Here are two skating drills where we focus on using open hips to avoid checks and protect pucks. We try to keep forward momentum moving up ice and not over pivot and slow down.
The first drill is a quick reaction drill with the player moving down ice and the coach calling out a color. The player moves around the cone that the coach called out using open hips, makes a move on the stick following and eventually getting a good shot on goal.
The second drill is with the player starting out making two open hip movements around the cones and then continuing down ice making moves on the sticks following. You can change this drill up so that the player can make moves through the stick, go around the stick, whatever you chose to work on. Both of these drills are good to work on protecting the puck, escaping traffic and continuing to build speed down ice.
Make sure to focus on the player continuing forward momentum and not slowing down.
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