I suck at explaining things, and I have a friend that's coming to open hockey with me. He asks why we all stay on one side? Why don't we just have one player go off to the other side and pass it to him? Et cetera.
How would you expalin the basic rules, whithout making him read the 312 page long NHL rulebook?
2007-03-02 02:27:11 · 11 answers · asked by Deutscher Eishockey Bund 3 in Sports ➔ Hockey
I explain things to Novice age ( 7 and 8 year olds) hockey players by using a table hockey game...it makes obvious the "zones" that the players can use (the slots are set, so they can't go anywhere else!), and explaining offsides, two-line passes, breakouts etc, is easy because it is visual, and you can re-set the play if they don't understand. You can go right from the opening faceoff, and explain zones of control, and illegal moves as well.
Plus, if your buddy is older than 8 years old, he'll get it even faster! Good luck!
2007-03-02 04:25:33 · answer #1 · answered by jgirl 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Rules like icing and offside are very confusing to newcomers, so rather than quoting rules off the rulebook and Internet, I would explain WHY those rules are there. When the newcomer realizes that without them, the game would be about cherry-picking and dumping the puck from one end of the ice to another, it helps them understand. Same with things like pulling a Goalie for an extra attacker, explain WHY somebody is doing it.
Don't try to force-feed your friend all the rules at once, just explain what happens AS it happens. Be patient with your friend and yourself, it's a hard game to learn AND teach. Remember, sometimes even the game's announcers don't know why play has stopped!
2007-03-02 03:24:56 · answer #2 · answered by clueless_nerd 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I was small and first played, they sent us out there with uniforms, dropped the puck and let us go. The only thing they told us was to stop when the whistle blew and lineup again. After we had been playing for a while we started to ask why the whistle blew. Watching games helped me see what was going on. Basically, you should see if he can skate beflre you worry about anything else. A lot of newbs are still going North when the action has turned South.
2007-03-02 04:16:08 · answer #3 · answered by PuckDat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would explain the rules either by recording a game on TV and playing it back, explaining the calls so your friend can get a visual of the rule or use one of the better hockey video games out there. The NHL a few years back use EA Sports NHL game to explain the new rules on their webpage. The NHL webpage even has a few of them still up http://www.nhl.com/rules/index.html
2007-03-02 02:42:01 · answer #4 · answered by Nice Guy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your friend plays video games then the best way to learn the rules is to play a NHL game with him.... actually use the replay feature and show him that way. I have actually done this with a small kid who wanted to know a lot of the rules and he picked it up in minutes. EA sports NHL games are the best for this I think but all of them are probably good.
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2016-10-02 06:24:48 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont explain yhem cause hes just going to get all confused. have him watch a few hockey games and he will learn and if he keeps playing hockey he will no them in no time
2007-03-02 04:05:11 · answer #7 · answered by 707 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
being a newb mean you are to new to something, so ask allot of questions like all newbs do, then help other newbs out when you know the game better.
2007-03-02 02:35:33 · answer #8 · answered by playafromtha361 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dunno, but it seems relatively easy to me. I agree with the watcing/taping a game to watch with him. Plus it will remind you of the little stuff.
Icing
Offsides
Faceoffs
Penalties are relatively self explanitory and you kindof have to learn by watching/playing to see what is actually called/let-go.
2007-03-02 04:42:13 · answer #9 · answered by bourgoise_10o 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
plain and simple
put the puck in the net
2007-03-02 13:09:40 · answer #10 · answered by larochemathieu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