Good Off Ice Stickhandling Drills

Get extra creative having fun and getting creative will improve your hand eye coordination reaction time and comfort level with your hockey stick.

Good off ice stickhandling drills.

I thought this would be a great opportunity to share some stickhandling drills while using the marsblade roller frame. Learn more about them here. Inline stickhandling drills with the marsblade. Per mars of marsblade invited me to california to shoot some hockey videos.

Puck control around the entire body. Separating the upper body and lower body. With the added friction a puck feels heavier off the ice then on the ice so using the green biscuit will feel more like a puck does on the ice. Therefore we have put together a series of off ice stickhandling drills below demonstrated by ben eaves.

You can do any of the stickhandling exercises above with a wooden stick weighted ball or puck or you can simply tape pucks or weights to the bottom your hockey stick just above your blade. This is one of the easiest off ice drills to practice and skinner recommends using a wooden ball because it will move faster than a puck moves on ice a key to developing the soft hands that every player wants. I chose these drills because i feel they can easily transfer from off ice to on ice. They work on combining the hands and feet.

I like the green biscuit better off ice because it slides better even with a shooting pad flips up less and is a bit lighter. The off ice stickhandling videos on this page are a great resource to pass along to your players because all they need is a ball and a couple of pucks and they can work on their. Take a look at this youtube video to check out some basic stickhandling skills that you and the kiddos can work on when you re off the ice. Top 5 off ice stickhandling drill to help you become a better hockey player.

Stickhandling is a skill that is great to work on off the ice.