Hockey Player Magazine

Tag: skating

  • 5 Hockey Drills to Improve Acceleration

    Speed is important in hockey, but too often players see speed as only going straight down the ice. In hockey you have to be fast in many areas. We need speed in acceleration, crossovers, lateral speed, stopping, turning and transitions. As you can see, there are many areas of your game that you can work…

  • Should you tweak your stride? – Slow motion forward stride analysis

    Seeing something in slow motion is a great way to grasp concepts. I love just watching techniques in slow motion so I can notice minor details. Unfortunately there isn’t a lot of good slow motion footage available, so when I had the chance to record my own I jumped on it. In this video I…

  • Last Minute Puck Races

    Last Minute Puck Races

    Drill:Lineup pucks down the middle of the rink between the blue linesMake 2 lines of players in each cornerOn whistle, players race for the puckFirst player tries to score on a breakawaySecond player backchecksFocus:Speed to a loose puckSpeed carrying …

  • Pass and Crash

    Drill:1. Player 1 starts backward skating to blue line with puck2. Stops at cone and passes to next player in line3. Player 1 crashes the net looking for a pass from behind the net4. Player 2 starts their backward skating once they receive the passFocu…

  • Pass and Crash

    Drill:1. Player 1 starts backward skating to blue line with puck2. Stops at cone and passes to next player in line3. Player 1 crashes the net looking for a pass from behind the net4. Player 2 starts their backward skating once they receive the passFocu…

  • Pass and Crash

    Drill:1. Player 1 starts backward skating to blue line with puck2. Stops at cone and passes to next player in line3. Player 1 crashes the net looking for a pass from behind the net4. Player 2 starts their backward skating once they receive the passFocu…

  • Iron Cross

    Drill:Players start at the bottom of the circle and skate to the topThen they skate backward to the side of the circleNext they do side-steps to the other side of the circleThen backwards to the bottom of the other circleSkate to other circle and repea…

  • Iron Cross

    Drill:Players start at the bottom of the circle and skate to the topThen they skate backward to the side of the circleNext they do side-steps to the other side of the circleThen backwards to the bottom of the other circleSkate to other circle and repea…

  • Skate 8 and Deflect

    Drill:1. Line 3 Defenseman up at the points (D location is based on skill level of players and how far they can shoot.2. Forward passes puck to point man and skates around first circle and then stops in front of net looking for a deflection from the D …

  • Skate 8 and Deflect

    Drill:1. Line 3 Defenseman up at the points (D location is based on skill level of players and how far they can shoot.2. Forward passes puck to point man and skates around first circle and then stops in front of net looking for a deflection from the D …