Okay, like any sports fan does today, I scrambled for two resource areas — beginning with Wikipedia (I later searched YouTube to see for myself)… “Lionel AndrĂŠs “Leo” Messi; born 24 June 1987 is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentina national team. Often considered the…
As I said in reference to Oldrich Jindra’s earlier snippet, “Coaches love drills!” So, once again he’s sharing some ideas for shooting drills that might prove interesting and challenging to developing hockey players. Fortunately for us, Oldrich appears monthly with a new collection of drills he’s gathered from around the world. And, with all that,…
For an awful lot of years, I’ve felt that a puck and opponents can distract from a player’s concentration as he or she is drilling. (Wait until you see the positional drill I invented years ago!) This segment, however, is all about a player’s wrist (or sweep) shot mechanics, and it gives me the chance…
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Rocket Man (and Asymmetrics)
In the event you didn’t yet see the following video, let me first introduce the so-called “Rocket Man”… Well, you’re there now — at the described link, and I’m about to tell you more… Now, I believe I came across the term “asymmetric” (as in movements) in something I read or heard from the late,…
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Troubleshooting Hockey Shooting Problems
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From the above photo you can probably already guess that I’m talking about my players learning to tap the puck out of the air and into the goal. And, you might also guess that I use the “bunting” tag because I want the kids to think of the movement as a rather short rap at…