This week's video covers a hot-button topic in the game right now - body checking. In this video, we cover key teaching points, technique examples, and practice drills.

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Key Teaching Points:

• Stance
  • Feet just over shoulder width apart
  • Knees bent
  • Head Up
  • Chest Up
• Absorbing Impact
  • Feet parallel to the boards
  • Absorb the impact with more than just your shoulder - hips, upper leg, forearm, and shoulder
  • Get next to the boards, don't stay in the danger zone 2-5 feet from the boards
  • Shoulders need to stay square on impact to keep head away from wall
  • Head stays up
  • Protect the puck
  • Skate through the check
• Teaching
  • Needs to be continual - not just at peewee level
  • Review
  • When you see errors - stop, address, correct

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