How do i learn to hockey stop better and how can i be a better hockey player?
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Play or go to hockey clinic's, get a personal trainer.
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Play more competitive competition with better teamates\n\nIdentify your weaknesses and construct strategies in improving your play in those areas\n\nIdentify oppononents main weakness and focus your training on those areas
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Well you should definitely practice a lot. You also might want to start playing on a summer team. I play defense and I joined a summer team and I feel like I am improving
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One thing that helps is to "watch" as much hockey as you can. By that I mean watching games on TV, etc. By doing that, you surround yourself with a mental image that you can always be in. It helps as much to practice hockey mentally as it does physically. Once you can start thinking about what you would do in certain situations, how you would get by the defender, how you would play the puck, you've already gotten better. hope this helps :)
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Well first of all, keep it wrapped in ice as much as possible to keep it from swelling and making things even harder.  Also, before the game ice it again to keep it a little numb. Before u put the gloves on, tape it a little to keep it from moving to much, and geting unconfortable. After you have put your gloves on, even though its not recomended for a goalie since you depend on your reach, tape your pointer and middle finger together, so that it stays imobilized, and that way you´ll protect your finger as much as possible, and compromise your goalkeeping as little as possible.  But keep in mind, that neither your finger will be protected nor will your goalkeeping be unaffected, you must find a half way point, because things will change.  You have to compromise to a confortable point.
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It's all about practice.  You need to decide what kind of player you want to be: offense or defense.  Depending on that, get the right stick (be sure to follow the guidelines from US Lacrosse about what kind, since they are pricey)\n\nThe best way to practice is first to get a handle on how to cradle the ball.  Find a wall on the side of your house with no windows and throw the ball against the wall and catch it.  Great practice.  My husband is a lacrosse coach, and this is always the first thing he even has his experienced players work on.  If you can handle the ball right, you can play.\n\nSpeed will always work to your advantage, no matter which position you play.  If you are really fast, go for being a short stick attack.  Long-stick defensive players will certainly be running and defending the ball, but typically not running the length of the field the whole game like attacks do.  I've known defensive long-stick players that have played their entire collegiate career, and never gotten close to the opposing teams goal, so if you want a chance to score, definitely don't play long-stick defense.\n\nGo to http://www.laxpower.com and you can even pose this question there.  You'll get a much better response with more details from players.  Plus, you can find out more about rules and positions there as well.\n\nThe best suggestion I can give though is to work on speed/endurance, and throw the ball against the wall everyday for at least an hour.  You'll be a great player before you know it!\n\nHave fun... it's a great sport!
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Stationary bike is the best thing for a hockey player. Also focus on excercising your core muscles (Abs, back, glutes)
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Keep practicing but also play in as many pick up games as you can.\n\nMake sure you you shoot from different spots on the floor and work on different moves as well.\n\nGet a friend and play some one on one to get used to faking.\n\nTry and get some pointers from someone who you know that is a good player or a coach.
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What I usually did before a game (way back in the fall...anyone else think field hockey should be year-round?) Was run a lap around the field, stretch (backbend pushups are good, and lots of leg-stretching). Then I'd drive and push pass with a friend. 3 offense players against 2 defense player (plus the goalie)is a good defensive drill and a 3-man weave ( 3 people pass the ball back and fourth in a braid and then shoot on goal) is a good offensive drill. Scrimagaing helps a lot too, if you can get enough people together.\n As for equipment, a stick, mouthguard, shinguards, spikes/cleats, and for indorr hockey you shoud have a glove since your hands are so low to the ground.
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Stance\nIf you do not practice the proper stance you will never become a really good player\n\nBridge\nLearn the proper good bridge (fingers), how to shoot when a ball is near a rail, how to jack up over object balls\n\nStoke\nSame story as stance..without a good stoke there is only so far you can go!\n\nCutting\nLearn how to cut balls in down near the corner pockets pockets..depending on the game 50% or more will be these shots\nPractice cutting into side pockets\nLearn how to run a frozen ball down a rail..ball and rail at same time (if you have good control use running English)\nPractice straight shots down the table (long straight shots are the most difficult shots)\n\nEnglish\nYou most learn draw...No good player uses top spin for long or fast shots (you loose allot of control) draw is used 10 times more than top spin. Always draw a little if your shooting hard.\n\nPractice trowing balls with right and left English, (you must lean how to throw balls or you will never be able to master position)\nlow right, center right, low left, center left (top spin is really only used on very special shots or if you want to follow with the cue.\n\nLearn how to stop the cue ball in it tracks-.straight shot center ball (requires a bit of a stab stroke)\n\nUse must learn how to draw the cue ball......I can draw the cue sometimes 3 rails...Yes I shoot great pool and still can draw a crowd if in a place where the people are into pool..I have a 6 rail shot has to be a good level fast table (I cut their eyes out, I bank like a crazy fool, I can put the cue ball on a dollar anywhere on the table)\n\nListen the real trick is to not have to think about the shot when you are shooting it....it has to become intuitive...(sure think about it before you shoot) and that cue has to become an extension of your body!\nGood luck!\n\nAnother tip the best players in the world are from The Philippines and guess what they all grew up playing (15 ball rotation) it'll teach you ever thing, position, kicking, bank, and on and on....very few people play it today. It's a tough game.  But become good at this game and you can play any game with mastery.\n\nAny questions e-mail me.....get a book and some videos...and always play with people that are better than you and watch them! (just don't play for money)
