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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...
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...
Hockey Shooting Tips: How to Practice Bad Angle Shots
When practicing your hockey skills, try to use the same slogan that Apple uses,“Think Different.” Most players think of scoring a highlight reel goal, coming downthe slot and sniping top...
How to Hold a Hockey Stick - 5 Stickhandling Mistakes to Avoid
There are five common mistakes that I regularly see when training youth hockey players. Luckily, if they are identified early they can be corrected and allow players to reach their full...
1 Minute to Go, Down 3 Goals – No Problem
When your team is down late and needs some last-minute heroics, the players who put in the work with off-ice stick handling drills and shooting thousands of pucks at home will be ready to step up and make the plays. Those players not only have done enough repetitions where they can act without thinking, but also can play with the confident "I got this" approach to help the team prevail.
Four Types of Hockey Shots
If you asked a hockey player to list the four types of shots they use, most would rattle off the wrist shot, snap shot, slap shot and backhand. Yes, you...
Off-Ice Hockey Training: Essential Training Tools
The start of school not only means that summer is over, but also that the hockey season has begun or will soon be beginning. For a lot of players, this...
What Makes a Player Stand Out in the Game of Hockey
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When it comes to the game of hockey, there are a few distinguishing factors that the top players have acquired over the years that makes them leaders and not followers. |
How to Saucer Pass in Ice Hockey
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There are hundreds of ice hockey drills that involve passing, but very few are designed to work on mastering the saucer pass, which is a passing technique where... |
