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A Hockey Players’ New Year Resolution
The New Year is a perfect time to realign your goals with your progress thus far this season. Decide what you want to improve on, put your mind to it...
The Greatest Gifts of All: Ponds, Passing & Practicing
Snipers Edge is proud to be an off-ice hockey training company based in a state where winters provide plenty of natural opportunities for skill development. This comes in the form...
Game Changing Gifts For The Holidays!
As the season hits full swing and players are settling into their spot on the team, there are probably a few aspects of their game that they really like, and...
Who's The Scariest Player On The Ice?
Halloween is a fun time of year with everyone dressing up in costumes, in fact one of our favorite costumes is when people dress up in goalie gear and trick...
5 Things Every Defensemen Needs to Know
As a former NHL defensemen, I've played with and against the best players in the world, and there are some key attributes about playing defense that I like to share...
Pre-Game Prep for Hockey Players
It’s been said in pretty much all of the hockey circles, that goalies are a little bit on the goofy or weirdo side. Yes, I’ve played with a couple that...
NHL Stickhandling Drills by Coach Pitlick
If you look how people process information, they typically will use one or acombination of the 5 senses, Sight (vision), hearing (audition), taste (gustation),smell (olfaction), and touch (somatosensation). As a...
Sniper’s Edge How-To: How to beat the Goalie
It’s easy, just shoot and score!! Well, I wish it was that simple, but it’s not. There’s aproblem, there’s someone with big pillows on their legs and a goofy mask...
Why You Should Play Other Sports Other than Hockey
Why You Should Play Other Sports Other than Hockey As a long time hockey coach and off-ice stickhandling & shooting specialist, I’ve had the privilege to train some of the...
Training at Home – Essential Hockey Training Gear Every Player Needs
Training at Home – Essential Hockey Training Gear Every Player NeedsCoach Pitlick here and I hope you all had a Happy New Year? The start of a new yeargenerally gets...
Improving Your Skating: Forward Skating
Improving Your Skating: Forward SkatingAs Herb Brooks said during the 1980 Miracle on Ice, “the legs feed the wolf!!” This isso true, if you’re not a good skater and develop...
Improving Your 1 on 1 Defense in Hockey
Improving Your 1 on 1 Defense in Hockey It’s been said that the best defense is a good offense. That is true, but what if you don’t have the offensive...