In a private lesson with a young skater, Avery has her student work on outside edges while skating cross strokes. She’s looking for a push on the pinky toe during the understroke, similar to a crossover. She wants him to really feel his curves while using solid pushes. Holding for a short wait on the outside edge helps him really feel the effect of the drill.
Avery changes it up to include a knee drop on every third crossover. She wants him to keep the power going through the push. This added difficultly helps him develop more balance and coordination.
Backward inside edges are next. She does a quick review of how she wants his body alignment to be. Backwards skating is a little harder for her student so she skates with him to emphasize the shift and push. Avery mentions keeping the bellybutton over his skating foot to create counter balance and avoid falling into the wrong edge.
Backwards outside edge is the most neglected edge in hockey players, so Avery starts him with the easy way to do the drill then mixes it up with having him step in front while skating backwards. While crossing over the top, he needs to push from his pinky toe.
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