X-Deviator Hockey Stickhandling Aid

X-Deviator Hockey Stickhandling Aid

Coaches' Corner, Hockey Drills, Hockey Equipment, Individual Skill Drills, Off-ice Training, Skills, Stickhandling, Useful Products
Develop Stickhandling Abilities with the X-Deviator I've mentioned this before, but there are a number of skills that can easily be developed off the ice. I'm a strong believer that players who don't take advantage of off-ice training time are leaving precious skill development on the table. Stickhandling is one of the easiest skills to work on at home. XHockeyProducts has put together a great line of hockey training aids that is both fun and effective, which means players will be more motivated to work on their skills off the ice! The X-Deviator: The X-Deviator is a new take on hockey stickhandling aids. The biggest difference between the X-Deviator and some of the other stickhandling aids out there is that the X-Deviator is adjustable. Each joint on the X-Deviator swivels,…
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Ultimate Goalie Hockey Targeting System

Coaches' Corner, Hockey Equipment, Off-ice Training, Skills, Useful Products
The Ultimate Goalie Fixes Some of the Issues with Other Canvas Targeting Systems If you've been following me over the past couple of years, you probably know I'm a huge believer in developing your snipes both on and off the ice. One of the main tools I've recommended and used over the past 20 years has been the Shooter Tutor, which is basically a canvas goalie with holes cut out in the corners and five-hole. Shooter Tutor Overview: The Shooter Tutor is a fantastic product, and I've used it myself for a number of different reasons: It's light weight, and easy to transport It's durable It gives "dead" rebounds, which are more realistic in my opinion It's fun to work with! Shooter Tutor Design Flaws As good as the Shooter…
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X-Passer Hockey Passing Rebounder

Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills, Off-ice Training, Passing & Timing, Skills
Introducing... the Best Hockey Passing Rebounder on the Market! Over the past few years, a number of Hockey Passing Rebounders have made their way to the off-ice training market. These rebounders offer many fun and effective ways of working on your passing both on and off the ice, and I highly recommend owning one. The passing rebounder I want to show you in this post is by far and away the best one on the market today. The X-Passer is a heavy-duty, versatile passing rebounder, that has improved on some of the design flaws of other rebounders that are currently on the market. It's a lot of fun to use, and it works REALLY well. I'm excited to show you what this is all about, so let's jump straight in!…
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3 Shooter, Rebound and Recovery

3 Shooter, Rebound and Recovery

Goalie, Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills
The 3 Shooter, Rebound and Recovery Drill is a great way for players to work on their shots, while goalies work on their movement! This is a great, simple, goalie drill. It allows your shooters to work on their shots while the goalie works on his/her movement around the crease, angles and rebound recovery. Here's the diagram and explanation: 3 Shooter, Rebound and Recovery Drill: 1. Goalie in the net, three shooters set up as shown 2. Shooter 1 shoots low glove side. Goalie tries to kick rebound into the corner, then FOLLOWS his rebound and squares up to Shooter 2 3. Shooter 2 shoots anywhere. Goalie makes the save and stays square to the rebound, wherever it goes. 4. Goalie Squares back up to Shooter 1, and this time…
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Post Awareness Drill

Post Awareness Drill

Goalie, Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills, Shooting
This is a great 3-sequence goalie drill that works on many different aspects of Post Awareness This post awareness drill offers lots of possibilities. If you want to progress past just taking shots on this drill, give the players the option to carry the puck across the net/zone before they shoot. Here are the goalie's objectives on this drill: 1. Post Awareness 2. Rebound Control and Recovery 3. Post Recovery 4. Post-knee-up position (Post Load) Here's the diagram and drill explanation: Post Awareness Drill 1. Goalie starts on the post 2. Player 1 leaves without puck, pivots from forward to backward at about the hashmarks, and receives a pass from Player 2 3. After receiving the pass, Player 1 pivots and skates forward around the far cone, then drives to…
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