5 Top Tips to Improve Your Hockey Skills in the Summer
5. Ball Hockey
Ball hockey is pretty different from ice hockey, but its a great way to practice some of the most important aspects of training: team work, strategy, and passing.
4. Running
If you don't have a year round skating rink near you, running is the next best way to stay in good shape and keep your endurance up over the summer.
3. Watching TV
Sounds strange? It's not excersise but reviewing tapes of your games, or professional games is a good way to learn from mistakes being made, and to figure out what works and what doesn't.
2. Stick handle
Find a flat surface and practice stick handling. There are many different things to practice and to become an expert in. See this eHow article on improving stickhandling as a start.
1. Specialized work outs
The great part about specialized hockey work outs is that you can do them all year around, and they will make you strong as an ox on the rink. Don't just pick workouts at random though, make sure you are doing workouts that are useful hockey training. The video at the top gives one example of many work out possibilities.
As you can see, you don't have to be on the rink to improve your game. These tips will help you improve in the summer and all year around. If you want to learn more about hockey in the summer, check out: