RR44
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- Jan 29, 2024
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I made the comparison to batting practice without a baseball being tossed at you. You don't bat all game...3 to 5 times most likely but you should be able to make contact and comfortable at the plate.I wanted to comment on this - always having a puck. I'm not sure I agree.
Maybe it's because I coach kids, but you give them pucks annd you can start to lose them. Instead of listening some of the kids are going to start stick-handling, or shooting the puck against the board.
And when you think about it - the majority of the time in a game you aren't going to have a puck!
Much the same with the puck...handling the puck, passing the puck and shooting the puck in every drill builds confidence in handling the puck. It's especially important given you don't get many opportunities as you mentioned to handle the puck so a player needs to do it as much as they can so their comfort level is comfortable!
As for shooting pucks against the boards...hell the senior hockey team I coached did that! It's something kids and adults will just do...despite that I stand by puck in all drills.