Posts by Michael Orlotti
Tara McKay High Performance Skating | Shout Out
Photo of Tara McKay – Head Instructor HockeyNeeds Shout Out Great experience with Tara & Co. at Tara McKay High-Performance Skating Located in Aurora & GTA, Ontario If you are looking for an Elite High-Performance program to improve your child’s edging, technical skating, and other techniques for improvement, I highly recommend Tara McKay High-Performance Skating.…
Read MoreBad Coaching Characteristics to Watch Out For
For the most part, there are tons of great, amazing, and awesome coaches in the minor hockey community. Unfortunately, there is a hand full of coaches that needs to be removed from the bench. This is the main reason why (not only as a person that has a hockey background but as a fellow parent)…
Read MoreLucas Miller’s Hi-Performance | Shout Out
PHOTO OF LUCAS MILLER/HEAD INSTRUCTOR HOCKEYNEEDS PROMOTION Great experience with Lucas Miller & Co. at Lucas Miller’s Hi-Performance Hockey School Located in Toronto – GTA, Ontario If you are looking for a terrific instructor to help improve your child’s conditioning, speed and Hi-Tempo training, I highly recommend Lucas Miller’s Hi-Performance Hockey School. Your child will…
Read MoreFEATURED PRODUCT – BUTTENDZ HOCKEY GRIP
WITH OUR EXCITING NEWS OF COLLABORATING WITH BUTTENDZ HOCKEY GRIP BEING ONE OF OUR “FEATURE PRODUCT” HOCKEYNEEDS WILL LIKE TO PROVIDE AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THEIR AMAZING INNOVATIVE HOCKEY GRIP PRODUCT, WHICH IS BEING USED AROUND THE WORLD BY MINOR AND PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY PLAYERS – GET THAT EXTRA GRIP! AS THE HOCKEY STICK EVOLVES, NATURALLY…
Read MoreSimple Core Exercises for Minor Hockey Players – With Exercise Videos
The problem with Minor Hockey Players is they tend to focus on doing Sit-Ups, Crunches, and other poorly designed exercises. These exercises put a lot of unnecessary compression on the spine and do not teach good positions to transfer to the ice. Before engaging in types of strength and conditioning programs, please seek and consult…
Read MoreMinor Hockey Parents Overestimating Their Child’s Abilities
I’m sure most of us have heard parents when they’re at the rinks for tryouts, practices, games, or training, and you can hear their voices full of frustration, “What’s he/she doing? He/She’s capable of handling him/herself better.” Sound familiar? Does to me, too. Every parent is biased when it comes to their child’s hockey abilities…
Read MoreG.T. Vipers – Canlan 2021 King Of The Rink Tournament Consolation Winners
Canlan Classic Tournament (CCT) is a professionally owned and operated division of Canlan Sports. Established in 2000, CCT has executed hundreds of competitive, fun, and enjoyable hockey tournaments and hosted thousands of players of all ages and skill levels. We have tournaments for everyone. We organize hockey tournaments for Boys, Girls, High Schools, Men, Women,…
Read MoreFeatured Product – Hockey-Dot
WITH OUR EXCITING NEWS OF COLLABORATING WITH HOCKEY-DOT BEING ONE OF OUR “FEATURE PRODUCT” HOCKEYNEEDS WILL LIKE TO PROVIDE A LOOK AT THEIR AMAZING INNOVATIVE HOCKEY TRAINING PRODUCTS THAT IS HELPING MINOR AND PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY PLAYERS – GET THOSE MAGIC HANDS! Underpass-X Training Cones are designed to help develop the hand skills of hockey players. Use a spare stick…
Read MoreFeatured Product – Sniper’s Edge Hockey
WITH OUR EXCITING NEWS OF COLLABORATING WITH SNIPER’S EDGE HOCKEY BEING ONE OF OUR “FEATURE PRODUCT” HOCKEYNEEDS WILL LIKE TO PROVIDE AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THEIR AMAZING INNOVATIVE HOCKEY TRAINING PRODUCTS, WHICH ARE BEING USED AROUND THE WORLD BY MINOR AND PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY PLAYERS – TO HELP GET THAT EXTRA EDGE! Sniper’s Edge Hockey, the World’s Premier…
Read MoreFeatured Product – Bladetech Hockey
With our exciting news of collaborating with Bladetech Hockey being one of our “Feature Product” HockeyNeeds will like to provide an in-depth look at their amazing innovative hockey blades, which are being used around the world by professional hockey players – To help give that extra speed boost. In 2013, Jeff Azzolin, a University…
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