Power Play Confidence Circuit
Confidence
Legend
- player
- partner / opponent
- ball
- movement path
How it works
Build elite shooting and play-making confidence by running a power play circuit where every touch must be made with decisive committed execution.
What you need
- hockey stick
- puck
- ice
- goalie
Your focus
The power play is where confidence creates scoring advantages , hesitation allows penalty killers to recover and eliminates the player advantage. Training power play execution with deliberate confidence emphasis develops the decisive mindset that makes players dangerous rather than passive when the opportunity arises. Confident power play units convert at significantly higher rates at every level.
Set up a 5-on-4 power play unit drill in the offensive zone.
Coach calls confidence rep, every player must shoot, pass, or make a move within 1 second of receiving the puck.
Run 90-second segments with 30-second rests; track shots, passes, and scoring chances.
Debrief: who was most decisive? Who hesitated and cost the unit a chance?
Goal
You're doing it right when every touch on the power play is deliberate, confident one-timers, no hesitation on passes, immediate shots.
Helpful cues
- One second, touch it and do something decisive
- Confidence is contagious, your quick decisions give your teammates confidence too
- The penalty killers want you to hesitate, deny them that
Adjust the challenge
Make it easier
Strip it back
Allow 2 seconds per touch and run against a passive penalty kill first.
UpLVL it
Add the next challenge
Reduce to half-second per touch and track how the unit adapts.No account needed
Build a practice plan
Add drills, keep the plan in this browser, then share a link with your staff or parents.This library helps you find the right drill. Inside UpLVL the right drill finds the player.
This library helps you find the right drill. Inside UpLVL the right drill finds the player.After every practice, UpLVL automatically surfaces the drills each player needs to work on most. See it for yourself.