Hockey Presentation
Transcript: In most ice hockey games there's body contact, this allows you to hit your opponent roughly to control the puck. But there are certain rules that apply. For all hits, the opponent must be within 5 seconds of having possession of the puck. Taking 3 or more strides towards your opponent and/or leaving your feet while delivering your check is an illegal hit. This is called charging. Sending your opponent violently into the boards causing a loud sound is called boarding. When hitting your opponent, you must not be able to see your opponents jersey number (on the back) if you do, this is called hitting from behind. Last but not least if you attempt to hit your opponent and accidentally or purposely touch his head you will be penalized for hitting to the head. There's different types of hits, shoulder check, hip check, front check, and cross check. The shoulder check is the most common check in hockey. To do a shoulder check you must bend your knees and lean in (like your leaning on a wall) with the shoulder your opponent is on. Hip checks rarely happen, but in order to do a good hip check your opponent must be skating towards you, you must pivot your hip towards him, bend down (like your touching the ground), and let him skate into you. A front check is when your hands are close to your chest, your elbows are about shoulder width apart, and you have a pushing motion towards your opponent. Front checks often occur when you are skating towards your opponent after he releases the puck. A cross check is when you have 2 hands on your stick (shoulder width apart), you lift it so it's horizontal, bend your arms so the shaft is touching your chest, and push so that the shaft makes contact with your opponent. The cross check is also rare but illegal. Most cross checks happen after the whistle is blown to stop the play. Here's a video on good hard legal hits some of which we talked about. Top 10 NHL hits. Hockey Body Contact Thanks for watching :)
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