Top 10 things you can do to help grow IHD

So now that IHD is 1 year old, what can you do to help? Submit a Drill - Share your favorite drills with us.Follow IHD on Twitter - Join the conversation and help spread the drills.Like IHD on Facebook  - Share this page with all your friends who love hockey.Join the Forums and share your knowledge.Click on the Sponsor links on the top and right side of the page.  Find something you like and buy it.Provide feedback on the drills. If you used the drill and modified it, let us know how you changed it and how it worked out.Provide feedback...

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IHD is now 1 year old

One year ago I posted my opening thought on this site. Now I sit with over 85 posts talking hockey.  My site continues to grow and with the season getting ready to start, you'll see additional drills and articles appearing to help you coach your team. Thanks to all my viewers who continue to come back and view the site.  One thing I've noticed as I've started Summer workouts for our school program, is that I don't have a lot of basic skill building drills.  I'll be adding those as the Summer goes on.  I've already drawn...

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Passing Forward/Backward Tandems

Drill:1. Put players in 2 man teams2. Player 1 skates forward while Player 2 is moving backward3. Players are making passes back and forth as they skate up to the blue line4. At Blue line, Player 1 skates backward toward Goal line and Player 2 skates forward 5. Players continue to pass back and forthFocus:1. Works on skating and passing2. Keeping head up as you skate to see where to make pass or to receive passNotes:Left side of diagram just shows...

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Passing Work - Lateral Movement

Drill:1. Players start by skating across the rink making a receiving passes 2. Once they hit the side, they will backwards skate across the rink making and receiving passesFocus:1. Skate with your head up so you can see where you are making the pass or receiving the pass2. Being able to skate forward or backward and make/receive a passNotes:This is just a good drill for passing and skating and working with your head up. Coaches can always move around...

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Passing Work - Forward/Backward Movement

Drill:1. Arrange cones in the pattern above2. Player starts at top right and skates with the puck toward the Coach and makes a pass3. At the next cone, they stop, skate backward and look for a return pass4. Repeat through all conesFocus:1. Skate with your head up so you can see where you are making the pass or receiving the pass2. Being able to skate forward or backward and make/receive a passNotes:This is just a good drill for passing and skating...

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