Zone Exits: Bounce Pass
Bounce a self-pass off the boards around a cone, then a soft D, then a stretch pass past the D.
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Diagram
Coaching points
- Progression 1: bank the puck off the boards past a cone, skate around it, and pick it up.
- Progression 2: replace the cone with a coach as a soft D. Same self-pass, now with pressure.
- Progression 3: bounce a stretch pass off the boards to a teammate for the exit.
- Pick the angle and weight so the D holding the blue line can't pick the pass off.
How it runs
- Set a line in each corner on the goal line with pucks. Place a cone low on one wall. A coach stands at the point on the other side.
- The first player carries up the wall toward the cone.
- Bank the puck off the boards past the cone, skate around the inside of the cone, pick it up, and exit over the blue line.
- Progression 2: the coach replaces the cone as a soft defender. Bounce it past them the same way.
- Progression 3: the player in the other corner carries up the wall while a teammate swings to the boards at the blue line.
- Bank a stretch pass off the boards past the D to the teammate, who carries it out.
- Players switch lines and the next pair goes.