ICE HOCKEY TACTICS
Checking:
The essential defensive tactic imposed in the game of ice hockey is checking. The tactic involved in checking is to attempt to remove the opponent from the play or take the puck from the rival player. In addition, two other tactics such as backchecking and forechecking are also used in ice hockey. The “forechecking” involves the checking in the zone of the other team. On the contrary, backchecking involves the checking at a time when the other team approaches down the ice towards the own goal. Sweep checking, poke checking and stick checking are the other legal uses of the hockey stick for the possession of the ice hockey puck.
Body Checking:
Body checking is the use of hip or a shoulder, in order to strike the rival player, who possesses the puck or who was the last to touch the puck. In most of the cases, the term “checking” is used for the reference of body checking. These common terms are mostly known by the true fans of the ice hockey game.
Offensive Tactics:
Numerous offensive tactics are observed in the game of ice hockey, at the time of playing. Some of the offensive tactics include the improvement of the position of the team, with the advancement of the puck away from the boundaries of the individual team’s zone. This is subsequently done by the gain of lines, initially the own individual blue line followed by the red line till the blue line of the opponent. In the rules for the season of 2006, NHL legalized the two-line pass.
