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Face-off Drills

  1. Sweeper Pass Drill: On the coach's whistle, the athlete sweeps the puck to a stationary teammate; score a point for an accurate sweep to teammate.

  2. Swiftest Sweeper Drill: On the coach's whistle, two athletes attempt to sweep the puck out of circle.

    Round 2: winners play each other and losers play each other.

  3. Cone Sweep Drill: On the coach's whistle, the athlete sweeps the puck out of circle toward designated targets that are set up at various angles around the face-off circle.  The objective of this drill is to improve the athletes' accuracy while sweeping the puck.
    Cone Sweep Drill

    Cone Sweep Drill

  4. Sweep on Goal Drill: On the coach's whistle, the athlete sweeps the puck toward the goal as a shot.
    Sweep on Goal Drill

    Sweep on Goal Drill
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