How to Prepare for Hockey Tryouts
A 4-week hockey tryout preparation plan covering what evaluators watch, off-ice skill sharpening, and a day-before/day-of routine.
Hockey Training
How to Prepare for Hockey Tryouts
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How to Tape a Hockey Stick
How to tape a hockey stick: wrap the blade in smooth overlapping layers, build a comfortable knob, choose your style, and keep it consistent.
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How to Cycle the Puck in Hockey
How to cycle the puck: protect it along the boards, move it before pressure, support in a triangle, and use behind the net to create open looks.
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How to Backcheck in Hockey
How to backcheck in hockey: turn and sprint the instant you lose the puck, cover the most dangerous man, and take away the lane with your stick.
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How to Forecheck in Hockey
How to forecheck in hockey: angle to take away options, arrive under control, pressure the puck as F1 and jump the outlet as F2. Roles and drills.
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How to Hold a Hockey Stick (Grip Basics)
How to hold a hockey stick: top hand on the knob, bottom hand a forearm lower, firm but relaxed grip, and how the grip changes for handling and shooting.
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How to Play Defense 1-on-1 in Hockey
Defend a 1-on-1 rush with tight gap control: protect the middle, force the attacker outside, and defend with your feet and stick, not a lunge.
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Hockey Awareness and Scanning: How to See the Ice
Hockey awareness and scanning: keep your head up, check your shoulders, and read the ice before you get the puck - the habits and drills to build it.
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How to Build a More Powerful Skating Stride
Build a more powerful skating stride: full extension and recovery, push to the side not back, deep knee bend, and off-ice work that adds real speed.
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The Mohawk Turn for Hockey: Edge Control and Puck Protection
The mohawk turn is a heel-to-heel, open-hip skating move that builds edge control and puck protection. Learn it step by step, from stationary to moving.
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Hockey Edge-Work Drills to Improve Your Skating
Edge work is the foundation of skating. Learn inside vs outside edges, the key drills - C-cuts, edge circles, one-foot glides - and how to train edges off the ice.
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How to Pivot in Hockey (Offense and Defense)
Master the open-hip pivot for offense and defense: gap control for D, backchecking and cutting back for forwards, plus mechanics, drills and fixes.
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Hockey Power Turns and Tight Turns: The Difference and How to Do Both
Power turns vs tight turns: the difference, the edges and knee bend behind both, when to use each in a game, and drills to build them on and off the...
