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Defensive Zone Development for Developing Defensemen

Learn essential skills and drills in skating, puckhandling, passing, and shooting for defensemen to excel in the defensive zone. Communication, positioning, and strategic play highlighted.

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Defensive Zone Development for Developing Defensemen

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  1. Developing Defenseman andDefensive Zone Jeff GiesenAssistant Women’s Hockey CoachSt. Cloud State University

  2. Defenseman Skills • Skating • Puckhandling • Passing • Shooting

  3. Skating • Probably the biggest thing in hockey • Work on a daily basis • Good starts gives more confidence and can help on gap control both offensively and defensively • Pivots, don’t crossover open up your hips

  4. Skating Drills • Up and Back • Triple Circle • Big Figure 8 • Mirror drill • Small Figure 8 • Horizontal • Lateral • Iron Cross

  5. Puckhandling and Passing • Do as many things with pucks as possible • Always try and keep the puck on the forehand • Have players pass in practice • Incorporate into off ice • Communicate when passing both ways • Don’t give your problem to someone else

  6. Puckahandling Drills • 3 circles with pucks • Big figure 8 with pucks • Small figure 8’s • Horizontal • Lateral • Iron Cross with pucks • Chop chops and Figure 8’s with pucks

  7. Passing Drills • Breakout warm up • Dump in with pivot B.O • Big figure 8 with one touch • Small figure 8 with one touch • Lateral • Horizontal • Rocking Horse

  8. Shooting • Proper technique • Keep your head up • Something to incorporate into off ice workouts • Keeping shots on net • Change shooting lanes • Limit stick handling

  9. Shooting Drills • Down up and around • With pass to partner • Pass re-pass for shot • Gather and Shoot • With pass to partner • One timers

  10. Defensive Zone • Defense is dull, boring commonplace. It is the unimaginative plodding attention to duty. It is grit and determination. There is never a day you can’t use defense. All you need is the decision to put out. To give 100 percent. What defense discloses is character. Effort and energy are a matter of will. Dr. George Sheehan Running and Being

  11. Defensive Zone • COMMUNICATE • Always on the defensive side • Know your responsibilities • Defense one in front at all times • Centers working board to board • Wings on points and high slot area • Good position

  12. Defensive Zone • Keep your stick down in passing lanes • Head on a swivel • Control your opponent in one on one situations • Chase vs. contain • Contain after the puck moves • Establish good angles and gap control be quick, take away time and space

  13. Defensive Zone Development • Breaking it down into smaller parts • 1 on 1 • Situations • 2 on 2 • 3 on 2 • 3 on 3 • 5 on 5

  14. 1 on 1 • Shadow • Out of the corner • Fwd in the corner • Fwd half way • Fwd and D are even • Def. plays 3 1on1’s • Zone entry • Fwds have three options

  15. Situations • 1 on 1 x 3 • 3 on 3 low • 2 late back checkers • 5 on 5 in the zone • 5 on 5 ¾ ice scrimmage

  16. In Closing • Special thanks to Nicki DelCastillo for video help • Questions

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