As much as hockey people think the game is a possession sport, it's even more of a transition game.
The puck changes possession more than 200 times during a hockey game. That means players are constantly switching between offense to defense and then from defense back to offense. The teams and players that can think fast and switch or transition fast are usually the most successful.
So how do we practice this type of transition? The use of certain small-area games place players in situations where they are forced to transition quickly and often. Click here to see a video example of a game that promotes this type of situational play.
