OFF ICE SKILLS FOR SKATERS (page 2)

Having good balance can make huge improvements in your skating ability. Here is a series of fun excersises you can do at home to help improve your balance and therefore improve your skating ability.

Below is the excersise for this week (09/02/09). It's a good excersise for controlling and score rebounds. For a bit of an easier start try just bouncing the tennis ball to the player with the stick and having him/her get the bouncing tennis ball under control (ready for a shot or pass). Work your way up to batting the puck out of the air.

USA hockey off ice stickhandling part 1. This is a great place to start if you want to work on the basics.

USA hockey off ice stickhandling part 2. Once you've mastered the basics in part 1 and you're ready for a bigger challange try some of the skill in part 2.

USA hockey off ice stickhandling Obstacle course. If you're ready for a bit of fun give this one a try.

Finnish hockey off ice stick handling. This is a bit more on the extreme side but if you want to see some pretty imprssive stuff this is a good place to start.

Stick handling with props. This is a bit more fun a very challenging worth trying to build one if you've got the time.

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