Becoming a 360 Degree Player:
I went to a seminar yesterday that had video demo’s of puck handling. The only problem was that the players had rigid upper bodies and everything was from the forehand side to straight in front. The backhand side was non-existent.
Here are some videos from Europe that show how to develop loose shoulders and the ability to handle the puck all around the body.
This is Vladimir Yursinov’s puck handling warm-up demonstrated by Yashin who was the Russian captain and for NHL MVP. Big moves, loose upper body. Yursinov is recognized as the top skills coach in Europe and more than 60 of his former players have moved onto the NHL. Yursi’s teams do this at the start of practice as a warm-up. I saw this when he had me run a checking practice as a guest coach for TPS in Finland. I was lucky enough to coach with him on the Red Bulls staff where he came one week a month to work with the players.
Big Moves Warm-up
https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/forums/reply/reply-to-daily-drill-section-eleven-21/
A – Puck Handling Sequence – Russian Olympic Coach
The next video of Yursi teaching a sequence that leads to the Ovechkin move.
Russia with Yashin leading a youth group in Finland.
https://www.facebook.com/518555930/videos/pcb.827788751464257/564354314947345
Yursinov teaching a puck handling sequence to U17-U20 players in Austria.
https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/forums/reply/reply-to-daily-drill-section-twelve/
The third video shows players at the training centre in Vierumaki, off-ice handling the puck all around the body.
Off-ice Puck Handling – Finland
https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/o-dryland-finnish-puck-handling/
Sweden
The two videos are from Sweden. The first showing how to handle the puck around the body and the next the heel to heel slide like Crosby does to see the game with a 270 degree view. (the more info the better the decisions)
A – Puck Handling 360 Degrees – Sweden
https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/a-puck-handling-360-degrees-sw/
Sweden – All Around the Body
https://www.facebook.com/518555930/videos/pcb.827788751464257/192605472810625
A – Crosby Turn – Crosby with Push – Sweden – Face the play while carrying the puck.
https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/a-crosby-turn-crosby-with-push-sw/
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