2v2 Hard Rim
Rim it hard around the boards to your partner, then 2 on 2. D must touch the top of the circle first.
- Small-area game
- Passing
- Defence
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Diagram
Coaching points
- Rim it hard and high on the glass side so it gets all the way around.
- Receiver: get to the wall early, stop the puck with your skate or stick, and look up.
- D: touch the top of the circle, then attack fast and take away the middle.
- Play it out: second chances and rebounds count.
How it runs
- Two lines of forwards with pucks at the hash marks on each wall. Two D start at the dots.
- The first forward rims the puck hard behind the net to the forward at the front of the other line.
- The D must skate up and touch the top of the circle before they can play.
- The forwards play 2 on 2 to the net.
- If the D win the puck, they pass or rim it to the next pair in line. Then the D go out and the O become D.
- Start from the blue line for longer rims. Run the same drill on the other side of the ice.
Downloads
Open the Excalidraw file in Excalidraw to change the diagram.