Stop Backing In Heres How Nhl Defensemen Control Their Gaps
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Summary
Stop Backing In. Here's How NHL Defensemen Control the Gap.
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Most defensemen lose the rush before it starts: they back in, the gap opens, and the forward walks into the zone with speed and you are hanging on for dear life.
In this video we break down the specific movements elite NHL defensemen use to control the gap on a rush and stop the forward before the blue line. It builds on the skating patterns from our video on how to move like an elite NHL defender, so watch that one too if you have not.
If you play D and keep getting beat wide or stood up at your own blue line, this is the fix to stop letting forwards free wheel and dictate what they want to do with the puck.
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