How and When to Shoot Low in Hockey

May 12, 2010
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A lot of hockey players like to snipe the top corners, and why wouldn’t you? It looks pretty and makes you look like a pro. The only problem is that when you start getting better at hockey, so do the goalies. Goalies love to rob players with their flashy glove saves, or brilliant blocker saves. [...]

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Hockey Shooting Pad Review

April 29, 2010
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The Guys over at hockeyshot were kind enough to send us some awesome hockey training products for us to review. The first training product we reviewed is the first item you should buy if you want to work on stick handling and shooting; and if you use our coupon (bottom of page) you get $10 [...]

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How to Win Face-Offs

April 25, 2010
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We just published a face-off video and article with a tonne of great tips for winning more faceoffs, check it out here how to win faceoffs in hockey This is a guest post from Jeff Serowik, former NHL’er and owner of Pro Ambitions Hockey, Inc. A former teammate of mine Yanic Perreault who had a [...]

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How to do the Scoopy Puck Move

April 22, 2010
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Remember back in 1996 when Mike Legg was playing for Michigan State, went behind the net, scooped the puck up on his stick and put it top shelf? Fast forward 10 years and Sidney Crosby does a perfect repeat of the Mike Legg goal. The question is, what should we call this move? The Crosby [...]

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Hockey – The Mental game

April 18, 2010
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Wayne Gretzky is known as one of the greatest hockey players of all time, not only for his incredible skill, but also because of his Hockey IQ. Some people refer to hockey as chess on ice and to quote Lowell Cohn - ”Some guys play hockey. Gretzky plays 40 mph chess.” A great hockey player should be able [...]

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Wrist Shot Videos

April 8, 2010
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Wrist Shot for Beginners This video teaches you how to take a wrist shot in under a minute. I show you every single motion that is involved in the wrist shot. When browsing on YouTube I was sick of long winded, boring videos that fail to mention important aspects of the wrist shot. I went [...]

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How To Ice Skate Video

April 8, 2010
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This video shows you how to ice skate. This video is for absolute beginners. You should learn the proper ice skating form, what you might be doing wrong (common beginner mistakes when it comes to hockey / ice skating) and how to become more confident on skates. We will add more videos on how to ice [...]

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Slapshot Challenge

April 3, 2010

Slapshot Challenge Over the summer of 2010 we had a slapshot challenge where we challenged hockey players from around the world to improve their slapshot. This was our first contest and the blog was still a bit new, but we had over 200 people sign up and participate. We posted articles with slapshot tips including [...]

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How To Improve Wrist Shot Accuracy

April 1, 2010
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Written by Jeremy Rupke How often do you have a perfect scoring opportunity staring you right in the face? There is a nice open spot that the goalie is not covering so you pull the puck back, take aim, and fire… and you miss the net, or put the puck right in the goalies chest. [...]

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Peewee Hockey Drills OMHA

March 28, 2010

I have found a bunch of Peewee hockey drills that I wanted to share. The drills focus on puck control, stickhandling, shooting, skating, acceleration, agility and more. These drills were developed by the OMHA and posted on home town hockey . These drills are republished with permission from the OMHA Drill Time Drill Description 15 [...]

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The Role of a Winger in Hockey

March 23, 2010
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There are two wingers in hockey, right wing, and left wing. Both wing men, as well as the centermen are referred to as forwards. The forwards are offensively minded and will score the majority of your teams goals. As a winger you will mostly play on your side of the ice, right wing will play [...]

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When the Ice Melts, Play Street Hockey

March 20, 2010

While a number of sports provide excellent cross-training for hockey during the off-season, hardcore players won’t be willing to give up their favorite game just because of the melting ice.  For those who find traveling to the local rink may inconvenient or costly, street hockey can be a great way to continue development when temperature [...]

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Weighted Hockey Stick Drills

March 20, 2010

In my last post I showed you how to make a weighted hockey stick, now I will show you what you can do with it. Stickhandling is a very important skill to master if you want to be a great hockey player. There are many ways that you can improve your stickhandling and in this [...]

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How To Make A Weighted Hockey Stick

March 19, 2010
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Many hockey players are looking for new ways to improve their stickhandling. One stickhandling tip that I found REALLY helps is using a weighted hockey stick. There are a lot of products on the market like hockey stick weights, and even just plain heavy hockey sticks, but I found a great way to make your [...]

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Sports That Will Help Build Hockey Skills

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Now that we are nearing the summer, and many players will be wrapping up their hockey season, many players and hockey parents may be thinking of what hockey camp to enroll their children in. This seems like the obvious answer to help keep your child’s hockey skills up par, but have you considered other sports [...]

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How will Tennis and Squash Help you in Hockey?

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Tennis and sqaush are great sports to participate in because you really only need two people to play. You can also play by yourself if you really want, however you will not be challenged quite as much. I like squash a bit more because you are constantly changing direction, and you must move fast in [...]

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How Will Soccer Help Your Hockey Skills?

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How Will Soccer Make You A Better Hockey Player? Soccer is great to play on a team, with friends, or by yourself just kicking the ball against a wall, or even practicing some moves. I think the biggest improvement players would notice after a few good soccer sessions would be their improvement in foot speed [...]

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How Will Lacrosse Help With Hockey?

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Lacrosse is probably the best summer sport to play, as it is very similar to hockey. Wayne Gretzky, one of the best players of all time was known for also being great at Lacrosse. I read in Gretzky’s book that when he played in the minors a coach on the other team offered $5 for [...]

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Allow Me To Introduce Myself…

March 6, 2010
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Hello Everyone For the past few months we have been talking at you, but not with you. I thought I would take a break and introduce myself. My friend and I have been working hard over the last few months to bring some great hockey tips to the online hockey community. We have been working [...]

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This is Canada

March 6, 2010
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The Canadian Pond Hockey Championships were held in February 2010 at Deerhurst Resort in the beautiful town of Huntsville, Ontario. I had the privilege of attending this great event and wanted to share the experience. Why I love Pond Hockey I have played hockey outdoors since I was a child. I remember the days where [...]

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