Skating/Shooting/Passing
Cornerstone
6 Part Skating Drill
1 x 1 Mirror
Defenseman Communication
St. Cloud
Zig/Zag
5 Agility Skating Drills
5 Defensemen Specific Skating Drills
D2D w/Shot Switch Sides
D Rim in Corner
Defensive Icing
D2D SupportDefense Escape Turn Drill
Offensive Blue Line Support Drill
Behind The Net Forecheck 2 on 1
Defenseman Shooting Sequence
D Lateral Skate With Shot
D Puck Movement
D Rim Pass Shoot
Full Circle Pivot With Pass
Swedish Shooting
Puck Protection
Off The Wall Dump
Lewis D2D Support
Horseshoe Skating
Breakout Simulation Drills
Right Up
Reverse
Quick Up Option
D Over
D2D
Breakout Simulation
Hinge Drills
Article
Golden Rules for Defensemen (article)
Video
Full Circle Pivot Skating (Watch Video)
Puck Protection Skating Drill (Watch Video)
Horseshoe Skating (Watch Video)
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Coach Nielsen's Ice Hockey Drills 
Good drills – esp. For dmen struggling with positioning.?
Very good drils!
I just wanted to say thank you for all the coaching knowledge you are sharing. I will be starting out as an assistant at the midget level this season and this site has been a great help in giving me ideas that will help when working with our dmen.
Finding good drills for defensemen is really hard. This site has a number of drills I have already used with success. I really like the cornerstone drill, it works so many parts of the defensemans game.
Great job!