Stick Lift to Attack Drill

This drill is a quick offensive drill for forwards to work on their stick lifts, timing, and attack. - SETUP: Setup - This is a neutral zone drill, there should be one net on the red line with its back towards the wall. One player on each side of the bottom of the circle ready to receive a pass. - Two lines of players in line with the posts with a pile of pucks nearby. There is only one player ready with a puck per rep. - HOW THE DRILL WORKS: Setup - To start the drill that player going first will make a pass vertically to the player across from them. They will then attack, stick lift, and take the puck and make a pass back to their own line. - After passing back to their own line, the player who received the pass will pass it laterally to the first player in the other line. While this is happening the player doing the drill swings and turns towards the middle to catch the puck from the player who has the puck. - After receiving the puck, the player then attacks the player vertically across from the line they started in and pulls the puck to the outside, making sure they are protecting it with their back and hips and then once they get around the player, they take the puck in and shoot. - COACHING POINTS: Setup - In this drill it is important that the players focus on showing good targets for all of their passes including some communication. They should also make sure that they are being strong and quick in their stick lifts.