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If i start explaining, it would take yrs, so i will tell you the basics, and I will get u a site which tells you the other minor details. (the rules are for major league ONLY, minor rules varies a bit, mind you)\n1) each game is 60 minlong, divided into 3 periods.\n2) Team with the most goal wins, but if tied, we go to OVERTIME, usually five minutes in regular season and 20 in play-offs.\n3) If again tied, in regular season, they will go to a shoot-out,(like penalty kick in soccer, or football if ur irish) where everyone gets a one-on-one with the goalie until once teams get more goals than the other. The game officially ends there.\n4) Each team has SIX players on the ice, (can varie for Power-Play and Short-handed), usually a CENTER, a LEFT WING, a RIGHT WING, 2 DEFENCES and a Goalie.\n5) You can get a penalty in anytime in hockey, penalties include tripping, cross-checking, interferece, delay of game,etc) When you get a penalty, u get ususally 2 min as a punishment, which means your team will spend the rest of the next two minutes with-out you, therefore giving the opponent an advantage, called POWERPLAY, you are officially SHORTHANDED. If anytime the other team scores, you return.\n6) You can get more than 2 minutes if your penalty is very severe.\n7) You score officially if the pcuk crosses the line or hits the net, even if the goalie catches it before it hits the ground. \n8) There are many hitting is hockey, called checking, so watch out and dont be fustrated if you think a think is a penalty.\n9) There can be a penalty shot, where a defensive player commites a penalty when the offense has a clear path to the goal, which we call breakaway. You, in a PS, start from the centre-ice and try to score one-on-one, but you get only one shot.\n10) for statistics, G is for goals, A is for assist, which is the pass you give which, unobstructed, leads to a goal. An assist does not count if another oponent has control of it, but counts if he/she just touches it. PTS is G+A, each worth one.\nPIM, is the penalty in minutes.\n+/-, is the ratio of how many goals the otrher team scores to how many your team scores, for example, if the other teams scores 5 goals while you are on the ice, and you team respond with only 3, ur +/- will be -2.(3-5)\nSOG, shots on goal\nSOG%: goals divided by shots, which is also ur shooting percentage, the higher, the better.\nThat is it about the rules, but of course, there are more, for that, i will give u a link cuz I am really tired of writing...Hope that helps, PS: U got really nice hair, got me going during the writing...
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I practice doing stickhandleing, wristing shots, slapping and snapping shots, and deking. I practice stickhandleing without looking at the puck to develop how to make more acurate passing and have more puck control. Get a mirror and put it in the end of a hall way stand back and look at the mirror and stickhandle away looking at the mirror. After you master this take the mirror away. Practice your stickhandleing around people in tight areas by putting 2 pucks in the drive way a little bit apart and stick handle in a figure 8 between them. Then put them closer together... For wrist shots practice your aiming without looking at the puck and also stickhandleing up to the goal and deking and then wristing a shot...repeat with snap shots and slap shots... Work out also. I lift weights and do situps. Go to hockey camps that do off ice training. Have fun doing this stuff!
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Unllike most other sports, hockey players can only play for about 2 minutes straight before getting EXTREMELY tired. Changing players often has to be done "on the fly" if there has not been a stoppage in play for a while and can be tricky -- it can lead to a defensive error or a penalty for too many men on the ice. A goal however, is a stoppage in play and an opportunity to get fresh legs out there!
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Encourage them, Go in and congratulate them when they score a goal.If you play D help your goalie out as much as you can, if u play Offense , get your stick on that puck as much as you can, make good passes, take shots on goal as soon as you take a chance, when the opposing team has the puck go get um, get ur stick tyed up in theirs. You might not be able to change your team but encourage them and try and play YOUR hardest, if one of your players on your team isnt playing their hardest, dont pay attention to him, do YOUR part in the game, and if you have a chance at the puck go get it.  Or you could always go discourage the other team, annoy them, mock them , etc... lol, jk. anyway do what YOU can, help your team out in the game as much as you can though. Good luck!!!
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overall: after every game, ask your coach bout your mistakes and how you can improve. shooting: you have to do a lot to improve..oh, ask your coach/friends on how to bend your hand too.(different people, different positions so try all of them then use the one that you think is best!)  talking to your coach: write what you want to say somewhere that you can see, then give it to her or read it out.\ni hope it helps!!
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Very simple.  Take your stick like you would normally do if you are shooting a forehand.  Then turn your glove over so the pocket is facing down to the ice and the glove is on the opposite side of the stick from where it normally is.  Position your stick so the puck is on the heel of your backhand, and pull back letting the puck role up your blade and you should be able to put it off the glass with good speed and distance.  If you want to see a good example, look at how Marty Turco holds his stick.  Everytime he shoots he holds his stick in the way i described.  I only switch my glove around when taking a backhand.
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i ve taken a lot of penalty kix for my HS team.... all you have to do is never look at the goalie... and put your head down but you have to know and never change your mind to where you are placing the ball.... i mean never change your mind.... dont get nervous... dont try anything fancy.. start at the the corner where the arc ends.... as you start sort of hop and skip and three steps before you kick slow down just a little and then speed up and kick the ball. i ve made all of my PKs that way and my team really trusts me on PKs. i usually use outside of my right foot... it goes to the corner and hits the bar sometimes but it goes in.