30Oct 2012 by Jeremy Weiss No Comments
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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23Apr 2012 by Jeremy Weiss No Comments

2012 Summer Camp

Hockey Camps
The Weiss Tech Hockey Summer Camp provides a fantastic opportunity for world-class training, at a world class facility Weiss Tech Hockey: History We started Weiss Tech Hockey back in 2004 as a high-quality summer camp for local players in the Salt Lake area. Over the years, Weiss Tech Hockey has evolved, becoming very involved in the online hockey community. With a world-wide following, we have been receiving an ever-increasing number of requests from hockey folks wanting us to put forth a camp format that would would be more accessible for players from out of state (or out of country). Summer Camp: New Format We decided that this was the year to accommodate those requests, and we have put together a camp that could be considered a "Hockey Vacation." This a…
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26Aug 2011 by Jeremy Weiss 6 Comments

Philosophy: When to Start Teaching Hockey Systems?

Coaches' Corner, Philosophy, Team Systems
How early can youngsters be taught to play "systems hockey"? Many people have varying opinions on the correct answer to this question... and, as is often the case with philosophical hockey questions, there is more than one correct answer. The answer depends on the physical skills of your players, the mental maturity of your players, and the manner in which the systems are taught and implemented. In this video, I discuss my own personal opinions on the matter, and why I believe what I believe. When I was 8 years old, my dad had this idea of taking the top-caliber kids from around the city, and keeping essentially the same kids together for 5 years. The end goal of his vision was to win an Ontario Championship at the "AAA"…
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30May 2011 by Jeremy Weiss 1 Comment

Shooting: Professional Shooting Pad

Coaches' Corner, Hockey Equipment, Off-ice Training, Skills, Useful Products
The HockeyShot Professional Shooting Pad is a Must-Have if You Plan to Work on Your Shot from Home! This product is a no-brainer. If you want to work on your shot off the ice, you need a good shooting pad. Otherwise you'll wreck your stick, and the pucks won't slide with the same feel as real ice. HockeyShot's Professional Shooting Pad is a great choice. I've used quite a few "makeshift" shooting pads over the years. Some of these worked ok, some not as well. None has compared to the experience I've had with the Professional Shooting Pad. There are a few key features that make this a "must-have" item: 30" by 60" surface area, which is larger than most of the pads I've used in the past. This makes…
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26May 2011 by Jeremy Weiss No Comments

Shooting: Shooter Tutor Review

Coaches' Corner, Hockey Equipment, Off-ice Training, Skills, Useful Products
The Shooter Tutor is one of my All-time Favorite Hockey Shooting Aids! I first began using the Shooter Tutor when I was about 10 years old back in Toronto. My dad used to keep one in the trunk incase we had ever had a goalie "no-show" us for practice. During high school (about 6 years later), I kept that same Shooter Tutor strapped to a full-sized goal in our side yard. I left it up through rain and shine, and shot anywhere from 50 to 100 pucks a day during the summers. Needless to say, it saw its fair share of abuse from me! Years later, when I began running my own skill development camps, the first thing I invested in were two Shooter Tutors. There's nothing worse than showing…
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