| Many hockey players are looking for ways to improve | | | | takes to destroy them all! |
| their game. Here are five ways to help guide you to | | | | Step Four - Stick Handling. Go to your local sporting |
| becoming that great player that you want to be. | | | | goods store and buy the cheap little plastic cones. Set |
| Step One - Knowledge. Study up on hockey by | | | | them up in any way you want to. Be sure to skate |
| watching as many games as you can whether it be in | | | | around each of the cones while heading toward the |
| person or on television. Dont always watch the person | | | | net and practice holding the puck away from your |
| with the puck. Find out who is playing your position and | | | | body. While your going from cone to cone, throw in a |
| focus on their movements, watch how they study the | | | | toe drag or toss it in your skates and kick it back to |
| developing play and step in to either stop a shot or | | | | your stick. These will all help you get used to handling |
| score a goal. | | | | the puck with out actually looking at it. |
| Step Two - Conditioning. Skate as often as possible. | | | | Step Five - Teamwork. There is no better offense |
| Use some of the conditioning techniques posted on the | | | | then chemistry. A team that knows each others style |
| web site to help you out. Go to the gym or work out | | | | and how each player skates will be hard to beat. In |
| as much as possible at home. Work on lots of cardio | | | | each practice be sure to know who your line mates |
| exercises to help build up and endurance to the hard | | | | are. If there are no set lines then try to find someone |
| skating used in each game. Be sure during practice | | | | to just focus on and try to pair up with them on lines. If |
| you are pushing yourself as hard as you can. | | | | you are a playmaker, meaning you would rather take |
| Step Three - Shot Accuracy. Go to the rink when | | | | the hit and get the assist, then be sure to pair up with |
| there is open skate and just shoot on net. Each shot | | | | a scorer, meaning you most of the time park your self |
| you take try to set a goal for your self. As your | | | | right in front of the net instead of fighting battles in the |
| skating toward the goal think in your head, this one is | | | | corners. |
| going top right or this one is going just above the pad | | | | Follow these steps and you can become a better |
| on left side. Another way to help this is to do sharp | | | | hockey player. But remember, I can only tell you how |
| shooting like in the all star game. Take four foam | | | | to improve your game, it takes dedication to actually |
| plates and duct tape them to the corners. Set up a line | | | | become the player you want to be! |
| as far away as you want and see how many pucks it | | | | |