Long time friend of TCS Barry Smith is back to swirl your players into the blender and practice offensive zone puck retrieval skills/defensive zone coverage.

Description

• Start with 3 offensive players and 3 defensive players (2 D and 1 forward)
• Players activate on the whistle after moving around, or swirling around
• On whistle, closest players retrieve puck
• F1 is on puck first, second player, F2 supports strong side, while F3 takes up defensive positioning
• On whistle, reload, swirl starts again, on whistle offensive players retrieve puck on opposite side

Key Points

• Explain to players how different reads work when you start from movement
• Do what you want on the offensive sicde of the puck, create confusion
• Don't worry about positions, just first, second, and third player