8 Off Ice Stickhandling Drills for Better Control

Summers for me in Toronto mean a lot of time spent on the outdoor rink 2 minutes away from my home. I call it my home away from home - otherwise known as Withrow Park. Rolling like a boss on my Marsblades.
I'm out there almost every morning, trying desperately to get better hands, and to get a tan. I enjoy my time so much out here. I'm figuring out things about my stickhandling every single day, and I'm 100% living in the moment, happily clacking away at the biscuit. I hope you guys love your time training. Even though we challenge our abilities, the challenge should be exciting and fun. Even when we are failing a lot (which we should be).
Use these low cost drills on a driveway or any open space. You don't need a rink. Go find your training area, and make it your own.

[@carlmartin3492]

It's like the puck is glued to your stick. You have such great hands

[@tyroneoconnor2327]

Your videos help me improve so much, thank you!

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

31 d men disliked this video. Come on, how can you dislike this? Excellent video, some new drills to practice.

[@nathanpayne3729]

My son is loving this, great tutorial dude

[@MicBergsma]

Awesome thanks for sharing, gonna do try that 🤙🏼

[@ledge4249]

I enjoy your videos thank you so much

[@onejeef]

Dope video man, silky smooth hands

[@xdtsghost1781]

He's so good

[@7.62flavorsoffreedom2]

I wish I were at least half as fast as that with my handling XD

[@isaiah9757]

nothing.hockey u remind me of nail Yakupov over on bacons channel comments! Lol

[@jonshuke-uh-luke3550]

Anyone who gave a thumbs down is jealous. Period. This guy is sickkkkkk!!!

[@ledge4249]

You are so so so so so so good words can't explain it

[@mechwd-gaming]

Now you are just showing off. Great video man.

[@gavinstevenson2228]

Mechwd Gaming i would be to

[@zaquaryaubin9924]

Patrick Kane vs Pavel Barber vs Johnny Hockey

[@skyzclan5267]

wow great job

[@bk3dstudios505]

Absolutely love the vids Pav-keep up the great work, Also what song is this?

[@jimmywilliams8045]

anyone think he should ask Patrick Kane or Datsyuk to make a video with him in their off season and see who's better? Stick tricks, then same drills, then individual dangles followed by a 10 round shootout. Kanes always been my boy but that would be truly fun to watch. Pavs, what do you think? could you try to make that happen? if you message Datsyuk on Facebook about it, he will respond and all Kane has to do is look at your moves and he'll be motivated to do it. lol

[@camthekiddoesgaming]

Jimmy Williams if only it was that easy to contact NHL players lmao

[@jimmywilliams8045]

Datsy actually messages and talks to fans off his Facebook page consistently so Pavel could get a hold of him and mabey get a response, but he does live in Russia now and dangles the entire KHL for fun lol. I guess he dosent need to prove himself to anyone. Just wishful thinking on my part.

[@PavelBarber]

That's just his PR (Public Relations) manager who runs his socials. He doesn't do that personally. No NHLer will have interest getting on the ice with me in a video like that I don't think. It has to benefit them in some way and I'm sure they get messages like that all the time.

[@camthekiddoesgaming]

Pavel Barber plus he lives in Russia... Hope you had a great day pav!

[@jimmywilliams8045]

there are so many athletes active on social media now, I was hoping that could have happened, ( wishful thinking again) thanks to Pavel and NHL faded for the replies, you guys know your stuff better than I do. have a good day. love your vids Pavel.

[@jjsstickhandlingdrills8278]

Nice moves

[@spencerheck8555]

Pavel ur a god

[@anthonylau6691]

Insane hands

[@chrisackerman1424]

You should bring back creative shootout dangles

[@user-bb4vj5yq7v]

Дружище, тренировал бы ты в России, с удовольствием занимался под твоим руководством!!!

[@starlitecorp]

ThatsthewayIliked!

[@hej924]

Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig fan

[@chiluveri3035]

Hi can you keep more inline hockey skill videos..😄

[@drayden4592]

I wish they had outdoor hockey rinks where I’m at but nah we can only find the smoothest ground or raid the Tennis courts haha sucks cuz I’m in Canada

[@travisgarnett4026]

Hey pavel, I see that when you are crossing over your inside foot lifts off very briefly is that something that should happen ? I noticed I do the same thing I guess out of instinct. It seems like it would be wasted movement and take a bit longer. If you could reply I would greatly appreciate it!

[@markarmatage5079]

show us your floorball stick collection

[@karlbork6039]

Very impressive but it reminds me of guys in my beer league who are very good stickhandlers but glide when they get the puck.

[@PavelBarber]

That's a generalization. The way you phrased that makes it sound like doing this training is useless. It's obvious if you don't know how to skate with a puck you'll be useless out there, but gliding and making moves laterally has a lot of importance too.

[@sashagrishin3956]

Best

[@Stjant]

nice

[@KirSok86]

Мастер👍🤯

[@camwillis9134]

Do you use a wooden stick when you practice?

