Kathleen‘s video is a continuation of the private lesson in her previous video. Now she is asking the athlete to stop on one foot, rotate the hips around, then do...
Kathleen‘s video is a continuation of the private lesson in her previous video. Now she is asking the athlete to stop on one foot, rotate the hips around, then do...
Katrina introduces an edge drill that uses the blue line (or you could draw your own line if you only have one corner of the rink to skate in.) The first segment of the...
Using the stick to illustrate what the player’s shoulder’s are doing, Joe has his older athlete work on step overs from a stationary stance. This seems like...
In this group class the young skaters are reviewing the basics of the all important stride. “Loading our legs” and pushing out to the side until the leg is...
In this group lesson, Amy discusses the benefit of using forward swizzles as a quick warm up tool. This helps her observe their strengths while seeing (and hearing!) if...
In this private lesson, Kathleen has the skater working on crossover starts. This drill conditions the athlete to adjust quickly to a change of direction during play...
Krissy discusses a warmup she calls the “flip-flop.” She has the skater get comfortable on inside and outside edges and rotating their shoulders back and forth. Almost...
In this video Kathleen teaches an exercise that utilizes lunges in order to improve power in strides. Using a toe-dragging lunge exercise, the student starts from a...
Amy introduces the “Hockey shuffle” – a series of c-cuts (also known as pumps to figure skaters). She looks for skaters to have wide feet and a low stance, keeping...
Joe Sundgren starts out helping an advanced skater explore his outside edge. While standing on one leg and leaning to the outside, Joe sees if his student can balance...