Miss and Keep Going Drill
Resilience
Legend
- player
- coach / parent
- movement path
How it works
Build early resilience by teaching young players to immediately continue play after a missed shot or skill error without any negative response.
What you need
- hockey stick
- puck
- ice
- net
Your focus
Resilience at age 6-9 is built by normalizing failure and immediate continuation. Young players who stop, sulk, or refuse to try again after a miss develop fragility that compounds with competitive pressure. Teaching the habit of instant continuation after an error lays the foundation for the resilient response needed in competitive play.
Players take turns shooting on an open net from close range.
When a player misses, coach immediately says 'keep going!' and passes them another ball.
Player must move immediately to retrieve the missed ball or take the new one and shoot again.
No negative reactions from coach or teammates are allowed, only forward momentum language.
Helpful cues
- Miss happens, what you do next is what matters
- Your next shot is always more important than the last one
- Resilience means you skate harder after a miss, not slower
Adjust the challenge
Make it easier
Strip it back
Use an extra-large net to increase success rates while building the keep-going habit.
UpLVL it
Add the next challenge
Add a second miss intentionally (coach deflects the shot) before the player gets a clean success, resilience through compounded adversity.No account needed
Build a practice plan
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