tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53181146740186198902012-01-28T06:06:23.990-08:00<strong>How to Play Defense in Hockey</strong>Newsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger109125HockeyPlayerTipshttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318114674018619890.post-67847913768540636972011-10-30T16:28:00.000-07:002011-01-02T12:28:42.229-08:002011-01-02T12:28:42.229-08:00

In order to play defense in hockey, you've got to be able to confidently skate backwards. Switching from forward skating to backwards and back again is crucial. Stance: Knees and ankles REALLY bent Skates shoulder-width apart Back straight and eyes looking forward Pretend you're sitting on a chair Keep your butt low to the ice Keep only your top hand on the stick Start each push from directly

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Skating Fast is Crucial to Your Game. There's nothing worse than getting beaten in a race for the puck, or having a back-checker catch you from behind on a break-away. I'm always looking for every ounce of speed I can get. There's no better way to improve your skating than by taking a power skating course. The feedback from a professional skate instructor in invaluable. The hockey skills class I

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Gretzky make 1963 assists in has career, more than anyone else by far. I think he knows a little something about passing. Tips on Passing From the Great One in Hockey for Dummies: If the player you are passing to is standing still: Make a firm, solid pass.If he's moving fast: Make a light, feather pass. Make sure you get it out ahead of him so he can skate into it.Practice your backhand

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Hockey Defence Tip Protecting the area if front of the net is crucial when you’re playing defense. Most goals are Scored from the Slot. When the opposing forwards decides to camp out in front of the net, your job is to make it as difficult as possible for him to get his stick cleanly on the puck. Position Yourself Between the Player and the Net. If you let the forward get in behind you, he’s

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Are You Getting All of the... Power out of Your Wrist Shot?Written by Jeremy Rupke from howtohockey.com The wrist shot is the most commonly used shot in hockey, but you would be surprised how many players, young and old, are not harnessing all of their power and putting it into their wrist shot. I know this for a fact because the topic came up in the dressing room at beer leagues. One of the

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Manitoba based Parrott Ventures has just announced a new product to protect you feet called Spats.   Spats are a high density polyethylene shield that protects the top, and the inside of your foot. It won't protect your ankle, so you can't really call them ankle guards. They attach through your laces, then once you've tied up your skate, you flip over it top of your skate, and attach it

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Bauer Vapor X60 Hockey Stick Review Availible in Clear grip or Stick'um Coating What separates the top-of-the-line X60 from the rest of the Vapor line is the Lightweight TeXtreme® construction which makes the stick super-light, and super-strong. Like all Vapors sticks, the X60 comes with the Micro Feel shaft gives you a nice feel using double concave walls with rounded corners. The Stick'um

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Don Cherry seems to have a thing about ankle guards. If an NHL player wears them, Cherry will be the first to notice. 'The Don' seems to think they’re a good thing, and is surprised more players don’t wear them. (Don Cherry is hockey commentator for CBC Sports in Canada) This from the guy who’s famous quote on Visors: “Most of the guys that wear them are Europeans and French Guys.” caused an

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Montreal Canadiens players have recently been extolling the virtues of skate-boot guards and their ability to stop pucks “I took a shot off the foot in the Washington game [Nov. 20] and it hurt pretty bad,” Travis Moen said in a recent interview. “That's when I decided to try them.” “Them” refers to the moulded plastic skate guards he and a half-dozen other members of the Canadiens have taken

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In the past two NHL seasons, Andrei Markov, Cam Ward , Teemu Salanne, Robert Lang and Joe Corvo, and most recently Kevin Bieksa (again) have all sustained serious cuts from skate blades. In response, a Montreal company called Intelligent Apparel has designed 2 new protective sport socks: Tactics Armoured Skate Socks and Armoured Hockey Socks “Our goal was to develop a skate sock that would

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Stick Handling Tips and Drills One of the most important stickhandlings basics is to always keep your head up. You've got to be able to be aware of what's happening around you on the ice without looking at the puck. If you're staring at the puck while stickhandling, you're likely to be checked by somebody you didn't even know was near you. A second tip in stickhandling is to use 'soft hands'.

