This week’s video covers a hot-button topic in the game right now – body checking. In this video, we cover key teaching points, technique examples, and practice drills.
Here are a couple quick drills to run while practicing the Backward Quick Starts.
For our first video of 2011, we wanted to go over a topic we covered at one of our recent holiday camps – backward quick starts. The backward quick start is an often overlooked skill essential for both defensemen and forwards.
We put together a new video featuring three of our favorite off-ice agility ladder drills to help players develop their quickness and foot speed.
Shoot the Duck is a hockey power skating drill that works on balance, edgework, and leg strength. In this video, we show you forward and backward progressions for teaching.
We’ve been getting a lot of requests lately to put together a video covering the fundamentals of stickhandling. In this week’s video, we cover the fundamental techniques, basic practice points, and on/off-ice drills to improve your stickhandling.
The Circle Pass Pivot Drill is along the same lines as the Figure 8 Passing Drill in terms of skill focus. It’s a great drill to develop individual skill in agility, body control, passing/receiving, and controlling the puck at awkward body angles.
Skating transitions are a big factor in races to the puck. Being able to efficiently transition from forward to backward and vice versa is a skill every player should master. In this week’s video, we take a look at the heel to heel backward to forward transition.
This week’s video shows the Defensive Transitions drill. This drill is a quick power skating drill done on a face-off circle, and is used to develop agility, mobility, and transition power in your skaters. It’s an especially good drill for defensemen to master.
Here’s a quick video with a unique approach to developing stick strength in hockey players. The use of a ringette ring forces players to apply downward pressure on their stick while in traffic. This element is essential in tight situations in front of the net and in the corners.