Katrina gives a private lesson to a young 7 year old skater, and they start by focusing on outside and inside edges. If a coach is working in a small section of the ice, they can draw a line on the ice with a sharpie.
First things first, Katrina needs to show the skater what she means when she says “T position.” If a student doesn’t have much core strength, this itself can be a challenge. Her goal is to have him push with the inside edge of the back foot.
The drill starts with a one foot glide on an outside edge around a cone. Outside edges for this young age are a challenge, and Katrina starts with them on purpose. We can see that she adds squares and shapes for the student to stand on to make the pattern easier for him.
For this young skater there is a lot to think about and we see Katrina showing patience and use creativity. She finds that saying “the foot closest to the cone” instead of left and right is easier for him to comprehend.
To calm his flailing arms down, Katrina gives him a hockey stick to hold horizontally in front of him. This helps his inside edges with the first try.
Next Katrina arranges the cones in parallel lines and the student ‘steers’ as he skates around them.
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