I am coaching a 2nd year mini-mite team, and was a little surprised to realize we were teaching these kids the incorrect way to stop (By USA hockey Standards). We had been teaching them the good old 2 foot hockey stop. But from looking through the training materials, they don't teach that anymore, it is a "controlled stop" now. The difference is that with a hockey stop, you stop on the inside edge of one skate and the outside edge of the other, but the controlled stop is two inside edges. With the controlled stop one foot is pushing snow and the 2nd foot is dragging and you stop in the hockey ready position, which makes sense.
But my question, has the "Controlled Stop" replaced the old hockey stop or have I been wrong all my life, I know that is what I was taught. From what I see you never teach them the hockey stop.
Thanks
Is the Hockey Stop Gone
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Is the Hockey Stop Gone
Last edited by mnwild04 on Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:36 am, edited 1 time in total.
With the controlled stop, the player has the ability to go right or left with equal efficiency. They are on an inside edge of both the right and left skate, so they can push off in either direction.
With the old hockey stop, it is more difficult to stop and start in the same direction. Indide edge of the right skate and outside edge of the left skate means that your weight is to the left when you stop and that makes it more difficult to go back to the right.
I think you need to teach both stops, since they both have their place, depending on the situation. If you know that you will be changing directions, then the old hockey stop (modified by taking a wider stance and using the toe of the closest skate to dig in and push off) is the most effective. If you are going to stop and need to react to a player or to look for open ice to set, you would use the controlled to stop so you can go either way quickly.
As a coach, I think you need to give the kids these examples when teaching both techniques.
With the old hockey stop, it is more difficult to stop and start in the same direction. Indide edge of the right skate and outside edge of the left skate means that your weight is to the left when you stop and that makes it more difficult to go back to the right.
I think you need to teach both stops, since they both have their place, depending on the situation. If you know that you will be changing directions, then the old hockey stop (modified by taking a wider stance and using the toe of the closest skate to dig in and push off) is the most effective. If you are going to stop and need to react to a player or to look for open ice to set, you would use the controlled to stop so you can go either way quickly.
As a coach, I think you need to give the kids these examples when teaching both techniques.
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I'll go ahead and disagree with benelli36. This is a pretty good thread.
I was taught the tradition hockey stop. But as my level of play increased through bantams and high school...the controlled stop becomes a lot more effective and it is used much more. You don't see many standard hockey stops in high school games especially any more.
I was taught the tradition hockey stop. But as my level of play increased through bantams and high school...the controlled stop becomes a lot more effective and it is used much more. You don't see many standard hockey stops in high school games especially any more.
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