How To Handle A Hockey Stick Video

Handling a hockey stick is key to playing hockey on any surface. Learn hockey skills and moves in this sports video on how to play hockey.

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Keep knees bent
Keep arms away from body
Cup the puck in the middle
Practice wrist handling
Maintain head in an up position
Keep shoulders level
Keep the puck at the side

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Angie is currently with the Youth Hockey Foundation of Austin and the Chaparral Ice Center located in Austin TX. A native of Canada, Angie has been playing hockey for nearly 30 years. Angie enjoys instructing children and adults, and is passionate about passing her knowledge of the game on to others. She has lived in Austin for the last ten years.

ANGIE SCHNEIDER: Hi. I am Angie with the Youth Hockey Foundation of Austin, and we are going to have Jim demonstrate for us some basic stick handling techniques. So let us go over to Jim. The first thing you want to have your knees bent, body weight position, arms away from the body, hands 15 inches apart or shoulder width apart and he's going to start by stick handling in front of the body, cupping the puck in the middle of the blade. As he gets comfortable with that, he will start speeding it up and he can pull the puck over on to the side of his body pulling it forwards and backwards then he can go diagonal across the body. The more agile you are with your stick handling, the better hockey player you are going to be. His wrist are going to continue to roll so he is continually cupping that puck and protecting it with his stick. While stick handling while skating one of the most important things is to make sure you contain and maintain your head in an up position so you can see where you are going and know where your opponents are. If you watch Jim while he is skating, you can see that he is keeping his shoulders level and square, he is keeping his body and his chest straight but his knees are bent so he can see the whole width of the ice. The puck is over on his side so that he can either chose to shoot or continue stick handling and that will fool his opponents. Notice when Jim is skating while stick handling that he is keeping his head up; that is the most important thing. He is also maintaining a strong body position with his stick over on the side so he has options to either shoot or continue stick handling. So that is stick handling in motion.

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