How to Make a Forward Pass in Hockey 

HI Sascha... I have liked Jason's use of language for all of these skating and stick handling moves. I have used and taught them for years, but never had good nomenclature. I like how he has given these things names and unifying the language for people is a better way to go. I'm 5'10", 200 libs and my stick flex is 87. I cut my stick to the "standard" length of my chin (I am a defenseman by nature). To get a hard pass, I do push down relatively hard. I can hear a pretty loud scrape on the ice. For my longer, cross-ice passes, in order to keep the puck from lifting, i will push into the ice about as much as I push the puck forward. That action closes the blade and gives the puck a lot of energy. I only do this with players who can receive those as the passes are hard... but it's relative. I do this with any pass, really. The push down technique keeps the puck flat on the ice.