{"id":1044,"date":"2011-10-05T09:07:42","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T15:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hockeyshare.com\/blog\/?p=1044"},"modified":"2011-10-05T09:07:42","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T15:07:42","slug":"defenseman-walk-to-the-middle-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hockeyshare.com\/defenseman-walk-to-the-middle-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Defenseman &#8211; Walk to the Middle (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A defenseman&#8217;s ability to quickly move laterally to the middle of the ice at the point while maintaining control of the puck and properly reading options is a skill often overlooked. \u00a0In this 7-minute video we cover the techniques, teaching points, and visual references for defenseman to improve their blue-line mobility.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dpT8X4wjUlM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forehand Side Key Points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 Main Options<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Backward quick start\n<ul>\n<li>explosive first steps &#8211; cover distance quickly<\/li>\n<li>move toward the blue line to create additional space between yourself and the attacker<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0head up as you move so you can see your options<\/li>\n<li>feet can go outside the blue line<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Forward quick start\n<ul>\n<li>explosive first steps &#8211; cover distance quickly<\/li>\n<li>head up<\/li>\n<li>when you&#8217;re ready to move the puck, bring the puck under your body so you can use your stick&#8217;s flex to put a hard shot on net (or hard pass to an option)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Backhand Key Points<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>2 Main Options<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Backward quick start\n<ul>\n<li>explosive first steps &#8211; cover distance quickly<\/li>\n<li>move toward the blue line to create additional space between yourself and the attacker<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0head up as you move so you can see your options<\/li>\n<li>bring the across your body to your forehand side quickly to increase your strength with the puck and improve your shooting angle<\/li>\n<li>feet can go outside the blue line<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Forward quick start<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>explosive first steps &#8211; cover distance quickly<\/li>\n<li>head up<\/li>\n<li>bring the across your body to your forehand side quickly to increase your strength with the puck and improve your shooting angle<\/li>\n<li>protect the puck with your body<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Reading the Shooting Lane Key Points<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Read your lane from the &#8220;eyes of the puck&#8221; &#8211; players often see the lane (openings in coverage) based on their body position rather than from where the puck is traveling.<\/li>\n<li>If the opponents body is in the pucks lane to the net, look for a short-side, back door, or safe (corner) option.<\/li>\n<li>If the opponents body is coming toward your body, you typically have a lane to move the puck directly to the net.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Related Video :: Backward Quick Starts<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P9rfpFENmpY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A defenseman&#8217;s ability to quickly move laterally to the middle of the ice at the point while maintaining control of the puck and properly reading options is a skill often overlooked.  In this 7-minute video we cover the techniques, teaching points, and visual references for defenseman to improve their blue-line mobility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[51,52,156,164,199,270],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hockeyshare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hockeyshare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hockeyshare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hockeyshare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hockeyshare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hockeyshare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hockeyshare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hockeyshare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hockeyshare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}