Inline Hockey

Hockey Equipment Rules To Follow

There a few things every hockey player should know about their hockey gear. Most players seem to think that their hockey equipment won't take them anywhere and that their skills will. While their hockey skills will be what establishes them in the overall aspect of them playing, their equipment should enhance their abilities even further. There are a couple of good hockey gear rules to follow. Write these down, they may help you.

Rule number 1 is that your helmet should be one piece and light. Carbon fiber hockey helmets tend to be the best. Most of these are made in an aerodynamic way. Not only will you be the most protected, but your speed won't suffer as much. Remember, hockey helmets are a player's best friend.

Rule number 2 is to make sure your skates wheels and bearings are always kept up. It doesn't matter if you have latest inline skates from reebok hockey. They need to have good up keep. Make sure you lubricate the bearings. You also need to rotate your wheels, they will last longer if you do. Its no use having hockey wheels on your skates if they are ripped.

Rule number 3 is to make sure your hockey stick blade is not worn down. Butter blades are the worst tool for a hockey player. The ball and pucks tend to jump or hop over the blade. It makes it harder to accept passes and you will most likely fan on your shots if your blade is too thin. Hockey blades should be changed when these issues start to show their face.

Rule number 4 is a generic rule. It's not geared towards anything special. Think overall. You should keep checking the rest of your hockey equipment after every game. Things get scratched, ripped and smashed all too fast in this sport. If your hockey equipment is good, then you will be too.

About the Author

Rick Gragzins is a hockey equipment enthusiast

Warrior Hockey Equipment Do Pros Use It?

Even though hockey has seen somewhat a delcine in popularity over the years, there have been some new hockey equipment companies that have been popping up. I shouldn't say new, but I should say getting more popular. Warrior Hockey Equipment has definitely been getting more popular with hockey players. Why is that? Well it's got a cool name like Warrior. It's also got crazy cool graphics and designs all over it's equipment. One thing as of writing this, that I've noticed is that I haven't seen many pros use it. Now I'm going to take a quick break and see if I can find any pro nhl players that use Warrior hockey gear. So In the next paragraph I will give you the answer.

Ok, I did some searching and I have an answer. Not many appear to use this hockey equipment. Some do. I checked yahoo answers and it says that some players on the Detroit Red Wings use Warrior hockey sticks. Now, if they had a pair of hockey skates, I bet we would see more. So where do I think this type of gear is getting its popularity from if it does not seem to be coming from the pro hockey leagues? Yeah you guessed it, everyday recreational hockey players.

Again I'm not a hundred percent positive that Warrior Hockey's gear is getting popular from players in recreational hockey leagues, but it certainly seems that way. How else would I have even noticed them? They appear to be good enough to be sold on major hockey sites. If they were not, people wouldn't be buying them and those online hockey stores would not list them.

I've had a bit of a hard time finding out which NHL players use this gear from the onset, but after some searching that was all cleared up. In the end, it appears that professionals do use Warrior hockey equipment.

About the Author

Rick Gragzins researches both ice and inline hockey gear.