I know i've been to a couple pickup games on the rink and we played 3 on 3 and found it more tiring than on a regular rink. Figure it would be good way to build up my stamina and skill.
I run a 3 on 3 league here every summer on our full sheet and we have two games going at one time, running half court style.
What so good about 3 on 3 is that it kind of forces you to keep your feet movin all the time. Why? If you stand still, one, you are easier to cover and two, your team mate will not pass to you. So you kind of took yourself out of the game...get it!
So if you want that pass, you always have to keep your feet moving. This means that this will force your team mate to make the tape to tape pass, right on your stick. It will kind of force your team mate to pass where you are going, not where you are at. This helps open up time and space for the pass...get it!
When you are doing this 3 on 3, you kind of have to have the same type of Mentality in this type of play as would would have if you had the man advantage in a normal 5 on 5. You have to have the type of drive to be the first one to the puck, look for the team mate and make that tape to tape pass.
It's fast and fun. Once you have done this all Summer with a couple of line mates, you guys are going to be unstoppable in the Fall season. If you can keep the same type of fluid motion within your 5 on 5 game as you do in your 3 on 3 game, you are going to score a lot of goals in the Fall. I guarantee it!
Head coach
PS: You can have 5 guys and no goalie and still do a 3 on 3!
