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Hockey drills at home for 17 year olds
A 17 year old can practice defense, passing and puck battles at home with 53 hockey drills picked for the age. Keep a session to about 50 minutes, up to 5 days a week, with rest days between. Why: Organized sport should total no more hours a week than the child's age in years, with two rest days a week (NATA youth sport specialization recommendations).
A parent's page for a 17 year old: the drills that work at home, one session to follow, what changes this year and how much is healthy. Free, no account.
By Coach Evan Waechtler Youth coach (U11, Cache Valley, Utah) and founder of SSTracker Updated November 5, 2026
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At a glance
- At 17
- 53 hockey drills the app opens for a 17 year old work at home, across 6 skills.
- How long
- One home session of about 50 minutes; SSTracker never plans more than 75 minutes for a 17 year old.
- How often
- At most 5 training days a week, with rest days between. Organized sport in all: no more hours a week than the child's age (NATA), so at most 17 hours for a 17 year old, with two rest days a week.
- What you need
- Most used: stick (38 of the 53 drills), ball or puck (22), cones (10), net (7), pucks or balls (6), floor space (3), pucks (3), balls or pucks (2). 2 drills need nothing but space. 25 are for two, and a parent can be the partner.
- Safe at home
- One child and one parent in a room, garage or yard. Never tackling, contact, diving or head-first falls, no stunts or loaded lifting, and nothing that needs a coach, rink, pool or court. Stop when anything hurts.
53 at-home drills
Hockey drills for 17 year olds to do at home
Every drill below is one the app opens for a 17 year old and one that works at home: a room, garage or yard, one parent as the partner, no venue. Each drill's page has the steps, a diagram where the setup can be drawn, three ways to make it a game and a log to print.
defense
Defense
passing
Passing
puck battles
Puck Battles
shooting
Shooting
stickhandling
Stickhandling
A 44-minute session
A home hockey session for a 17 year old
A warm-up, 2 drills and a cool-down, 44 minutes in all. Do it up to 5 days a week, with rest days between.
- 1Hockey Warm-Up, Ages 14 and UpA 12-minute moving warm-up for hockey players 14 and up: moving stretches, strength, single-leg control, cuts and build-up runs, then hockey moves at practice speed.12 min
- 2Stickhandling Through ConesEyes up, feel the puck.12 min
- 3Quick Hands in TightFast hands, quiet upper body.12 min
- 4Hockey Cool-Down Stretches, Ages 14 and UpA 8-minute cool-down for hockey players 14 and up after training: stretches for the legs, hips, inner thighs and wrists, each held 20 to 30 seconds, never to pain.8 min
At 17
What changes in hockey training at 17
The app opens the same 53 at-home drills at 17 as at 16; the ones below are a different selection from that list.
Organized sport in all: no more hours a week than the child's age (NATA), so at most 17 hours for a 17 year old, with two rest days a week.
The week
Fitting hockey into a week at 17
At 17 the limit is 17 hours of organized sport a week. If you count home sessions against it to be safe, 5 sessions of 50 minutes is 4.17 hours, which leaves 12.83 for team practice and games. Even 5 days at the app's longest, 75 minutes, is 6.25 hours.
The research behind it
Ages 13 to 15 are the "specializing years", after the sampling years of 6 to 12.
Côté and Vierimaa 2014Organized sport should total no more hours a week than the child's age in years, with two rest days a week.
NATA youth sport specialization recommendations
Questions and answers
What hockey drills can a 17 year old do at home?
53 drills the app opens at 17 work at home. A few to start with: Goalie Ready Stance, Goalie Shuffle Between Cones and Goalie Stance Wall Catches. One child and one parent in a room, garage or yard. Never tackling, contact, diving or head-first falls, no stunts or loaded lifting, and nothing that needs a coach, rink, pool or court. Stop when anything hurts.
How long should a 17 year old practice hockey at home?
One home session of about 50 minutes; SSTracker never plans more than 75 minutes for a 17 year old. At most 5 training days a week, with rest days between. Organized sport in all: no more hours a week than the child's age (NATA), so at most 17 hours for a 17 year old, with two rest days a week.
What do you need to practice hockey at home at 17?
Most used: stick (38 of the 53 drills), ball or puck (22), cones (10), net (7), pucks or balls (6), floor space (3), pucks (3), balls or pucks (2). 2 drills need nothing but space. 25 are for two, and a parent can be the partner.
What changes in hockey training at 17?
The app opens the same 53 at-home drills at 17 as at 16; the ones below are a different selection from that list.