What’s That Call: About Tripping
Everything you need to know about hockey calls but are embarrassed to ask. Tripping: Watch — or play in — enough U8 games and you start to yearn for the days when the refs will call penalties. Because at some point, those little cuties go from accidentally falling and losing control of their sticks to purposefully diving and swinging their sticks in any direction that stops the player with the puck. But will this eventually generate a tripping call? Let’s see.
How to Treat Blisters from New Hockey Skates
As hockey parents encounter issues and ask questions, we provide answers to common concerns. What hockey player hasn’t had a blister? Here is a reader question we recently received.
Top 10 Gifts to Give a Coach: Beyond the Gift Card
What do you think happened to that thoughtful gift card to the hockey store you gave the coach last year? Well, the coach already has his own hockey gear and is not likely to outgrow it anytime soon. So the coach probably spent it on stuff for her own kid. Or he spent it on stuff for the team. You might as well have given the coach the little pile of cash you collected for all she gets out of it.
Total Hockey Review: Warrior Franchise Gloves
Overview: Warrior’s Franchise Gloves are what the pros wear. Very similar to other brands’ “pro” gloves in comfort, weight and feel, the Franchise gloves are designed to be game-ready right off the shelf. Franchise is a high-end glove consisting mostly of nylon materials, which are very popular in the NHL because of their light-weight feel and easy break-in time.
5 Skate-Sharpening Secrets from a Seasoned Pro
Skate sharpening — an art perfected by pros over the years or a craft any teen at the rink can do? I’d never even heard of skate sharpening when my son started playing hockey. And several years into his hockey career, all I knew was that skates needed to be sharpened after skating on a pond (aka, outside). But I picked up a few things here and there—like it costs or and they need sharpened about once a month. I would just pop into the hockey store nearby, where we had a prepaid sharpening card, and wait for the teenager at the counter to run them through a machine.
Parents and Coaches: What’s That Call? About Icing
Everything you need to know about hockey calls but are embarrassed to ask. Icing – “Ice it!” Spectators yell this all the time when the team just needs to get the puck out of there. Last year, this led my son’s PeeWee coach to give all the parents and players on the team a 12-page test on hockey rules and ref signals. Why? Because most of the time when you yell “Ice it!” what you really mean is “Clear it!”
5 Tournament Survival Secrets
Unlike MLB, the NHL doesn’t play double headers. Somehow, we don’t expect these professional athletes to play two or three games in a single day. Or six to eight over a long weekend. But hockey tournaments and jamborees often involve travel, fast food between games and endless games of hockey knee hockey. Meanwhile the parents are busy, stressed out, tired and over-caffeinated. Under these circumstances, how can you be sure players are physically and mentally ready to play, from the first game to the last, while still having fun?
What’s That Call? About the Slashing Call
What’s That Call? Everything you need to know about hockey calls but are embarrassed to ask.
Why Car Coaching Drives Kids Crazy
The following article talks about what players really think about your car coaching. Find out whether they’re rolling their eyes, taking it all in—or both.
What’s That Call? About the Off-Sides Call
What’s That Call? – Everything you need to know about hockey calls but are embarrassed to ask.
