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 *Hockey Practice Organization*

How to organize your hockey practices and skating classes to make the best use of limited space and time.
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 *Yes or No Breakaway Drill*

A breakaway game in which teammates must guess whether the player who is “up” will score.
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 *Hockey Skills Progression Handbook*

A reproducible hockey handbook that describes the skills that should be emphasized for each age group from 8 to 18.
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 *Pass Off the Boards Drill*

A hockey drill that teaches players to use the boards to pass and to move around defenders.
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 *Hockey Groin Injury Prevention*

How hockey players can make themselves three times less likely to suffer a groin injury in the first weeks of play.
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 *Pattern Recognition in Sports*

It would take the average athlete 10,000 hours to learn to recognize all the patterns and player-combinations that can occur in a hockey game.
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 *Hockey-Games & Skills Development*

Games are a poor place to learn hockey skills. Players touch the puck for only about 60 seconds over the course of a typical game.
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 *Stickhandling - Head Up Tip*

Focusing on a spot that is at eye-level will help players keep their head up while handling the puck.
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 *Shooting - Off Wrong Foot*

A drill to teach hockey players to shoot quickly off their wrong foot.
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 *Penalties - Weighted Stick Drill*

Reduce high sticking penalties by taping two pucks to your defencemens' stick.
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 *Stickhandling- Wide Dribble Drill*

A drill that improves stickhandlers' ability to make wide, sweeping dribbles.
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 *Stickhandling - Escape Drill*

A drill in which a puckhandler must break through a circle of stickless defenders.

 *Stickhandling- Balance Board Drill*

A drill in which players stickhandle the puck while standing on a balance board.
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 *Stickhandling - Closed Eyes Drill*

You can improve players? ability to control the puck by having them stickhandle with their eyes closed.

 *Skating - Running Start Tips*

A running start is the quickest way to accelerate from a standstill. The most important coaching points to look for when teaching this technique.