Hockey drill · by BenchIQ
Stop-Start Compass
Half IceIntermediate1v0Skating/Edges
Objective: Reactive stops and explosive restarts in every direction — agility that answers a coach's call, not a memorized pattern. Setup: Four cones around a center point, compass-style. One player in the middle, coach calling directions. Execution: Coach calls a cone; player sprints to it, full stop facing the coach, sprints back through the middle. Coach calls the next cone before the player is back — no pauses in the middle. 30 seconds per player, then rotate. Score = cones touched with honest stops. Coaching points: Stop facing the SAME way every time so both sides get worked. First three strides out of the stop are the whole drill — make them violent. Eyes on the coach, not the cones — react, don't pattern.
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