Backyard Hockey
Backyard Hockey
drills for my backyard rink?
hey, i have a 40 by 80 rink in my backyard. no paint at all, and about 4 inch boards, and big golf nets behind the hockey nets to stop pucks from flying out. im 14 years old. im a goalie for one bantam team, and a skater for a different bantam team. playing goalie is my priority. but what are some drills i can do on a rink like mine to improve? (skating out OR playing goalie) any drills and information is helpful. and i have 14 brothers and sisters, and 9 of them are older than me and play hockey, so i definitely have enough shooters for goalie and extra people in case i need it. even drills without pucks (for goalie or skate) are helpful. any drills at all.
Off the top of my head... If you have a bucket of pucks you could 2 brothers approximately a little farther towards the wall from where the hashmarks would be (inside the "circle") they could alternate shooting to build you some leg strength and help with your lateral movement. Try to control rebounds off this.
You could have someone stand in front of you and have the other shoot on net to help you see through screens. They could move around and try to tip it to help their own hand-eye coordination.
You could simply do shootouts, 2 on 1's, 3-1's with a few of them... That will usually help you with breakaways and lateral movement.
For skating... you could do cone drills using random objects as cones... control a puck going around will help agility & stick handling... you could always end that with a shot on goal so you get some fun at the end so it doesn't seem like a chore... Stop and start sprints you could do but that's not any fun...
you could play 1 on 1 with an alltime goalie... just play it like its half court basketball. Thats what we did...
Most of all just play, come up with fun little games the more you play the better you get. You are lucky your parents are practically a child factory so you always have someone to play with. Have fun with it. You could just look up drills online, the only restriction I could see you having is the lack of boards and maybe lack of pucks. You could always put a glove or something down to designate where a line would be if you really wanted to.
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What are some good drills to do on my patio?
Well, I am 4'8 91 lbs. What could I do in my backyard patio to work on my hockey skills?
Wtf Bob? Gosh I thought your were cool before. Now thats just stupid!!
Lunges, Step Ups, Practice Stick Handling, dribble in an out of the legs of a chair, get a dowel and a brick or something heavy and roll it for wrist strength, try stick handling blind folded. If you can get one of the smart hockey balls, they do feel much better than a tennis ball. Chairs make great defenders!
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