Crease Cone Dodging

crease cone dodging

Repetition of dodging below GLE to score at X 

This Drill Highlights:

  • Focus on beating or crossing up your player behind GLE (Crease Pocket Dodging drill focuses on sequence of dodges driving from X and utilizing moves to beat your defender above GLE)

  • Dodging

  • Change of direction

  • Crease shooting

Description:

Set up 3 Cones behind the crease and 2 cones right above GLE as seen in the diagram. Below are the Dodging Sequences to use:

  • Split Cone 1 → Split Cone 2 - full speed acceleration → Carry Past Cone 3 → Turn the corner hard - lean with shoulder at Cone 5 → Shoot when half way around the crease (Same Sequence Split towards Cone 3 to start)

  • Split Cone 1→ Roll dodge Cone 2 -full speed acceleration → Carry Past Cone 3 → Turn the corner hard - lean with shoulder at Cone 5 → Shoot when half way around the crease (Same Sequence Split towards Cone 3 to start)

  • Cone 1 - hesitate (pull across your face - step with left foot) then carry towards Cone 2 → Cone 2 - rocker dodge, hard acceleration towards cone 4 - Shoot Right when you get to Cone 4

Equipment:

Balls, cones, goal

Highlighted Skills:

Dodging below GLE to score quickly

Key Coaching Points:  

  • Change of direction - use deception

  • Head up - open players may be cutting

  • Work to beat your player behind 

  • Intight finishing

Diagram of Drill:

crease cone dodging diagram