WHEN YOUR TEAM HAS THE PUCK
Create time and space
- Keep moving, change speed, or change direction.
- Use a quick stop-and-start or cutback to get away from pressure.
- Use patience and body position to make room for yourself or a teammate.
RESTON RAIDERS 10U WHITE · 2026–27
Read the play. Find your role.
Short guides to help you know where to go, how to help your teammates, and what to look for next. Pick one idea at a time and try it at practice or in your next game.
01 / WITH OR WITHOUT THE PUCK
Make room. Take it away.
The team with the puck wants more time and space. The team defending wants to take it away.
WHEN YOUR TEAM IS DEFENDING
Take away the other team’s space
- Skate hard and angle the puck carrier away from dangerous areas.
- Keep your stick on the puck or in a passing and shooting lane.
- Use good body position and stay aware of players without the puck.
Make itTake itMaintain it
Open the original Time and Space guide02 / ATTACKING ZONE
Get the puck into the House.
The House is the dangerous area in front of the net. The 10U guide highlights the middle of the slot as an especially important scoring area.
75%of goals are shown as coming from inside the House
59%of goals are shown as coming from the middle of the slot
How can your team get the puck there?
Open the original 10U scoring-areas guideCarry it into the House, pass to a teammate who is there, shoot and follow for a rebound, or win the puck when the other team tries to play it through.
03 / DEFENSIVE ZONE
Protect the House together.
Keep the slot clear, make it harder to shoot or pass through the middle, and work together to get the puck out.
Defense
Protect the slot and front of the net. Work together to keep attackers outside, where shots are harder.
Center
Support the defense in the slot, at the net front, behind the net, and in the corners.
Wingers
Cover the opposing defense player on your side. When the puck is across the ice, the far-side winger helps cover the high slot.
Goalie
Stay square to the puck and keep track of opponents who are open for a pass.
Everyone: talk to each other, help stop the shot, and be ready to start a breakout.
Open the original D-zone positioning guide04 / KNOW YOUR CUES
D-zone words to know.
These quick reminders describe where to look and how to stay ready while the other team has the puck.
D-zone positioning diagrams
- Strong side
- The side of the rink where the puck is.
- Weak side
- The side away from the puck.
- D-side
- Stay between the player you’re covering and your net, or between the puck and your net.
- Net front
- The space directly in front of your net.
- Stick in the passing lane
- Put your stick between the puck and the player you’re covering to make a pass harder.
- Collapse
- Skate toward the front of your net to help protect the House.
- Head on swivel
- Look around you. Don’t watch only the puck.
05 / GETTING OUT OF THE D-ZONE
Find an outlet. Move the puck up ice.
A breakout is how your team moves the puck safely out of the defensive zone and starts the attack.
- 1
The defense player on the puck side goes to get the puck. The other defense player protects the front of the net.
- 2
A winger gets open along the boards as a passing option; the center stays ready to support.
- 3
Move the puck to the winger, who can carry it up the boards or pass to the center.
If the puck side is under pressure, the defense can skate behind the net to find open ice and a passing option. Keep a defender in front of the net.