How to Add a Crossover Start to a Stop
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Mastering the Fundamentals of Body Checking in Hockey
Body checking is an essential skill in hockey, integral to the game’s strategy and excitement. However, body checking and body contact are often misunderstood or poorly executed, especially by young players just entering the game. This article aims to provide a comprehensive guide on the fundamentals of body checking, emphasizing awareness, body posture, and techniques.
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How to Skate Forward Like a PRO
In this video, we share the techniques we use when training our players to skate forward and get the most speed and stability possible. We’re going to start by looking at our body positioning from our head all the way down to our toes. OUR HEAD The first thing, our head and shoulders have to
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Punch Jams
In this article, we take a look at a punch jam, the baby brother of the jam turn. It’s a bit of a made-up, slang term, but it’s a move players can use to create time and space. A jam turn is a tight turn where a player drives their front foot out, almost like
JAM TURNS
In this video, the next skating skill we’re going to touch on is jam turns. What a jam turn is, basically, is a tight, tight, tight turn that you might use along the boards or in a tight area that you want to get out of really quickly. A jam turn allows you to get
INSIDE EDGE FAKES
Today, we’re going to take a look at Inside Edge Fakes. We had a good question from Greg Price: “I noticed that a lot of lead players are using a different fake than the typical front fake. You shift their weight for the fake, then pull the puck back to protect it. They curl on
One Legged Stop
Hello, my name is Dwayne Blais, and welcome to the National Skill Development Association. Today, we’re going to break down how to perform one-legged stops, whether it’s on your inside edge or outside edge. We had a great question from ebeckable on YouTube who asked, “Can you make a step-by-step video on how to stop
BACKWARD SKATING PROGRESSION
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SHUFFLE SKATING
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TRANSITION TURNS
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BRACKET TURNS
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MOHAWK TURNS
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BACKWARD SKATING
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SIDE STOPPING
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OUTSIDE EDGES
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Using Your Edges
In this video, we share proper edging techniques. These are the SAME techniques we train our NHLers with. Using these simple adjustments will have you skating like the pros skate. Try these next time you’re on the ice. What are the Edges on my Hockey Skates? If you look at the blade of your hockey
HOCKEY PLAYER POSITION
What is the Hockey Player Position Or Stance and Why is it Important? The Hockey Player Position or Stance is the standard athletic position that all hockey movements are based upon. Maintaining or recovering back to the position as quickly as possible is the key to being efficient in all of your hockey skills. It
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