[@Steph7077980]

Hey you awesome

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Trick shot Beasts CAN YOU STOP BEGGING TO BE SUBSCRIBED TO???

[@_iso]

Trick shot Beasts sure

[@connorhuard9679]

Hey Pavel, is there a reason why you don't use hockey gloves and you use the smaller gloves? Is there an benefits?

[@PavelBarber]

I just hate wearing them out there. Very warm, and gloves annoy me. I usually don't use hockey gloves when off ice training...usually just bike gloves or bare hands. Just personal preference. I don't think it affects skills at all.

[@connorhuard9679]

Pavel Barber Ok thanks for the reply

[@sathiyarollersports6097]

This surface cement ?

[@joesamango5758]

what kind of gloves are you using

[@zayyanmohammed7029]

pavel what skates do u use

[@josephcozza4424]

do you stick handle with top hand

[@7.62flavorsoffreedom2]

what stick does he use on pavement? my sticks keep getting shredded on it and I don't have the money to keep buying decent/good quality sticks every summer to maintain my stick handling skills off season

[@isaiah9757]

bloxhead141809 i would like to know that too! There is a thing, I think it's called the hockey wrap around (not for sure if that's the name or not), that u put around the blade and tape it on that u could use. I don't use it but it might be of some help.

[@hskbates]

bloxhead141809 invest in the hockey stick wrap around

[@mikeyseney6570]

bloxhead141809 I have used 4 street hockey sticks over the summer, and out of them all, the KOHO street revolution stick was the best I used. It was whippy and was longer than most other street sticks (ccm, Sherwood). That's my recommendation for a street stick

[@hskbates]

Michaels Covers the koho revolution is a good cheap alternative for outside use however being 6 foot and then having skates on.... the stick is way to short. Get the wrap around, attaches to any blades and protects from wearing blade down

[@PavelBarber]

I use the Bauer ABS blade found at Sportchek. Replacement blade - the best out there today

[@anbu_topazz4571]

Merkmusics outro as the song lol

[@michaellamacchia8255]

Lol I thought I was the only one who caught that

[@shdw6760]

Same

[@istvanfoy-roberts868]

Silky mitts. Anyone know what that silky tune was?

[@hky_tricks0527]

What kind of gloves are those? I’m asking because I need some for street hockey so I don’t get blisters

[@Majorlazer8]

are marsblades good I always see him wearing them, anyone have them? I use regular rollerblades

[@gabriellelol]

they are supposed to feel like real ice but they're expensive like $400

[@charlesricottoni9765]

what brand of street pucks do you use? I can't never find a good street puck to use.

[@spoilednoodles2156]

Charles Ricottoni it's green biscuit

[@carterbernice9353]

you look like corey perry

[@luismacias5640]

Pav were you stick handling with a roll of tape?

[@nikov2638]

Luis Macias lol no a green biscuit

[@7.62flavorsoffreedom2]

he had a white one also which i've never seen, it might be a diff brand though, it looked very similar

[@luismacias5640]

nikolas vecchione look at the thing he's stick handling with when he's doing the cross overs

[@PavelBarber]

It's just a white version of the green biscuit

[@petecruz8086]

But..you shot it. And it didn't break into a million pieces!

[@KirSok86]

Что за покрытие на полу? Бетон, резина?

[@trainwithjanehockey2781]

Am trying to be good just like Conner MCDavid

[@markosotto]

Handles

[@kaicyr1050]

Hi

[@frmazz2118]

Pavel Barber are you BaconCountry

[@maxcotterdirtydeker716]

please make for kids

[@followalphavisuals_onig7893]

Please barber respond to this

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[@CoachJeremy]

I'll text him, this looks important

[@followalphavisuals_onig7893]

The Hockey Movement by How To Hockey haha

[@Charizardcc]

Shouldnt people practice stick handling with speed instead of in a glide. I feel like people will get lit up if they get used to stick handling without their legs going.

[@jaked1701]

Charizardcc if you get the moves down going slow you should be able to get it going fast, but I see what u r saying

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[@7.62flavorsoffreedom2]

+charizardcc the video is made to give you a good base drill for stick handling, it's easier to handle when your not moving so fast you as you get better you can gain speed bit by bit. this video as all to give people a good base to build off of.

[@treverepperson4058]

All that stick handling doesn't do anything when watch his body.

[@PavelBarber]

That is such a useless comment lol. Defending is not so easy as saying "just take his body" lol. It's very difficult to read good stickhandlers because they're deceptive. Of course watching the body is a good rule and defenders should aim to do that to stop them. But to say that "all that stickhandling doesn't do anything when you watch his body" is simply not true. Defending is not that easy, and stickhandling does mess up defenders ....countless examples from the NHL.

[@Number1Centre]

Pavel Barber so I looked up Trevor epperson on every hockey database and site. Guess what I found. Yup. Nada:) But of course he knows more than pavel... NOT

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