How to Make a Hockey Equipment Tree

Are you looking for a great way to store your Hockey Gear? Getting it out of the bag alone will help with the smell that we've all come to love/hate, but hanging it up and letting it air out, will really help control the odor and growth of bacteria.

Thanks to Mike over at Hockey University for letting me share this. He has a great article on how to build a Hockey equipment tree. If you are interested in making what you see in the pictures below, read the instructions here.

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Top 10 things you can do to help grow IHD

So now that IHD is 1 year old, what can you do to help?

1. Submit a Drill - Share your favorite drills with us.
2. Follow IHD on Twitter - Join the conversation and help spread the drills.
3. Like IHD on Facebook  - Share this page with all your friends who love hockey.
4. Join the Forums and share your knowledge.
5. Click on the Sponsor links on the top and right side of the page.  Find something you like and buy it.
6. Provide feedback on the drills. If you used the drill and modified it, let us know how you changed it and how it worked out.
7. Provide feedback on the site.  What is it missing or what else would you like to see.
8. Share a resource that you use.  Let us know what other sites you go to talk or learn hockey.
9. Provide a coaching tip.  Not necessarily a drill, but one thing that you think all coaches need to do to be better for their players, parents and the game of hockey.
10. Keep coming back and viewing the site!!

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IHD is now 1 year old

One year ago I posted my opening thought on this site. Now I sit with over 85 posts talking hockey.  My site continues to grow and with the season getting ready to start, you'll see additional drills and articles appearing to help you coach your team. 

Thanks to all my viewers who continue to come back and view the site.  One thing I've noticed as I've started Summer workouts for our school program, is that I don't have a lot of basic skill building drills.  I'll be adding those as the Summer goes on.  I've already drawn up a few drills that should help increase speed and improve stickhandling, so be watching for those.

I'm looking forward to another exciting year of hockey.

Denny
"Get your game inline!"


Some crazy stats I found interesting:
My average number of visitors is 350 per month and they average over 1000 page views.
Total Pageviews: 12,341

Top 5 Countries viewing the site:

United States 7,397

Canada  1,446

Germany  449

United Kingdom  446

New Zealand  310

 

Top 5 Drills

Getting into position in the offensive zone

Playing a Box Defense 

1 on 1 Offense vs Defense (Half Rink) 

Horseshoe drill (Pregame warmups) 

Dump and Chase

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Passing Forward/Backward Tandems

Drill:

1. Put players in 2 man teams
2. Player 1 skates forward while Player 2 is moving backward
3. Players are making passes back and forth as they skate up to the blue line
4. At Blue line, Player 1 skates backward toward Goal line and Player 2 skates forward
5. Players continue to pass back and forth

Focus:
1. Works on skating and passing
2. Keeping head up as you skate to see where to make pass or to receive pass

Notes:
Left side of diagram just shows skating as a team. Right side has passing incorporated into the drill. Depending on the skill level, you can decide where to start.

Related Drills: 
Passing Work Lateral Movement 
Passing Work - Forward/Backward Movement

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Passing Work - Lateral Movement

Drill:

1. Players start by skating across the rink making a receiving passes
2. Once they hit the side, they will backwards skate across the rink making and receiving passes

Focus:
1. Skate with your head up so you can see where you are making the pass or receiving the pass
2. Being able to skate forward or backward and make/receive a pass

Notes:
This is just a good drill for passing and skating and working with your head up. Coaches can always move around so they have to make passes to where they are located.

Related Drills:
Passing Work - Forward/Backward Movement
3 Man Weave

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