Hockey is a very popular sport for both adults and children. To teach a child to play hockey and make a real athlete out of him, it is necessary to prepare the kid for difficult learning.
Instructions
Step 1
Before moving on to teaching the game itself, you need to prepare the child, both mentally and physically, for this difficult sport. Start by overcoming the fear and insecurity of the initial failures and mistakes.
Step 2
Workout should be regular, three to four times a week. Only systematic classes will help a novice gambler quickly master special skills, painlessly get used to discipline and learn all the necessary techniques.
Step 3
Helping a child to master hockey, you do not need to shout at him and put pressure on the child's psyche. It is better to present knowledge in a playful way and not demand the impossible. Otherwise, there is an option that the baby will withdraw and feel humiliated.
Step 4
Training should take place in stages. Don't put your child on skates right away. First, teach him how to hold the club correctly and drive the puck or ball with it. It is better to do this on a snowy, well-rolled surface. This way of playing will allow a young hockey player to learn how to deftly maneuver playing tools, control the situation on the field and feel the team spirit, which is especially important in collective games.
Step 5
You shouldn't try to explain all the complex rules and techniques of adult hockey right away. Here it will be enough to practice ice skating and club strikes. Children's hockey can be conducted according to simplified but accessible rules.
Step 6
When the exercises are successful and the child has mastered the basic play maneuvers, start learning how to ice skate. This is a very complex process that requires a lot of effort and time. First, teach your student to simply skate in small steps. Thanks to daily workouts, the leg muscles will quickly become stronger, and the baby will learn to keep good balance. Warn your child that falls, bruises and bruises are inevitable, so they should not be treated as a defeat, but as a regular educational process. It is also important to immediately instill in the young athlete the correct technique of repulsion and movement on the ice. To make the classes more effective, you can offer to play some kind of game, for example, ask to drive between self-made obstacles without hitting them.
Step 7
When ice skating gets better, you can move on to the next stage of teaching a student to hockey - combining ice skating and working with a stick. Combining these two activities is not so easy at first, but over time, all actions on the field should come to automatism. The stick in the child's hands should be light and maneuverable.
