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Get Quick Hands with Stickhandling Balls

Jeremy — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:34:13 +0000

Having “quick hands” or fast hands in hockey is seen as a great asset to any hockey player. Luckily this is something that you can practice at home with nothing more than a hockey stick and some stickhandling balls. There are two types of stickhandling balls that I like, the smart hockey balls and the wooden stickhandling balls. The smart hockey balls are nice because they have a similar feel as a puck does on the ice, and I like the wooden stickhandling balls because they are nice and light, and very easy to handle.

How to improve your fast hands with Stickhandling balls

Where to Get the Stickhandling Balls

You can find the wooden stickhandling balls and the smart hockey balls at HockeyShot.com

Improve Your Stickhandling with the Flypucks

Jeremy — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:12:11 +0000

The Flypuck is an off-ice training puck that you can use to improve your stickhandling and shooting. In the video below I show you a few different drills you can do with the Flypuck to improve your stickhandling skills.

The Flypuck comes in three different weights, 4oz, 6oz and 8oz. This means you can get a puck that is lighter than a puck, the same weight and 2 ounces heavier. You can stickhandle using the different weighted pucks to help improve your stickhandling in different ways. A light puck is good for repetition and quick hands, and a heavier puck is good to build your stickhandling muscles and patterns.

Some simple drills to improve your Stickhandling with the Flypuck

Figure 8 drills
Softhands drill
yo-yo drill

Where to Buy the Flypuck

You can find the flypuck and many other hockey training aids at HockeyShot.com

Improve your Game with the Extreme Passing Kit

Jeremy — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:08:30 +0000

If you want to work on your game at home it is important to have a nice smooth surface. The Extreme Passing Kit is one of the training aid’s from HockeyShot.com that will help you improve your stickhandling and shooting at home. The Extreme Passing Kit is smooth, the pucks slide well on the surface, and it comes with a bungee cord that will rebound the puck to you. In the video below I share a few ways that you can improve your shooting, stickhandling and passing with the Extreme Passing Kit

Extreme Passing Kit Video

Tips to Improve Your Game

Stickhandling

Practice controlling the puck around your entire body
Practice quick back and forth movements (dribbling the puck) and practice wide movements
Cup the puck on your forehand and backhand
Practice reaching out as far as you can to each side while still controlling the puck
Practice for 10-20 minutes a day and continue to try new things

Shooting

Proper technique is the most important factor for power and accuracy
Shoot 100 pucks a day to develop your shooting muscles
Continue to refine your technique as you shoot
Use a radar gun to help you improve your power
Having a smooth surface too shoot off will help make your practice more like the ice, and protect the bottom of your blade

Passing

Use a passing kit, or pass rebounder or pass a ball against a wall
Roll your hands over during the follow through and point the toe at your target
Cup the puck while giving and receiving the pass
When receiving a pass be sure to cradle the puck (gradually slow it down)

Where to buy the Extreme Passing Kit

You can find it and many other hockey training aids at Hockeyshot.com

Improve your Game with a Hockey Shooting Pad

Jeremy — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:29:36 +0000

If you want to practice your shooting and stickhandling it helps to have a nice smooth surface to practice on. Ice has very low friction and the puck will slide very easily, but if you practice on cement or other rough surfaces the puck will not slide easily and it is also hard on your sticks. It is important to make your off-ice practice area as ice-like as possible so that you can easily transfer what you have learned off the ice onto the ice.

How to improve your game with a Shooting Pad

Below I have included a video that details a few ways that you can improve your shooting and stickhandling at home

Where to get a Shooting Pad or Training Tiles

You can find these and many more hockey training aids at HockeyShot.com

Improve your stickhandling with the Green Biscuit

Jeremy — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:32:44 +0000

Practicing your stickhandling is important if you want to become a better stickhandler and Hockey Shot has a number of hockey training aids that will help make your practice time a lot more fun, and a lot more effective. I think making your practice area ice-like is important so you can easily transfer the skills you learn off the ice onto the ice. One product I like to use that I think makes stickhandling more ice-like is the Green Biscuit.

In this video I show you a few ways that you can improve your stickhandling by using the Green Biscuit and practicing some of the drills and methods I show. For the full review of the Green Biscuit , click here.

PowerBlade Weighted Stickhandling Drills

Jeremy — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 18:23:27 +0000

Here are a few drills that you can do with the PowerBlade available at Hockeyshot.com. The Powerblade is a weighted hockey stick that will help build the muscles involved with stickhandling. To learn more about the powerblade check out our powerblade review

To get the powerblade check out HockeyShot.com

Five Stickhandling Ball Drills

Jeremy — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:25:42 +0000

If you want to improve your stickhandling skills you need to practice on a regular basis, in this video we show you five drills you can do off the ice with a stickhandling ball.

