Looking to improve your child’s hockey skills without needing to wait for the weekly team practice? Consider hiring a hockey instructor! Also known as a skills coach, a hockey instructor is someone who hosts either one-on-one or group hockey training…
Multiple Shots & Elements Drill – D Retrieve a spotted Puck. On the whistle, the forward (blue) leaves with a puck and skates towards the D (red) letting the D come up and then pivots to backwwards. The forward passes…
Coaching Your Own Child in Minor Hockey: Pros and Cons Minor hockey is an exciting sport not only for the children playing but also for the parents of the players. Fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters can all be part of…
Hockey has always been a difficult sport to get involved with thanks to the high costs of equipment and barriers to league registrations. When compared with something like soccer or basketball, where the most important items are a ball and…
Hockey Shooting Drill Description On the whistle, opposite adjacent players (green) skate along the blue line and pass (pass 1) to the players (blue) on the other side. Green players proceed to turn up the ice, accelerating through the neutral…
In my opinion, a players’ hockey stick should be viewed as an extension of their body. Players, especially at the professional level, can be very ‘picky’ as they should be since everyone has specific personal preferences. It is after all,…
Description On the whistle, from both ends, all 4 players start simultaneously. The BLUE players start forward from the blue line, then turn to backwards skate to the center red line, then re-pivot to forward. BLUE players receive a pass…
Industries across the world have been hit hard by the effects of the worldwide COVID outbreak, and sports are no exception. All major and minor sports leagues in North America have suspended play and are uncertain as to when we…
The world has been changed forever by the COVID-19 pandemic, and every part of our lives are likely to be affected in some way. The unfortunate reality of the highly contagious virus is that most of us have had to…
The percentage of goals scored in these areas at all levels, are just one of many reasons why most coaches and teams try to work the puck into and shoot from the middle of the slot zone area. The more…
