Technique
How do I physically execute it?
The physical skills every other layer is performed on top of.
The 5 documents in this section
SkatingSkating is the only skill you use every second you are on the ice; everything else is performed while skating and is limited by how well you do it.Puck HandlingPuck handling — moving the puck on your stick, skating with it, and keeping it from an opponent — buys the half-second in which every other decision becomes possible.Passing and ReceivingPassing is how a team beats a defence it cannot out-skate. The puck moves faster than any skater can, so moving it — and then moving yourself into the next open space — makes the…ShootingShooting is two skills taught as one: the mechanics of getting the puck from your stick to the net, and the shot selection that decides which are worth taking at all.Body Contact and BattlesMost hockey games are decided not by pretty passing plays but by who wins the scrappy, three-second contests for a loose puck along the wall, in the corner and at the front of the net…