Hockey Shooting Tips

Hockey Shooting Tips
Shooting from the Opposite Wing
One of the advantages of approaching the opponents net on your opposite wing (left handed shooter on the right wing and right handed shooters on the left wing) is that the angle of your shot is closer to the net.

When shooting from your 'regular' side, the puck has to travel at a sharper angle, so it's easier for the goalie to stop.

Here's a

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Hockey Defensive Positioning

Hockey Defensive PositioningAlways Cover the Front of the Net
When playing hockey in the defensive zone, the key to positioning is communication with your defense partner:
Talk to each other.


Let your defense partner know when he has time, and when he has a 'man-on.'
Let your defense partner know where you are.
Call for the puck when you're open for a pass behind the net.
When it comes to

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Hockey Defense Drills

Hockey Defense DrillsHelper Drill
Here's a great drill from Sportvideos.com that encourages defensemen to scan the ice before they receive the puck when regrouping in the neutral zone.




In this drill, the defenseman starts on either size of the ice at the center line and skates backwards between two cones at the center ice face-off circle.

The defenseman then looks to both sides of the ice to

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How to Shoot the Puck into the Offensive Zone

Shooting the Puck in Deep
Often when you have no play in the neutral zone (between the two blue lines) all you can do is dump the puck in deep and hope one of your own players can get the puck back for your team.

Here's how the Sedins do it:



Instead of ringing the puck around the boards, Daniel Sedin shoots the puck in off the end boards at the far side of the net. The puck then bounces back

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Cliff Ronning Positioning Hockey Tips

Cliff Ronning Positioning Tips
Cliff Ronning is obviously a huge fan of Jannik Hansen.

Jannik Hansen is constantly moving his feat, is always facing the play, and is very aware of where his teammates are. Above all, he loves to score goals.

In this highlight reel, Ronning points out Jannik Hensen excellent work habbits and natural goal scoring ability.



Hansen is never standing in one place

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Hockey Books for Christmas Gifts

Hockey Books for Christmas Gifts
Here's some great Hockey Book ideas that will make great Christmas gifts for any Hockey player. The reviews are from Amazon. Click on each book to read more reviews.

Sports Illustrated has put together the definitive book about the sport of ice hockey, drawing on its article archives and its photo library. This is a marvelous book, with huge, gorgeous color

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