Living on an Edge: Working on your hockey game 5 minutes at a time

Once you finish the Discover Hockey program and get a taste for what it is like to be a hockey player, continue working on your game.

It does not mean you must take another program, not at all. (although it helps). Skating is the most important part of being a hockey player. If you can’t skate you can’t play.

So the better you become at skating the more you will enjoy playing hockey at whatever level of fun you decide is appropriate. Some hockey moves are impossible without a certain level of ability to skate.

How do you work on your skating if you are busy playing in a game in a league when you need to perform under pressure? (there is pressure from opposition and you have much less time with the puck during a game).

You have 5 minutes in the warm up, and probably some time after the ice time is over to work on your skating. Use this time to improve your ability.

If you have not read it yet – How Often Should You Play Hockey To Get Better At It?  you should (there is some helpful information in there about how to maximize your ice time during the game).

Work on the side that is weak, give it more reps, because repetition and muscle memory don’t come just because you want them to. It takes time and work.

Most people are either right or left dominant, there is no one who is completely perfect on both sides of their body. Even in the NHL. One side is easier to use than another when you are skating, its just a fact. But if you push yourself and work on it, you will get close to even.

After all, don’t you want to be able to stop and turn on any side when you are playing? Go whereever you want, when you want?

Here is a video with some drills you can work on during the time you have in a game or at shinny.

What level can you get to?