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Monday, 26 April 2010

Hockey Books and DVDs on Defense

Posted on 22:09 by Unknown
Hockey Defense DVDs DVDs on Hockey Defense from Championship Productions

How to Improve Your Defenseman

Mark Carlson, the USHL's Coach of the Year in 2004-05, shares 15 important drills and details for defensive hockey. His rebuilding efforts produced the best record and first Clark Cup title in team history. Coach Carlson's presentation begins with a drill for advancing the puck, which teaches
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Saturday, 24 April 2010

Pilates for Hockey Players

Posted on 15:01 by Unknown
Pilates for Hockey Players
In Jennifer Mongeluzo’s world, Pilates can help everybody, even a couple of bruising hockey players. To prove it, the owner of The Pilates Centre on West Avenue invited Bridgeport Sound Tigers hockey players Greg Mauldin and Matt Martin in for a pilates workout Wednesday to give them a taste of what they’re missing.
“I’m surprised more athletes don’t incorporate it into
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Hockey players using Pilates to fight injury

Posted on 14:36 by Unknown
From Hockey players using Pilates to fight injury at CBC sports.

Cassie Campbell gets Stephanie Davis' thoughts on the benefit Pilates for Hockey Players. Stephanie Davis has worked with Calgary-based hockey players such Martin Gelinas, Rhett Warrener, Braydon Coburn, Devan Dubnyk and Jason LaBarbera. Most recently she helped Theoren Fleury attempt his comeback to the NHL.

Here are some of
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Friday, 23 April 2010

Slapshot Tips

Posted on 16:51 by Unknown
Adrian Aucoin's Slapshot TipsAdrian Aucoin shows us some great a slapshot tips and puts a a nice demo:



Slapshot Tips:

Bend Your knees to get low - Most of your strength comes from your legs and lower body
Drop your bottom hand low on the stick
Really lean into the shot
Hit the ice a couple inches or so behind the puck.
Hit the ice further back on a one-timer
Keep your head up so you can aim
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Thursday, 22 April 2010

Synthetic Ice Ricks

Posted on 23:04 by Unknown
Synthetic Ice RicksHave you ever seen people playing hockey in the middle of summer on what looks lice ice? At first you give your head a shake. Then you notice the players are wearing ice skates, so you know not hallucinating ... but WTF?

No, you haven't lost it. They are playing on synthetic ice.

Forty-eight synthetic outdoor ice rinks are operated across Toronto.
How does the synthetic ice
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Friday, 16 April 2010

How to Hockey Stop

Posted on 16:05 by Unknown
How to Hockey Stop
Learning how to to a hard, fast hockey stop feels great and looks great - especially when you want to spray some ice. Hockey stops are one of the trickier skating fundamentals to learn, so best take it one step at a time.

Before your learn how to do a hockey stop, you'll first need to get the feel of your skates sliding sideways along the ice. To do this, hang on to the
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Hockey Magazine - Score More Goals DVD

Posted on 09:06 by Unknown
Hockey Player Magazine DVDHockey Player Magazine sells a great DVD called 50 Ways to Score More Goals
Here's a sample of the 15 minutes interview with Luc Robitaille with his advice on becoming a better goal-scorer.




Robitaille explains the importance of getting the shot off quick.

Buy it at Hockey Player Magazine
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Thursday, 15 April 2010

Skating Tips from Wayne Gretzky

Posted on 18:14 by Unknown
Gretzky Skating Tips



Some great skating tips from Gretzky:

The first thing you need to develop is a good fluid skating stride
Most of your skating power comes from your thigh muscles
Make sure your knees are bent, and your weight is slightly forward
Fully extend your pushing leg from your hip, knee, and ankle using your thigh for power
Think of your skate as a part of your leg when pushing
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Friday, 9 April 2010

How to Aim Your Wristshot

Posted on 13:45 by Unknown
Written by Jeremy Rupke from howtohockey.com

Are you having trouble picking those top corners? Do you want to score more goals, and have a more accurate and consistent wrist shot? Read the tips below to learn how to improve your wrist shot aim.

First it is important to know how to take a wrist shot I assume that you have a decent shot already and now you want to fine tune it and score more
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