Minnesota Wild Morning Skate: Change Angle Shooting - Off a Pass
This is a great pre-practice warm-up drill or post-practice skills drill that is super beneficial for both players and goalies.
Description
Change Angle Shooting - Off a Pass
- Players line up along the boards outside of the blueline
- Player skates into the zone, receives cross ice pass from coach
- After reception, the player changes the angle and shoots on the goalie
- Progression: Move obstacle closer to net and/or remove obstacle and add 2nd goalie to act as a screen/obstacle (Green Goalie)
Key Points
- Heads up on reception
- Goalie: Focus on tracking puck cross ice and repositioning with angle change