Full Stickhandling Ball review

To learn more about the stickhandling balls you can read our full stickhandling ball review. To get the latest stickhandling balls and other hockey training aids, be sure to check out HockeyShot.com.

More Stickhandling Drills

If you want to greatly improve your stickhandling skills I recommend my complete guide to stickhandling, It includes a detailed e-book as well as a 30 minute training video. If you just want a few extra drills to use check out this page this page with 20 stickhandling drills.

Five Drills for the X-Passer

Jeremy — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:43:59 +0000

The X-Passer is a pass rebounder available on HockeyShot.com. Earlier we did a X-passer review and now we want to show you five drills that you can do with the X-passer. These drills include passing and stickhandling drills including a drill on practicing your toe drag.

X-Passer Drills

In this video we show you a number of drills including:

How to give and practice the fore-hand pass
How to give and practice the back-hand pass
Drills to become comfortable giving and receiving passes in any situation
How to practice the toe drag
How to practice a bank-pass

X-Passer Drills Video:

To get the X-Passer and other hockey training aids, check out HockeyShot.com.

Training Aid Review Contest Winners!

HockeyReviewHQ — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:20:06 +0000

Thanks to all the skilled and super-creative reviewers who braved the wind, weather and traffic to bring you their reviews of HockeyShot.com training aids! Look (and listen) past the shaky cameras, chirping birds, airplanes flying and families chattering to learn all about shooting pads, training pucks/balls and skate weights from hockey players all over the country.

Grand Prize Winners!

See Liamkelly19 review the Extreme Ice Shooting Pad, going five for five while hitting the corners and five hole and juggling the puck. He takes home an Extreme Passing Kit One-Timer Model worth $159.95!

Check out DangleSNIPE29 showing off a regular puck and a Green Biscuit on the Extreme Ice Shooting Pad with some great music in the background. He wins a HockeyShot Professional Shooting Pad worth $89.95!

Runners Up!

LeftyHockeyReviews opens with professional graphics and shows why he loves the Smart Hockey Ball as he compares its movement on a rug, dryland ice and pavement. He gets a HockeyShot Intermediate Shooting Pad
valued at $69.95!

schenndude75 shows us the Trion Skate Weight and explains how it improves your stride and speed. He wins a Green Biscuit training puck valued at $10.95!

Although 101hardeepmalhi is confined to his patio and basement due to rain, he shows you a friction test that compares the Green Biscuit to a weighted puck and a regular puck. For his efforts, he gets another Green Biscuit training puck valued at $10.95!

To claim your prize, just email us (info (at) hockeyreviewhq.com! A special thanks to HockeyShot.com for sponsoring this contest. Be sure to check out HockeyShot.com for any hockey training aids you need!

Training Aid Review Contest

Jeremy — Fri, 20 May 2011 20:10:44 +0000

UPDATE Aug 5th: Thanks for all the contest entries on Youtube. We are going over all the entries now and will be picking a winner very soon.

You’re outside noodling around on your shooting pad with a Green Biscuit, taking slapshots with a weighted stick and puck, or practicing your passing with a rebounder. Grab a video camera and an obliging friend or sibling, and start telling us what you think. Why do you like this training aids? How are they helping you become a better player? Is there anything you don’t like? When the rain comes or night falls, take the video inside, edit it, and post it on YouTube for a chance at four great prizes from HockeyShot.com! You’re out there anyway, so you might as well try to earn some prizes! The rules include:

Create a 1- to 5-minute video that reviews any training aid or combination of training aids you like
Be sure to name the products
Edit your video, adding sound, effects, etc.
Post the video on YouTube by July 30
Include a link to www.HockeyReviewHQ.com in the video description
Email the link to your video to info@hockeyreviewhq.com

We’ll be judging the videos on the information, camera work, editing, originality, music and more! HockeyShot.com is generously providing two grand prizes and two smaller prizes! Plus, select videos will be featured on HockeyShot.com and HockeyReviewHQ.com!

Here is the list of prizes:

Grand Prizes:
– 1 Extreme Passing Kit One-Timer Model
– 1 HockeyShot Pro Shooting Pad

Runner Up Prizes:
- 1 HockeyShot Intermediate Shooting Pad
- 2 Green Biscuit prizes

If you are more visual, here are the details in a video: