Sharp, accurate passing in hockey is often what separates the good teams from the average and the great teams from the good ones. Players who pass the puck accurately the instant they see or even sense an opening will develop an advantage over players who have to carefully measure before letting the pass go. Along with skill, knowledge of hockey's passing rules should become second nature.
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Shooting from the side isn't the optimum position for scoring goals. But if the shot from the side isn't successful, it can still have the effect of providing the momentum to keep the puck in play. Even a failed shot carries th...
Bouncing a hockey puck on your stick can improve your handling skills, making you more comfortable with how the puck reacts to slight hits. It takes practice to develop sufficient control to bounce the puck repeatedly, but over...
It's one of the most graceful and appealing moments of the game. As the center gets the puck at center ice, he spies his left wing speeding up ice. He lays a perfect pass on the left wing's stick who takes two more strides and ...
Fellow Hall of Famer Bobby Hull had perhaps the hardest slap shot in the game's history when he fired pucks during the 1960s and 1970s for the Blackhawks. Adding speed to the shot has been a desire of most hockey players since ...
A floor hockey puck has the tendency to fly high in the air when a player fires a slap shot and catches it on the upswing. A standard hockey puck also will fly in a similar manner, but usually not as high or as often as the flo...
Moving the puck from one end of the ice to the other can bring the crowd to its feet in hockey. Images of all-time greats like Maurice Richard, Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Bobby Orr fly down the ice while leaving defenders...
These tricks help with shooting, passing and stickhandling while providing difficulties for defensive players and goaltenders. Learning some of these puck tricks can help you become a more complete hockey player with better puc...
Hockey pucks are made from vulcanized rubber that hardens on the ice, providing the density needed to shoot accurately. At room temperature, pucks are somewhat pliable. Older pucks are discarded, but the rubber retains its prop...
During the course of a hockey game you will find yourself in situations in which you need to raise the puck into the air. Whether you're flipping the puck out of your own zone and away from danger, or picking the top corner to ...
Stickhandling is one of the most important skills in ice hockey. When you can control the puck on your stick, you can move the puck up the ice, pass to open teammates and create shots for yourself and others. Hockey players who...
In hockey, your shot technique is indicative of the type of player you are. Forwards need to have powerful shots, mastering the slap shot, while defensive players are more likely to pass the puck to offensive teammates rather t...
A hockey puck is a round device used to score goals in hockey. The offensive team passes the puck around, trying to get it past the goalie and into the goal. The defensive tries to prevent the puck from getting into the goal an...
Puck control is of paramount importance to your hockey team's success. The team that maintains control of the puck the most during the game is usually the team that wins. Working on different puck control drills in practice mak...
Using a stick and ball on the ice was too difficult for players to control, so a wooden disc was used instead. When the first indoor game was played on March 3, 1875 in Montreal, the puck was introduced to the masses.
Hitting a hockey puck can be done by passing, stick-handling and shooting. Becoming proficient in these three skills can make you an extremely valuable asset to any team. Former NHL superstar Pavel Bure had incredibly fast hand...
A regulation National Hockey League puck is made of a vulcanized rubber. A puck is 1 inch thick and 3 inches in diameter. These pucks weigh between 5-1/2 and 6 oz. and are frozen before each game. Freezing a hockey puck helps t...
The hockey puck, or "la rondelle" as it's called in French, is a 6 oz. black disk of vulcanized rubber that can carry a great deal of speed and leave a major bruise if it hits you where you don't have proper padding. The shape ...
One of the most recognizable elements in the sport of hockey is the puck with which the game is played. A hockey puck is the small, hard rubber disc that players shoot and pass and score goals with. Each puck goes through the s...
Hockey pucks date to the late 1800s, although back then the sport was played with either a wooden ball cut in half or a block of wood. Of course, the game itself was different too, with none of the hard shooting or fast pace of...
The hockey puck is made of vulcanized rubber and designed to slide on the ice. When you are sitting in the stands in the first 20 rows, it is easy to see the puck when players pass, shoot or carry it. However, when you are sitt...
Hockey players slap the puck at amazing speeds back and forth across the ice. Hockey pucks used in game play must meet rigid standards set by the National Hockey League and International Ice Hockey Federation.
Ice hockey as we know it today began when English soldiers played it as a modified form of field hockey on ice in Nova Scotia, Canada. Pucks were first used in 1860 in Ontario. The word "puck" evolved from the 1300s term "pouke...
It may not be common knowledge that players for the National Hockey League play the game with a frozen puck. Even when playing on a cold hockey rink, a frozen puck is an important part of the game. A properly frozen puck will n...
Hockey is the only one of the four major American sports that does not use a ball on the playing surface. In hockey, players hit hockey pucks with sticks for 60 minutes in a regulation game. Officials freeze pucks long before a...
Pucks are the round, flat projectiles that hockey players shoot into the net to score points. Made of hard rubber to exacting dimensions established by the National Hockey League, hockey pucks can withstand the rigors of being ...
A hockey puck is made primarily of natural rubber and a type of coal dust, called carbon black, which serves as a filler in the puck. Two different types of oil are also added; one to help blend the chemicals more thoroughly an...
Shooting a hockey puck requires speed, timing and precision and must be developed during drills and practice. Players who can score often are prized in hockey. To put the puck in the goal, a player must be able to retain posse...
