck handling before targeting the cones.
Keep track of the score to get players excited about match ups.
