Shoulder Checks

Difficulty

Fun

Goalies

2 (one is the passer)

Skills it helps with

Shoulder checks, sealing the post, following the pass, T-push off the post

How it works

The puck starts behind the net (between the middle point of the net and the corner) and the goalie is in a post seal position. One goalie is the passer (behind the net with the puck) while the coach is in front of the net at a different spot every rep. The coach calls shoulder check and the goalie in net locates the coach's stick blade, then looks back at the puck. When the goalie in net looks back at the puck, the goalie behind the net passes to the coach. The goalie follows the pass to the coach's blade (using movement based on location) and makes the save.

Steps

1. Seal the post. The passer has the puck behind the net.
2. The coach calls shoulder check: find his stick blade.
3. Look back at the puck: now the passer passes to the coach.
4. Follow the pass to the coach's blade and make the save.

Coach’s notes

• In tight: butterfly slide.
• Further out: T-push and set. Off the post, the pushing skate pivots on the post and the lead skate points straight to its new spot.