New(ish) to hockey.. any tips?

[tomz 0]

Hey..!

I'm newish to hockey, only been playing six months but I LOVE it!

I play ice three days a week and will be starting roller soon; I also practice for 50 mins on my rollers a day and about 40 mins stick handling.

Is this enough?? And is conditioning really important?

tom

[cxo 0]

You'll only benefit from conditioning, no doubt. Hard to give any specific info without knowing what you think your weak points are, but the more you play the more you'll get a feel for what to do.

[gxc999 7]

Hey..!

I'm newish to hockey, only been playing six months but I LOVE it!

I play ice three days a week and will be starting roller soon; I also practice for 50 mins on my rollers a day and about 40 mins stick handling.

Is this enough?? And is conditioning really important?

tom

Hey,

I'm in the same position as you but reverse, jumping from ice to roller. I think you're practicing plenty, in fact, maybe too much. I liken it to weight lifting, you'll get a lot better results lifting 4 days a week than 7... I was practicing wristers every day and stickhandling whenever I didn't work on my wrist shots, needless to say, I didn't get the improvement I had hoped for.

[JJStripes 1]

The highest level of hockey you play is a reflection of your skating ability. All the other elements are important, but skating is first. Go to public skate as often as possible, and work on your edges, crossovers, pivots, etc. It's all about being fast and smooth.

[tomz 0]

Cheers for that..!

What about inline skating when not public skating..?

[pantherfan 0]

Sure, although it's not exactly the same its better then nothing while your still learning the basics.

[AWE46M3 0]

Along with skating, I'd say it's pretty damn important to learn to stickhandle with your head up.

[brettlynch11 0]

+1 on skating

i have seen many players with sweet stick handling in practice but in a game cant pull anything off cause everyone can catch them too easily

[ean 0]

Things important to beginners.

1. Skating

2. Skating

3. Heads up hockey

4. Skating

Oh, did I mention skating?

[tomz 0]

Yep, i'm going to practice more on skating and shooting.

but.. just smashed my roller puck by slappying it at a wall :(

[bmclifford 0]

Try to go to a power skating camp. You will learn some good techniques for accelerating quickly as well as all the other important aspects to skating.