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hi i'm daryl evans a former player with
the los
angeles kings i was drafted by the kings
in 1980
and i'm now the color analyst on the
king's radio broadcast i've also been
involved in youth hockey for a number of
years teaching skills both on and off
the ice
hey i'm derek armstrong i played 17
years professional hockey i'm from
ottawa canada
nine years at the la kings i work
alongside choppy here daniel evans one
of the best in the business
we help grow hockey all around the world
and bring this beautiful sport to you
young kids
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okay a couple of the basic the
fundamentals with the game of hockey is
holding your stick you have two hands on
your stick you want to keep them
shoulder width apart if you're a
left-handed shot your right hand will be
on the top of the stick
your left hand will be down on the lower
part if you're a right-handed shot
you'll flip your right hand becomes the
lower hand your left hand becomes the
high end and again you want to make sure
you're not waving your stick all over
the place
less is more in this case limit the
amount of movement yeah two more things
athletic position always have your knees
bent stick on your isaac any sport
very important the biggest thing about
hockey like they all talked upon is
keeping your stick down because you put
your stick out you're going to end up
with no teeth like this so
nothing like that hey choppy keep that
stick yeah keep that stick on the ice at
all times
okay next we want to make sure whenever
you're handling the puck
you've got the puck on your stick you're
going to shoot or you're going to pass
or even stick handle you want to make
sure that your head is up so you've got
your head up
you want to put yourself in an athletic
position by bending your knees
you see derek's got two hands on his
stick his head up his chest and his
shoulders are back
that way he's got a lot more flexibility
in what he can do he can pass the puck
he can shoot the puck
and he's got his head up to be able to
take a shot if the opportunity is there
for him but he's in an athletic position
that way he can involve his legs his big
muscles his backside his butt there
those are the biggest muscles we have
that can all transfer into pushing the
puck any direction that you want to go
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all right now we're going to take it to
the next level here we're going to get a
little bit of stick handling going we're
going to start
derek's going to get himself in an
athletic position his knees are bent
you see the separation of his hands and
he's going to move the ball
from the heel of a stick to the tova
stick moving it side to side
wrists are nice and loose his head is up
maintaining that
the entire time that way he can see
what's going on if anybody's going to
come and try to take the ball away from
notice how quiet he is the soft hands
derek's going to maintain this
for 30 seconds he's going to go back and
forth and again you're not going to hear
the heavy stick handling like that
nice soft hands back and forth weight
transfers
with the ball wherever the ball goes
your weight shifts that way
giving you more strength and more power
on the ball if you're going to take a
shot from that position
again you'll maintain this as derek is
doing right now for 30 seconds
notice the head up chest and shoulders
are back knees are bent
feet remain a little bit wider than
shoulder width apart
work on this technique once you get this
technique down
these are going to be things that you're
going to use in everything that you do
when you're playing ball hockey
all right taking it to the next step
again derek's going to get himself into
position
ball will start out in front of him he's
going to move it back and forth once he
gets comfortable now he's going to take
it to his forehand side
you see he maintains position with his
feet his entire body is facing forward
his hips and his feet are square the
ball is over on the side of his body
and his weight is shifted that way to be
able to support the ball so now he can
move it around his body
as he moves the ball he continues to
shift his weight now his weight comes
over here
this is known as the backhand side so
he's on his backhand here
his weight comes on this side of his
body and again as he moves it back
across
you'll see his weight shift so again
wherever the ball goes that's where your
weight goes
we're now going to take it to the next
step of stick handling we're going to
take the ball over to our strong side
derrick's a right-handed shot so the
ball is over on his right side
he continues to move the ball from the
heel of his stick to the toe of his
stick
and as you'll see his knees maintain
being bent
his weight is shifted over the right to
be able to support the ball
his head stays up so he can see what's
going on and his chest and his shoulders
are back
that's the best positioning nice soft
and loose hands
you see him just rolling the ball back
and forth his weight shifts again
a little bit to his strong side being on
the right this is a drill that we're
going to maintain for
30 seconds again taking the ball over to
your strong side
shifting your weight to that side
keeping your head up we'll do this for
30 seconds
and you'll repeat it for three times so
today's lesson
we had the ball in front of us moving
the ball back and forth from side to
side again
shifting your weight we're going to do
that one three times
for 30 seconds and we're also going to
bring the ball over to our strong side
i'm a left-handed shot it'll be on my
left derrick's a right-handed shot he's
got it over on his right
again just moving the ball back and
forth heel to toe keeping your head up
the entire time with your knees bent
you're going to repeat that one three
times as well for 30 seconds
you do this three times a week for 15
minutes you're really going to improve
your skills
and don't forget to go to lakekings.com
learn at home to practice all these
great skills