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About This Page: This is a discussion on Hockey Players Forum within the LetsGoKings.com forums, at Los Angeles Kings Hockey Fan Forum. After shooting around with some friends today, I realized something: I couldn't stickhandle to save my life.
Do you guys have any personal tips or drills to practice stickhandling like
Also, incorporate different angles of stickhandling around the two "x" by kneeling down and standing. Do this in motion of kneeling and standing.
Another point is stand at an agle to the "x" so that you develop far and close stickhandling skills.
Another drill is to put down a brick and a stick and stickhandle the puck underneith the stick and catch it on both sides with the hockey stick.
Stick handling is all learned by repetition of repetition. Running and stickhandling is great because now you are learning to use a different set of motions while your feet are doing another. Always try to stick handle in front of you. But practice stickhandling from the right to left side.
Incorporate the use of your feet too. This helps with learning to use the feet and skate with the puck.
When you're ready to incorporate that technique to the ice, go to a stick-time session and take a puck. Then, skate laps both clockwise and couter-clockwise along the boards. Keep the puck on your stick at all times. If you leave it, stop and get it. Then continue. That will teach you to skate with the puck. And when you get good enough, will teach you to stickhandle without looking at the puck.
When you're ready to incorporate that technique to the ice, go to a stick-time session and take a puck. Then, skate laps both clockwise and couter-clockwise along the boards. Keep the puck on your stick at all times. If you leave it, stop and get it. Then continue. That will teach you to skate with the puck. And when you get good enough, will teach you to stickhandle without looking at the puck.
You don't mean literally on the stick at all times, you mean like stick handling as I go, right? ( Just making sure )
You don't mean literally on the stick at all times, you mean like stick handling as I go, right? ( Just making sure )
In your stride, stick handle.
When hitting the corners & behind the net, just carry the puck. Don't get too fancy there. Trust me, you'll start to lose the puck there. The trick is when you begin to lose it, stick handle to keep it on your stick. Just use your instincts and technique you pick up with the golf ball.
If this is too far in advance for you, just go slow and stick handle around the rink. Then, eventually get to that point where you're skating with the puck, keeping it on your tape at all times. It'll help if there are other people on the rink so you'll have to at least move the puck out of their way, which is a cause to stickhandle around them.
Not a drill, but just some advice. Most of your stickhandling should be done with the back half your blade, not the middle or toe. I've been playing for 6 years and never knew this until last month. Roll your wrists and just keep practicing.
I guess another related question or situation is that I have an open face blade( sakic ) and it always felt like the puck( well, we were using a ball, inline ) would hop over my stick; Would a closed face blade help remedy this?
Sticks that have very little wedge are best for stick handling.
In recent year's the Russian players have introduced sticks that have very little wedge except for the tip of the blade. This allows them to stick handle and get a rising shot.
Sticks with to much curve can hinder stick handling.
After we shot around yesterday, turns out my blade has split in half, right down the center.
If you like the loft of the sakic blade, but want some better stick handling, i would sugguest the easton Drury curve, it had less curve and almost as much open toe.
If you like the loft of the sakic blade, but want some better stick handling, i would sugguest the easton Drury curve, it had less curve and almost as much open toe.
Maybe it's just that I'm total garbage( as opposed to mostly ), but I couldn't shoot topshelf with the smart-hockey balls we were using.
Plus, is the ball hopping over my stick my fault or is it something I just have to get used to with open toe blades? Because looking back, something with some less curve feels like it would be a better fit and maybe not-quite as open face, from the way you described it, the Drury pattern could be it.
Maybe it's just that I'm total garbage( as opposed to mostly ), but I couldn't shoot topshelf with the smart-hockey balls we were using.
Plus, is the ball hopping over my stick my fault or is it something I just have to get used to with open toe blades? Because looking back, something with some less curve feels like it would be a better fit and maybe not-quite as open face, from the way you described it, the Drury pattern could be it.
If the ball bounces over your stick you need to work on your hand-eye coordination more than anything. You may be more raw than I thought. Just practice, practice, practice. Also, only stickhandle on flat ground. Also, if the X's are too advanced for you right now, just try this:
Stickhandling drills? 
ianmonsta
