A Better Way to Practice Stickhandling

When I was a high schooler, I spent hours each day practicing my stickhandling on a smooth wooden plank - toe drags, figures 8s, you name it.

Over time my skills improved, but I never reached the level of proficiency that some of my (less hard-working) teammates seemed to naturally possess.

Years later as a coach I learned that, as in most things in life,…