By Tricia L Sharp
Most kids start out playing with their house league hockey teams and practising with their team. That is a great way to start but if the young player wants to hone their skills, it will take more ice time, out of league schooling and off ice training.
The best way is to start with a speed skating clinic. Build up your legs with strength and power. The best way to beat the opponent is by pure speed so building up your stamina is a must. The best defenseman in the NHL are the ones who can out skate their opponents and get back to help protect their goal and help their goalie.
The next thing to work on is your stick handling skills. This is a great item to work on when you don't have access to ice time. You can work on this as off ice training. Put targets on your road hockey net and keep practising until you become a pro at hitting the targets. Once you have accomplished this you can put it into practise on the ice by imagining where the targets would be on the net and aim for them and get past the goalie.
Then start by using a puck or ball for road hockey using the triangle method. Use your stick to handle the ball or puck to the top of the triangle then down to the left and across to the right. Repeat this so that you can do it without missing the puck or ball at all and can do it without looking at the puck or ball. This will make you very confident at your puck handling skills so that when you are on the ice during a game you will be able to stick handle around your opponent and head for the net.
"HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES"
Isn't that what every player wants to hear. At least that's what we all dream about.
Work at these basic skills and improve your game.
If you want to take your game to the next level yet, you should look into hockey schools. There are a lot of great hockey schools available. It just depends what you are looking for. There are spring break hockey schools, christmas break hockey schools and summer hockey schools.
There are hockey schools that are day camps and some that are in-residence camps which include room and board.
The camps most often include on ice instruction, game play and off ice training as well. If you attend an intense in residence hockey camp, my suggestion is that you enroll for at least 2 weeks. The first week you are building up your stamina and your body is adjusting to the new training routine. The second week is when you are honing your skills to the best of your potential. This is when you get the best bang for your buck.
When you return to your team you will see for yourself just how much you have learned and how much you game has improved.
If you would like to more information on hockey schools or off ice training aids please visit http://www.greathockeygear.com.
Tricia Sharp
http://www.greathockeygear.com
Most kids start out playing with their house league hockey teams and practising with their team. That is a great way to start but if the young player wants to hone their skills, it will take more ice time, out of league schooling and off ice training.
The best way is to start with a speed skating clinic. Build up your legs with strength and power. The best way to beat the opponent is by pure speed so building up your stamina is a must. The best defenseman in the NHL are the ones who can out skate their opponents and get back to help protect their goal and help their goalie.
The next thing to work on is your stick handling skills. This is a great item to work on when you don't have access to ice time. You can work on this as off ice training. Put targets on your road hockey net and keep practising until you become a pro at hitting the targets. Once you have accomplished this you can put it into practise on the ice by imagining where the targets would be on the net and aim for them and get past the goalie.
Then start by using a puck or ball for road hockey using the triangle method. Use your stick to handle the ball or puck to the top of the triangle then down to the left and across to the right. Repeat this so that you can do it without missing the puck or ball at all and can do it without looking at the puck or ball. This will make you very confident at your puck handling skills so that when you are on the ice during a game you will be able to stick handle around your opponent and head for the net.
"HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES"
Isn't that what every player wants to hear. At least that's what we all dream about.
Work at these basic skills and improve your game.
If you want to take your game to the next level yet, you should look into hockey schools. There are a lot of great hockey schools available. It just depends what you are looking for. There are spring break hockey schools, christmas break hockey schools and summer hockey schools.
There are hockey schools that are day camps and some that are in-residence camps which include room and board.
The camps most often include on ice instruction, game play and off ice training as well. If you attend an intense in residence hockey camp, my suggestion is that you enroll for at least 2 weeks. The first week you are building up your stamina and your body is adjusting to the new training routine. The second week is when you are honing your skills to the best of your potential. This is when you get the best bang for your buck.
When you return to your team you will see for yourself just how much you have learned and how much you game has improved.
If you would like to more information on hockey schools or off ice training aids please visit http://www.greathockeygear.com.
Tricia Sharp
http://www.greathockeygear.com
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