INTERMEDIATE 

• Start with two lines, left’s and rights, in one end of the floor (facing up-floor), with players on their proper floor sides.  4 "volunteer passers" (or coaches if players are beginners) should also begin standing a few metres higher than the 4 shooter positions (near the hockey "face-off dots"), at both ends of the floor (2 + 2).

• Variation #1A (10 min): "Far-Side/Near-Side Mix."  Depending on the skill level of the players, coaches can have players execute multiple variations of this drill.  The basic premise of the drill is that players will pass to the close (“near-side”) volunteer, or “far-side” volunteer, receive a pass or a loose ball back, then run and make a pass to the opposite end near-side (or far-side) volunteer, again getting a pass or loose ball back and eventually running to the net for a breakaway shot. 

• The next player in the other line shouldn’t take their turn until the player in front of them has reached the restraining-line.  For beginners, if a player misses a pass they should get a second attempt at catching a pass from a coach.

• Both lines alternate back and forth until every player has run to the other end of the floor, with 4 new volunteer passers taking over each time through the drill and coaches switching up the sequence order of the far-side/near-side mix (far-far, far-near, near-far & near-near - in that order).  Do this continually until every player has had a chance as a volunteer passer.