Hockey Player Magazine

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  • Start Training at Home – The Essential Gear Every Hockey Player Needs

    If you want to improve stickhandling, shooting, and passing, you will benefit a lot from practicing at home. In order to practice at home you will need a little bit of equipment first. In this article I break down what I feel is the essential training equipment for hockey players to improve their skills at…

  • Start Training at Home – The Essential Gear Every Hockey Player Needs

    Notice: Undefined offset: 1 in /srv/users/serverpilot/apps/wordpress/public/wp-content/themes/thesis_184/lib/functions/post_images.php on line 151 If you want to improve stickhandling, shooting, and passing, you will benefit a lot from practicing at home. In order to practice at home you will need a little bit of equipment first. In this article I break down what I feel is the essential training…

  • Challenge – Improve any skill in 30 days – Action plan included

    Notice: Undefined offset: 1 in /srv/users/serverpilot/apps/wordpress/public/wp-content/themes/thesis_184/lib/functions/post_images.php on line 151 The off-season is here and you have every good intention of working on your shot, or practicing your dangles every day (okay maybe at least a few times a week) but lets be honest, it’s going to be just like last year. The new season will…

  • Challenge – Improve any skill in 30 days – Action plan included

    The off-season is here and you have every good intention of working on your shot, or practicing your dangles every day (okay maybe at least a few times a week) but lets be honest, it’s going to be just like last year. The new season will roll up on you, and you’ll look back and…

  • Colt Hockey Stick Review

    Notice: Undefined offset: 1 in /srv/users/serverpilot/apps/wordpress/public/wp-content/themes/thesis_184/lib/functions/post_images.php on line 151 About a month ago I met with the guys from Colt Hockey to take a look at the new Colt Hockey stick. This is the stick that has been dubbed “unbreakable” (more on the later) so naturally I was very interested in doing a review! I…

  • Colt Hockey Stick Review

    About a month ago I met with the guys from Colt Hockey to take a look at the new Colt Hockey stick. This is the stick that has been dubbed “unbreakable” (more on the later) so naturally I was very interested in doing a review! I drove to their factory in Toronto with a handful…

  • Coach Bennett and Union Win NCAA National Championship

    Just want to congratulate Coach Bennett and his Union Dutchmen on their national championship success. Coach Bennett has helped me and my team with defensive zone coverage and skills and we won a championship. Obviously his techniques are pretty solid, helping him guide his team to their first national title. Our site has had input…

  • Contributing D1 Coaches Win Conference Championships

    I just wanted to offer a quick note of congratulations to two head coaches who contribute content to our site for winning their conference championships over the weekend. First up is Derek Schooley (@DerekSchooley) for Robert Morris University. RMU scored five goals in the third period to take down Canisius 7-4 in the Atlantic Hockey…

  • Turning: How to turn better in Hockey

    Turning is one of the fundamental skills that every hockey player needs to learn. Sure you might be able to turn, but how well can you do it? There is a big difference in a slow gradual and off balance turn VS a quick, tight, sharp turn. In this video and article we are giving…

  • Proper Transitions: Turning backwards and Turning Forwards

    So far in our skating series we have covered the basic hockey stance, the forward stride, stopping, turning, edges, and balance. You should have a pretty good grasp on skating by now but what about transitions? This is when you are skating forwards and need to switch to skating backwards, or you are skating backwards…