How to Saucer Pass

June 16, 2011
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I thought we would take a break from the Deke of Week for the summer and stick to off-ice training, I will be including stickhandling drills and other off-ice tips so you can improve over the summer. One skill that I have gotten a lot of requests for is the saucer pass. If you can [...]

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Off Ice Hockey Training Program

June 12, 2011
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Hey guys, I get a lot of emails asking me about hockey training, workouts, nutrition and so on. I usually recommend the book complete conditioning for hockey. Although this book is older I find it has a lot of good information in it, but recently I found a really good hockey training program that I [...]

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Hockey Slideboard Review – Powerslide

June 9, 2011
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A few months back I was sent a few slideboards to use and review. I tested out a few of them and did a full review on another website that I have been adding reviews to, but I did not want to add the review to How To Hockey until I had a good grasp [...]

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Deke of the Week 7 – Under the Stick Deke

May 31, 2011
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This is one of my favourite dekes to pull on the defencemen when I am in a one on one situation and the D is matching my speed. If I have speed on the D I will usually pull a simple fake like I have shown in the previous dekes, but if the defencemen is [...]

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The Ultimate Off Ice Training Combo

May 7, 2011
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I know that a lot of people will want to keep their hockey skills sharp over the summer. Every spring after a month or so without playing hockey I start to get the itch to play. I love hockey, and I not only want to play, but I also want to keep my skills sharp. [...]

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Deke of the Week 6 – Bank Shot

May 3, 2011
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If you ever wanted a solid go-to move to break out of your own end, well…here it is. I use this move on a regular basis and it is pretty much fool proof. There is nothing super fancy about this move, but it is very effective and can result in a breakaway in some circumstances. [...]

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Deke Of the Week 5 – Double Deke

April 22, 2011
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Last week we all learned about the single deke which involves a simple fake to one side, and then beating the player on the other side. Sometimes the player does not bite on your first fake, so you might need to toss in a second one, that is where the double deke comes in! In [...]

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Deke of the Week 4 – Single Deke

April 7, 2011
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Here is the fourth installment of the deke of the week, it’s still pretty basic but we are slowly working our way up to the sneaky dekes. Some people on youtube have been asking me to do the more advanced dekes but what they don’t understand is that with dekes there is probably a 10/90 [...]

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Hockey Sticks are for Scoring goals NOT this!

April 6, 2011
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Hey, this is sort of an impulse post but after watching this video I am really disgusted and feel I need to share this with other hockey players. In this video a hockey player attacks another hockey player with his stick. Let me get one thing straight THAT IS NOT HOCKEY. A hockey stick should [...]

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Deke of the Week 3 – Fakes

March 26, 2011
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In the third edition of the deke of the week I am going to be talking about fakes. In my opinion a fake is not the same as a deke, but you can use fakes in your dekes. A “fake” is just a slight, or subtle movement that might freeze the opposing player for a [...]

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Deke of the Week 2 – Protecting the Puck

March 13, 2011
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Here is the deke of the week #2, last week we talked about skating for open ice and this week we are building on that and teaching you to protect the puck. I know this isn’t really a deke, but it is very important to know the fundamentals of hockey and really the point of [...]

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Deke of the Week – Week 1 – Skate to Open Ice!

February 17, 2011
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Hey guys, I know I was promising this forever and here it finally is. I originally was going to call this 20 ways to beat the D, but I decided to call it the Deke of the Week and post a new on every week. We are going to start at the most basic moves, [...]

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Winnwell GX8 Hockey Stick Review

February 1, 2011
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Recently I was browsing the stick selection at Source for Sports and I noticed a cool looking stick. I picked it up and immediately noticed how nice it felt, and how light it was. I checked the price tag and was fully expecting to see a $175, to my surprise it was only $99! I [...]

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How to Shoot While Skating

January 16, 2011
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We have had a number of requests for a video on how to shoot while skating. Ken and I went out the other day and shot a few videos, so far we have two up on youtube with another one coming soon. So far we have the slapshot, and the snapshot so that is what [...]

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20 Off-Ice Stickhandling Drills

December 12, 2010
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Hey guys, I have had a lot of requests for off-ice stickhandling drills. There are a lot of great stickhandling drills out there and I could probably make about 20 videos, but luckily for me somebody already did! I would have loved to make these myself, but I figured the sooner I share them with [...]

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Defensemens Guide to the Pinch

December 9, 2010
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Thanks to Ken for this great post about how to pinch, a great read for any Defensemen! – Jeremy Sorry for the hiatus everyone summer is a busy time but now its hockey season again and time for some more articles. This article will be dealing with a Russian roulette of defense, the pinch. When a defense men pinches [...]

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Top 10 Gift Ideas for Hockey Players

December 6, 2010
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Be sure to check out our updated list Best Christmas gifts for hockey players 2011 If you have a hockey player in your family or group of friends then you might be looking for the perfect gift for them. Sometimes finding that perfect gift can be tricky, but when it comes to hockey players anything [...]

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QuickStickz Review – Stickhandling Trainer

December 3, 2010
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Update Jan 2011 – A few people who purchased this product had some problems with it. Sunlight will interfere with the camera and cause the on-screen puck to jump around. Please only purchase it if you have a low / no sunlight area in your house. In my video I used a room with no [...]

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Slapshot Challenge Winners

November 23, 2010
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Hey guys, the slapshot challenge is over and now it is time to pick the winners. This was the first contest I ever tried to run so there are some things I would change, but the real goal was to challenge myself to improve, and hopefully encourage others to challenge themselves. The real prize is [...]

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Join the Hockey Community – Get More Ice Time!

November 14, 2010
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The Hockey Community is a new website that I know is going to be a household name among hockey players in no time. The site allows hockey players to follow arenas in their area. If someone is organizing a game they can post it on the site, and everyone who follows that rink will be [...]

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