Hockey Player Magazine

Tag: skating

  • 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…

  • How to Skate Backwards

    Skating backwards is a challenging skill for anyone to learn. The feeling of moving backwards is not natural at first, but with some practice and determination you will get the hang of it. In this article we have two videos for you to help you learn how to skate backwards. This video is a part…

  • Improve Your Forward Stride: Learn to Skate Episode 5

    The forward stride is the most used movement in hockey, however many players neglect to try to improve it. Many players think that once they can skate and move forwards they are fine, however even PRO hockey players continue to work on their forward stride throughout their entire career! The forward stride is the most…

  • 5 Balance Drills for Hockey Players – Learn to Skate Series

    If you are dedicated to improving your skating, shooting and stickhandling then balance drills and edge work drills are going to give you the biggest results. You might be asking why would a skating drill help improve my shooting and stickhandling? I am glad you asked Drills that help a hockey player improve balance will…

  • Understanding Your Edges: 6 Edge Work drills to Improve Balance and Control

    In order to be a great skater you need good balance. New hockey players are usually off balance, bow-legged, stutter stepping and some look like they just finished riding a horse for 6 hours. Why do new hockey players look so out of place on the ice? Because they don’t have good edge control. Learning…

  • The Secret to Balance, Speed, and Power

    Do you keep falling over, do you get off balance, are you easily knocked off the puck? You should be more like Sidney Crosby, his personal trainer explains he’s so hard to knock off the puck because he stays low This is the second article in our how to skate series and it covers a…

  • Proper Hockey Stance: The Importance of Knee Bend

    This is our first video in a series of skating videos. In the series we will be teaching the fundamentals of skating. Our goal is to help new hockey players understand the basics of skating for hockey, and help experienced players tweak their technique for maximum effectiveness. In this video and article we are covering…

  • How to Skate (for Hockey Players)

    I am happy to present our newest video series that will teach you how to skate. These videos are specifically for hockey players. Hockey players will skate differently than figure skaters and public skaters. In hockey we want speed, power and agility. I will be posting new videos every week until the series is finished.…

  • Inline / Rollerblading Drills for Hockey Players

    A big complaint among hockey players in the more remote areas is that there is no place to skate over the summer months. This was certainly a problem for me growing up. I grew up in a small farm town and every arena within 100 kilometers took the ice out from March – September. So…

  • 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 …