I'm 5'10 185-190lbs and pretty quick. I'm still gettting the fundamentals down (like skating) but my snap shot, slap shot, and passing are all pretty accurate. I'm joining a developmental league to get a position and want to know what position I should work on perfecting. Thanks for the help!
2006-11-12 19:45:04 · 12 answers · asked by dookieguy409 1 in Sports ➔ Hockey
you should play wing
2006-11-13 11:33:24 · answer #1 · answered by joe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's the advice I gave for a similar question recently:
First answer these questions: how well do you skate(especially backwards)? How well do you stickhandle? pass? Is your wrist shot accurate? do you have a hard slapshot? How is your endurance? Are you disciplined defensively? Do you need to have assists and goals to feel like you did something to help your team win? To help:
Goalie -- You must be mentally tough. Can you forget about a goal you gave up and continue to concentrate. Can you skate well backwards and laterally?
Defense -- Do you skate well backwards? Can you think in terms of who scored AGAINST you while you were on the ice? Do you have a hard, low slapshot?
Wing -- Can you go into the corners and come out with the puck? Do you have an accurate wrist shot?
Center -- Do you have skills with the puck (stickhandling and passing)? Do you have good peripheral vision? You will have to skate hard to be near the puck at all times -- are you up to it?
I would add for you, since you are still working on your skating and you say your shot is pretty accurate you would be do best as a left or right wing.
Hope this helped....
2006-11-12 20:23:37 · answer #2 · answered by clueless_nerd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Play all the positions.
When you're just starting out, take the opportunity to get a feel for every role, every spot on the ice.
At the rec level, especially as beginners, it's limiting to focus on only one position. Perfect all your skills, be a good hockey player, not a good D or a good wing or a good center.
When the captain says "what position do you want to play?" you should be the guy saying "anywhere you need me."
Right now I play D on my women's team, I play LW on my coed team, and this summer I spent most of the season centering. Each position is different, and I can honestly say my skills overall have improved tremendously with getting experience all over the ice. I'm a far better defenseman now that I've had so much time as a center, and a better center understanding what it is to play wing.
In general, in rec hockey you may find yourself playing any number of different positions. For us, I think the best players are those who are versatile and flexible, with strong skills and a good attitude no matter where on the ice they stand.
2006-11-13 03:27:48 · answer #3 · answered by lotusice 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Center
2006-11-13 09:47:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Center
2006-11-12 21:50:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are still working on skating you should definitely play wing. ON wing you can be a power forward or a grinder or something like that. If you play center you wont be fast anough and same with defence and I wouldn't play goalie just because of the price of everything.
2006-11-13 07:48:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Right Wing
2006-11-12 19:48:24 · answer #7 · answered by mazzie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you're still learning to skate (better), then you probably can't skate backwards very well, in which case i advise you to become a forward (either a winger or a center), but not a defence. however, if you're skating backwards is as well as, or better then you're skating forwards, then become a defence!
good luck!
2006-11-12 21:19:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good defenseman should be able to play forward well.
A good forward might still be lost a defense.
Learn to play defense and you are more valuable.
2006-11-13 03:36:46 · answer #9 · answered by Rupert Picante 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
behind the bench, water bench.
2006-11-13 01:55:21 · answer #10 · answered by Jaisel M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