Good Off Ice Stickhandling Drills

Top 5 off ice stickhandling drill to help you become a better hockey player.

Good off ice stickhandling drills.

It seems to be the closest you can get to the on ice feel. Obviously it s best to practice your stickhandling drills on the ice with a puck but since personal ice time is often hard to get you can work off the ice with a ball that weighs about the same. 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. 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.

Therefore we have put together a series of off ice stickhandling drills below demonstrated by ben eaves. Per mars of marsblade invited me to california to shoot some hockey videos. Learn more about them here. Separating the upper body and lower body.

I thought this would be a great opportunity to share some stickhandling drills while using the marsblade roller frame. I chose these drills because i feel they can easily transfer from off ice to on ice. 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. Stickhandling is a skill that is great to work on off the ice.

They work on combining the hands and feet. There are a variety of different specific exercises that you ll be able to practice including three puck handling three way handling and the mayhem drill. Get extra creative having fun and getting creative will improve your hand eye coordination reaction time and comfort level with your hockey stick. Puck control around the entire 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.