QUICK FIX: Better Puck Control
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2020
- In this video you'll find a couple of quick tips to help players become better at puck control.
By keeping the puck in a strong position, it makes you a much bigger threat to the defensive players as it really opens up the amount of options available to you. Having the puck in a strong position, and not over-handling it gives the chance for split second decisions and reactions based on the actions of the defenders. It allows you to quickly pass, dump or chip a puck, or shoot, whatever the situation calls for without having to adjust the position of the puck to your body first.
By using these tips, you're going to become a stronger offensive threat and create a lot more opportunities in a game.
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Great video coach, good points that I agree 100% with.. just worked with a player that was never taught about all his extra touches losing opportunities in the o-zone.
Thank you for watching, great to hear that you're helping develop players on the ice. keep it up, good luck.
Needed this
I hope that this helps. Thank you for checking out the videos. Good luck.
Great tip 👍🏿👍🏿Thanks!
Thank you, I appreciate the feedback.
When stickhandling how far away is the top hand from your body?
Thank you for the question. It would be some personal preference but if its something that you are working on, you should try to keep your top hand about a glove or 2 away from your body. Picture having someone in a head lock with your top arm, slightly bent and your top glove would away from your body. This will give you more mobility to move around your body when stick handling and give you more power on your passes and shot allowing for more leverage when pushing on your bottom hand.
How do you make any lateral moves with the puck on the side in the snowplough position?
Sure you can shot but just entering the zone it’d hardly be a threat?
Should this advise be qualified that it only really applies below the ringette line?
I don't believe there was any reference to a snowplough position in this video. The concept of the video was to help make players and coaches aware of having puck in a strong position to make a play, carrying the puck out front of their body isn't bad but it limits their options when attacking the offensive zone, meaning they can't shoot when the puck is in front of their body, ideally if they can carry the puck in a strong position (forehand or backhand side) it opens up more options for them to make plays and create scoring chances.
That “strong position” is what is often referred as “snowplough” since the puck is pushed on the side making it impossible to move laterally hence the comment: can’t move around other players that way.
you actually notice this in games too when he showed the examples, the example with the puck on his side, is usually how i see players in nhl games go into the offensive zone, my coach told me to always keep the puck infront, cause keeping it on my side will make it really easy for players to take the puck from me without me seeing them cause my peripheral vision wont be on it
Thanks for watching. There are definitely times to handle the puck in front of your body, skating through the neutral zone or out of D zone, protecting the puck with a player behind you… but if players keep in mind that they want to get the puck to a strong area beside their body to make a pass or take a shot it’s important to practice handling the puck on the side of their body to be a threat. The more you practice it the more you’ll increase your peripheral vision and enhance your ability to see and feel the puck around your body. Best of luck.
When ever I stick handle I always lose the puck when ever I have the puck and I’m movie it back and forth lose it what can I do to change that
Maybe your stick is too long or even too short. Maybe you “stand up” as you dribble the puck. Lastly, notice where you have the puck on your blade when you dribble or make your move some movements are better near the toe or better near the heel. Most stick work is closer to or at the heel of the blade. Have a friend or parent video your doing the exercises to see when and where you lose the puck. Watch stick handle videos(beginners) to discover new techniques. All the best!