Initiation / Mite Level Hockey Drills
Want more hockey drills? Enter your email address in the box to the left. The sole purpose of this blog is to help others get better at hockey and I would love for you to be a part of that. By signing up you will get updates from my blog, and I will even be giving away hockey products to members down the road. The following drills were designed by the OMHA for initiation level hockey players. These are great drills for beginner hockey players, or young hockey players. These drills were created to help coaches build their players hockey skills, and also have diversity in practices. Hockey players sometimes learn more if they are having fun (especially at young ages) because they will try harder, and want to learn more in order to improve. The following drills are from the OMHA drill book which can be found on the website at Hometownhockey. These youth hockey drills focus on technical skills and individual tactics as these are the skills that should be worked on the most at the initiation level. This drill is designed to be a fun drill and is a good drill from young hockey players. Fun drills are usually good drills to start with as the players will enjoy them and it will help the players warm up.Time | Description |
5 Minute Drill | Chaos – Free Time |
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50 Minutes | 5 Station Skills Circuit – 10 Minutes at each station |
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5 Minutes | Free Skate |
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20 Minutes | Balance and Agility |
Four stations, five minutes at each station. Change stations on a determined signal.
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15 Minutes | Puck Control Stations |
Three stations, 5 minutes each, change stations on a determined signal
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5 Minutes | Fun Time |
Players skate to the blue line and…
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5 Minutes | Pond Hockey Drill |
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10 Minutes | Free skate |
Players skate clockwise around the ice. At blue line they perform four warm-up exercises
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20 Minutes | Balance and Agility |
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10 Minutes | Stationary Passing / Receiving and Stopping with puck |
Review and demonstrate key points
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