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Hockey Shooting Tips Shooting from the Opposite Wing One of the advantages of approaching the opponents net on your opposite wing (left handed shooter on the right wing and right handed shooters on the left wing) is that the angle of your shot is closer to the net. When shooting from your 'regular' side, the puck has to travel at a sharper angle, so it's easier for the goalie to stop. Here's a

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Hockey Defensive PositioningAlways Cover the Front of the Net When playing hockey in the defensive zone, the key to positioning is communication with your defense partner: Talk to each other. Let your defense partner know when he has time, and when he has a 'man-on.' Let your defense partner know where you are. Call for the puck when you're open for a pass behind the net. When it comes to

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Hockey Defense DrillsHelper Drill Here's a great drill from Sportvideos.com that encourages defensemen to scan the ice before they receive the puck when regrouping in the neutral zone. In this drill, the defenseman starts on either size of the ice at the center line and skates backwards between two cones at the center ice face-off circle. The defenseman then looks to both sides of the ice to

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Shooting the Puck in Deep Often when you have no play in the neutral zone (between the two blue lines) all you can do is dump the puck in deep and hope one of your own players can get the puck back for your team. Here's how the Sedins do it: Instead of ringing the puck around the boards, Daniel Sedin shoots the puck in off the end boards at the far side of the net. The puck then bounces back

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Cliff Ronning Positioning Tips Cliff Ronning is obviously a huge fan of Jannik Hansen. Jannik Hansen is constantly moving his feat, is always facing the play, and is very aware of where his teammates are. Above all, he loves to score goals. In this highlight reel, Ronning points out Jannik Hensen excellent work habbits and natural goal scoring ability. Hansen is never standing in one place

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Hockey Books for Christmas Gifts Here's some great Hockey Book ideas that will make great Christmas gifts for any Hockey player. The reviews are from Amazon. Click on each book to read more reviews. Sports Illustrated has put together the definitive book about the sport of ice hockey, drawing on its article archives and its photo library. This is a marvelous book, with huge, gorgeous color

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Hockey Tips for Beginners If you're a beginner hockey player looking for a few tips on how to improve your game, you've come to the right place. This blog if full of great hockey tips for beginners. Here's a few tips to get you started, or try the search box in the right column. Beginner Hockey Tip #1Try all your new hockey equipment on before you go on the ice for the first time. Try putting

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How to throw a Hip Check You don't see hip checks in the NHL much now a days. Players and coaches have realized that most of the time a hip check is a low risk-reward play. The risk of either taking yourself out of the play if you miss the opposing player simply isn't worth the reward of the solid hit. More often than not, both players are taken out of the play. When all the planets do align

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Passing Drills for Defensemen Here's a great series of passing drills that will benefit all players, but in particular defensemen. The back and forth passing practiced in the Quad Passing, and Cross Ice Passing drills are valuable skills when playing defense. D to D teamwork often involves a lot of lateral passing, compared to up ice passes sent up to the forwards on a breakout. Always be

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Best Drills for Power Skating One of the best power skating drills to practice is called sculling. This drill helps you increase the power of your stride. Start this drill by getting low into a hockey stance, dig in with your heels, and push all the way out for a full leg extension, then bring your feet back together directly under your body. Extend your leg without lifting your skate off the

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How to Control the GapGap control is one of the trickier decisions you will have to make when playing defense. The 'Gap' refers to the amount of space between you and an opposing player entering your defensive zone with the puck - usually a one-on-one. The first step in controlling the gap in to skate backwards at the same speed as the oncoming forward. The is definitely no easy task. If the

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Offensive Positioning:Go Hard to the Net You may have heard other players yell "Go hard to the net!!" but might be unsure exactly what they meant or when you're supposed to do it. What your helpful teammates are referring to takes place during a two-man rush in the offensive zone. The player who crosses the blue line with the puck is often in an outside lane (coming down on the right or left

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How to Screen The GoalieWhen your teammate is lining up for a shot on goal, you can play a big part to increase the chances of scoring a goal by screening the other team’s goalie. Getting if front of the goalie’s line of site isn’t always as easy as it sounds. You’ll be standing in prime real estate with a huge target on your back square in the sights of some big-ass defenseman whose job is to

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Sedin Slap PassNo other two players come close to Henrik and Daniel Sedin's uncanny ability to play hockey together. Each seems to know the others position on the ice at all times and can anticipate the others every move. A great example of this is their patented Slap Pass. Before the Sedins perfected this play, pucks were either deflected near the goalie, or picked out of the air to redirect

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