Kids Need Hockey Training Gear That Works as Hard as They Do

When a child loves hockey, parents don't need to push them to keep practicing and refining their skills. If anything, they need to get pulled off the ice!

Today's training gear lets them refine their skills at home the way they would on the ice, but it really helps when they have smartly engineered equipment built to last.

Let's check out how some of the latest home training gear that fits the bill:

1. Shooting Trainers

The difference between going bar-down and clanking one wide off the iron can be the difference between winning and losing the game. To become a lethal sniper, you need to make complicated mechanical movements a matter of instinct. 

Most people don't have somewhere at home to fire pucks, which can damage property if shot wide. The last thing someone wants to be when shooting a puck is timid - training needs to mimic game conditions, and you want to shoot hard during a game.

A Shooting Tarp from industry leaders like HockeyShot helps snipers refine their skills while protecting your property. The tarp has holes at the top corners and five-hole, but it also stretches beyond the post and crossbar, so pucks don't damage the wall or garage door. 

Hold nothing back when you shoot, so your shot is accurate and powerful when it's game time.

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2. Skating 

Speed and balance on the ice are major differentiators. A player that can't be caught once they get open or separated from the puck is a game-changer. Most players don't get to practice their skating as much as they'd like because ice time can be expensive and hard to come by. 

Synthetic ice tiles let anybody skate at home, in their basement, the driveway, or wherever there's space. The slick surface feels just like ice on skates. The interlocking tiles can make a rink of any size.

3. Passing

Shots and strides need to be fast, but nothing speeds up the game more than quick passing. Dishing the puck to an open teammate helps you keep possession and control until the team can develop a scoring chance.

Passing needs to be accurate, but players also need to get a deft touch on sauce passes that hover over a defender's stick and land smoothly on their teammate's tape. Look for a Sauce Kit that comes with a mini net and a slick Launch Pad so passing feels like it's on ice wherever you are.

Players can challenge friends to a game of H-O-R-S-E or practice on their own. When there's a teammate cruising to open ice, you want to be ready with a saucer pass that ends up in the back of the net. 

NHL hockey is a more skilled game than it ever was in the Dead Puck Era, and players at all levels focus more today on the skills that make the game elegant, exciting, and refined. Just remember to get equipment that can train ice hockey players from home in the important skills and stands up to years of punishment. 

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