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Posted: September 27, 2011 in Recreational Leagues and Tourneys, Skills and Tips, Uncategorized, www.hotshotshockey.ca0
Top 10 Advice for Rec Hockey Beginners – Use Those Edges It sounds so simple, but it’s absolutely critical. If you can’t skate, you can’t play the game. So much of hockey is quick stops and sharp turns, and that’s why working on using the outside and inside edges of skates is so important. For [...]
Top 10 Advice for Rec Hockey Beginners: Back straight, head still. No slouchers allowed. Skaters need to set their body in a good athletic foundation before developing too many more skills. That means the back should be straight and the head should be still. You should have a slight forward lean while keeping your chest [...]
Top 10 Advice for Rec Hockey Beginners - Bend Those Knees It all starts at the knees. Skaters keep a 90° knee bend, enough so the knees stick out over the tip of the skate about two inches. The more you bend one knee, the more you can stretch and push off with the other [...]
Top 10 Advice for Rec Hockey Beginners 2. Skate out of your Comfort Zone. Having fun in hockey is important. That’s why most people play it, after all. But in order to improve one’s power skating, players need to learn to get out of the comfortable routine they’re accustomed to. Too often, players let body [...]
Top 10 Advice for Rec Hockey Beginners: Tip #1
Posted: September 21, 2010 in Equipment Guides, Skills and TipsTop 10 Advice for Rec Hockey Beginners 1. Find a skate that fits. Find those dusty old skates laying at the bottom of your closet and donate them to Goodwill, or a local hockey organization. Does your foot swim inside the bottom of your boot? Those are candidates for donation, too. Finding a boot that [...]
When you are looking for a quick, powerful and accurate release of the puck, the wrist shot is the card you want to play. It fools goalies (is he passing? Shooting? Stickhandling?) and if you’ve practiced enough, you can put the puck in the pocket that you want with precision. The Wrist Shot The wrist [...]
You’re carving down the ice, cut through your checkers and cross the blue line. Your linemates are onside, streaking down with you but they’re covered so you can’t pass to them. You want to get the puck to the net hard so they can crash it and get the rebound or jam in that dirty [...]
