Shooting from the boards is a low percentage play if you're trying to score on the first shot. It happens! I witnessed it against my team just the other night in fact. But what it's really good for is creating chaos in front of the net.
That said, if we can shoot from the low slot, that's a higher percentage play, right? The problem is that we have to get the puck there first, and the other team also knows it's a higher percentage play.
So let's combine the two. I wanted a simple small sided game that focuses on wall play under pressure. Let's get it off the wall and into the middle of the ice for a higher percentage chance.
And if that's not available? Let's keep the defenders honest.
Setup
2v2 +2 Wall Support Rondo
1 point: shot on net from the wall
5 points: goal
- 2v2 inside the zone, each team has two outlets on the boards
- Players have to pass to their outlets before they can score
- A shot on net from the outlets is one point
- A goal from the inside players is 5 points
- On the whistle outlet players jump in to play 2on2, each team sends two new wall outlets