Summary

Long time hockey director and Waconia High School coach Anthony Reynolds shows how his teams practice breakout concepts in a game-like setting.

DESCRIPTION

• Start with the nets higher than a typical cross-ice game (around the top of the circles) to provide more width. Players who are not actively in the game should be at the red line. 
• On change of possession, teams must take the puck behind their own net and perform a breakout play before attempting to score on the opposite end.
• To make it easier or allow the players to perform a specific breakout play (D-to-D, reverse, etc.), coaches can require the team without the puck to "tag up" before attacking the breakout. 

KEY POINTS:

• Support the puck carrier by getting into position for a breakout pass
• Emphasize communication. Practice using team "calls".

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