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  • IHD Newsletter – June 2013

    This month’s newsletter has been sent.  You can read the June 2013 Newsletter here. Related articles:Newsletter sign-upPast Newsletters

  • Bad Puck Support Leads to Opening Goal

    Once again, I watched an NHL game and found 2 common mistakes that I constantly remind my players of during practice and games.Watch the video below and then I’ll dissect it further. Make sure you watch at :03-:05 seconds and see if you find the 2 mist…

  • Bad Puck Support Leads to Opening Goal

    Once again, I watched an NHL game and found 2 common mistakes that I constantly remind my players of during practice and games.Watch the video below and then I’ll dissect it further. Make sure you watch at :03-:05 seconds and see if you find the 2 mist…

  • How to Work on Your Shot Inside (without breaking stuff!)

    A big problem for a lot of people who want to practice their shot is they do not have the space. In order to work on your shot at home you typically need a hockey net, and a big enough area to practice shooting from a distance. These obstacles usually keep people from practicing their…

  • Soft Defense + Soft Backcheck = GWG

    I constantly work with my players on two key areas of their game.  They are so critical and can truly be the difference between winning and losing.  Last night, we saw it in Gm7 of the Hawks-Wings series.  Earlier in the game, I made the…

  • Combination Drill From Former NHL Player Tony Horacek

    Former NHL player Tony Horacek coaches in our organization and I went out to watch his practice the other night. While watching a really up tempo session I saw his team run this drill and thought it was really excellent and worked on a number of areas of the game. I spoke with Tony about…

  • Advanced shooting training – toe shots, changing the release point, shooting in stride

    If you browse the how to hockey website enough you will find that the fundamentals of every shot have been covered in detail, most of you who have been following how to hockey for a while should have a good grasp on each shot, so now it is time to take your shot to the…

  • Pavel Datsyuk End-to-End Goal: Dissected

    Pavel Datsyuk End-to-End Goal: Dissected In this post we’re dissecting Pavel Datsyuk’s end-to-end goal against Nashville. As great as the individual effort was, there are quite a few team details that really made this play possible. It starts with Datsyuk providing proper support for his defenseman in the defensive zone. He picks up the puck…

  • NEW: iSnipe Hockey Shooting Trainer App

    I am very happy to announce that the iSnipe app is now available Visit the itunes page to purchase for Apple and the Google Play page for Android How the iSnipe will help you improve your shot Shot Counter The shot counter allows you to input and keep track of the number of shots you have…

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