Skills for Defensemen (Part 1)

[Gnomusy]

Great video, very educative and instructive for defence players, thanks!

[ergeantsergaent1121]

how to play defence dont let the puck out of thier end if failed HIT THE GUY thats how you play defence

[blu3sman8]

Lmfao what a fail this is why hockey is Canadas game! They don't even know what the skating techniques are. Its a backwards crossover. C-cuts or just skating backwards and a pivot. Good try USA.

[NHL2nite]

@blu3sman8 Thats all you can hang your hat on? What they call the skating. Actually it is called a back cross under because you cross your foot under backskating. No C-cuts were even demonstrated. If you think those are C-cuts, then you have never seen an actual C-cut. Go be a Laura Stamm instructor then get back to me. And troll somewhere else.

[groovehard]

@blu3sman8 I agree with NHL2nite. Forwards = crossover. Backwards = crossunder. Either way, its just language. Call it something German, who cares. These guys demonstrate good techniques to add to the skating arsenal. Plus, this video is ancient. The names might change, but the skating techniques are still as important as they were 25 years ago.

[smosh0100]

@blu3sman8 lol i know right

[hockeypunk136]

holy shit what is this?

[613station]

4 BLUE. 2 MINUTE MINOR FOR HOOKING. thats what i would be calling...

[EastonSi]

Hooking?

[yachtzzuuup]

I don't buy the step out unless it's a last resort.  It was too automatic in the first part of this video. Keeping yourself square up the ice and staying underneath the player all the way down is a mental commitment.

[NHL2nite]

@yachtzzuuup I dont disagree with you necessarily on the step out. You are fully commited once you do that. All posters need to remember this is an educational video right or wrong. There is no perfect way to do anything. I think they were simply demonstrating some techniques that can be applied both from a skating standpoint and a strategy standpoint, and let you decide which is best to employ in a game situation. Not attacking you Yachtzzupp,,,USA hockey made this vid... not me....

[yachtzzuuup]

@NHL2nite sure, i am with you on that. It is very good overall. I see so many kids who were taught at the mite and squirt level to turn and run like a rabbit to the near goal post mostly because it was easier at that level versus pushing them hard to develop speed and stability in backward skating. They come into JV and get burned on 1 on 1's .......I was not attacking either, just trying to point out something interesting. Thanks for contributing the video.

[IP566]

thanks for the tip

[MatJohnson525]

Half of this is against the rules now...now its a bitch sport.

[rileyo10]

are they wearing shin pads

[orakulmisha]

very nice

[btbbuilder]

This os great, The only thing is what we could get away with back then would no longer be allowed at all. This is a perfect vid, I wish I had these

[coachsuds]

Although some of the terminology and technique is somewhat dated in this older USA Hockey video...many ideas comcepts are good and create some good discussions on 1vs1's.

[divinestrike]

I totally agree, I think this video best relates how techniques can be applied in game. Best, retro video ever. Nowadays I find many of the new videos lack this.

[NHL2nite]

Thanks Suds..... I have a stackful of old USA hockey videos,,,, besides this one,,, and the Skills for Defensemen is only clips of the 2 part series....I've already promised Divenstrike this complete video. Let me know... I also have "Passing and Receiving", "Shooting" Goaltending videos 1 and 2,,,, "Strength training for hockey" and a great one done with Roger Nielson with Borque, Denis Savard, Ron Francis, Greg Millen, Doug Wilson, and Mike Gartner. (one of my favorite skaters).

[coachsuds]

I'd love to see Roger's video's he was an innovator and in my mind at least a genius when it came to teaching the game.

[divinestrike]

Do you know where I can get this full video? I like these old fashion videos, this one in particular has great explanation...

[NHL2nite]

send me your info,,,don't post it here,,, I'll send you a copy. Your only getting about 10 minutes of 45 minute video.... I can straight copy to VHS or put it on a DVD but I lose quality because I am using a cheap VHS to DVD program.... The quality is bad enough to begin with....email and we can discuss. I have some other good ones from USA hockey.... " power skating, stick handling, goaltending 1 and 2, shooting and passing" etc... the quality is pretty low ,,, but I can copy them for you.

[ovechkinisbest08]

thats bad ! and its hooking

[NHL2nite]

not even close ovechkinisbesto8,,,, your another dummy that thinks forwards should not get thier fingernails broken,, are you going to start crying that open ice checks are illegal... its not hooking by the rules,,, but hockey has gone to crap these days,,, you cant touch anybody......

[ovechkinisbest08]

lol you can touch all but you cant hooking anybody

[lightweave]

Thanks for clarifying that! When I saw the video the first time, I thought that this would definitely be hooking, I didn't know that you can touch the stick like that to get the same effect but without penality. :)

Awesome video and definitely helpfull. Something I will try in the next training if I get the opportunity.

And great skating as well, I love to watch it. :) Ignore the stupid remarks from the trolls.

[thebum213]

You get a modern ref and you do that you'll get called for hooking but i classify hooking as getting your stick on their body so if ytou look closely his stick isn't touching the other guys body its just ontop of his stick

[NHL2nite]

I'm not sure why you would "classify" hooking as anything different that is in the rulebook. Are you a ref? If you read the other comments I agree with you,,This is why I outlined rule 55 for the dolts that think it's hooking.

[ssssssspps]

swizzles lol followd by swizzles

[NHL2nite]

you should know Pr3sence...........

[Pr3sence]

They skate like gorillas.

[NHL2nite]

For you dolts that still think its hooking,,,, if you look closely,,, you could actually get the "attacker" with a "holding the stick penalty"

[NHL2nite]

Rule 55 - Hooking

55.1 Hooking - Hooking is the act of using the stick in a manner that enables a player or goalkeeper to restrain an opponent.

When a player is checking another in such a way that there is only stick-to-stick contact, such action is not to be penalized as hooking.

[dingklop]

isnt that hooking?

[Frosttty]

Damn fine skating

[Kevinsayne]

did anyone else see the defender hooking?

[NHL2nite]

Swivel is what you do with your hips,,, swizles is what you do on with your feet silly.

[hockeybum5]

hahah swizels? i thought i was swivels

[yelloiamjeff]

Not going to lie, the music is pretty sweet.

[lunafelis]

nice, thanks for this! :)

[NHL2nite]

Where did you see the hook? what minute... in the video,,, Its a USA Hockey video, pretty sure they have a clue. get specific on your critique. The video shows examples of proper D,, and some improper D,,,, but keep coaching cause your an expert appartantly. Hook the guy into the boards? How do you hook a guy into the boards? Its called contact. keep up the good work rocklives4.

[jboidaman99]

this vids old

rules have changed this this video is incorrect and it was a hook.

[drzeitnot]

I watched this video before reading the comments and immediately thought that you wouldn't get away with that now. Definitely a hook.

[Kevinsayne]

absolutely a hook

[rocklives4ev]

I dont much care how I spelled Defenseman all I was concerned with is how this is teaching people to turn to the puck carrier once he is past him. This is going to make people think it is ok to let the forward past as long as you can hook the guy into the boards. As I had stated earlier terrible video.

[rocklives4ev]

I love how the deffenseman turns to the offenseman once he is past him this is terrible.

[NHL2nite]

It's a demonstration video,,, and learn how to spell Defenseman ya dunce. Offenseman?,, how about Forward.

[GorterPoss]

Hehehe "proper defense" includes a monster hook on the forward going to the outside.