1. Corner Drill M. M. McMahon, Ph.D. Laurel Summer 2012

2. Purpose To practice longer making longer passes, receiving passes, and shooting on goal after receiving a pass Reinforces acquiring and controlling the puck in the offensive zone

3. The Basics All players go into the corners, forming two lines The player at the front of right line will pass first The player at the front of the left line begins to skate to the blue line, and comes back in the zone toward the center The player at the front of the right line passes to the skating player as she comes back in The player with the puck skates with the puck and shoots on goal As soon as the player on the right passes, she skates to the blue line The drill continues with the sides alternating making and taking the pass

4. Setting up Half the player line up in the corner to the right of the goalie, half to the left Half the pucks go to each corner The first player in each line should be at the goal line Pucks need to keep flowing, so if you see one loose, try to get it to the front of the line

5. Setting up RW LWRDLDC RW LWRDLDCG

6. The Steps 1.First player in right line has a puck 2.First player in left line skates to blue line and turns to come back 3.First player in right line passes the puck to the moving player (remember to lead a little) 4.Skating player receives pass and skates towards the goalie to take a shot 5.Player who just passed skates to the blue line to begin the drill 6.Repeat After you pass, start skating After you shoot, go to the end of the opposite line

7. Note The "Player by Player" animation has a lot of mouse clicks in it –This is just to focus on one player at a time The "How it Looks" animation all flows after one click, so wait until it’s done before you click again

8. Corner Drill: Player by Player First player skates with puck and shoots on goalie After passing, the player on the right skates to the blue line, with the player on the left passing Player on right passes puckSkating player turns outside of blue line and comes back inPlayer on left line starts to skatePlayer to right of goalie will pass first RWLWRDLDC RW LWRDLDCG Player goes to end of opposite line

9. Corner Drill: How It Looks RWLWRDLDC RW LWRDLDCG