Key Elements

• Start by laying face down on the floor.
• For power, push down on the inside edge and out to the side to full extension
• To help speed recovery, the skate must be kept low and recover back under the hip
• The knee is kept bent and weight is over the glide foot.
• Keep a straight alignment of the trunk and thrust leg at full extension

On-Ice Drills

• Form three to five lines at one end of rink
• Get into ready position.
• Each player pushes off with right skate to full extension.
• Recover with right skate and touch it to the left skate.
• Coast to ready position
• Do the same sequence with left skate, continue alternating skates.

Off Ice Activities

• A slide board is one of the best ways to work on proper technique with a skating stride
• Inline skating is another great way to work on your stride

Water Drill

• Hold one cup of water in each of your hands
• Don't let your upper body bob up and down.
• Keep your head level and shoulders square and parallel with the ice.
• Your knees should be bent.
• Try not to spill any of the water

Key Elements

• The ankles control the edges
• Knee of glide foot is bent
• Weight on the correct edge (inside or outside)
• Distribution of weight is from the ball of the foot back to just in front of the heel.

Edge Control Drills

• Form lines near each circle.
• Player takes two strides and glides around circle on one skate, inside or outside edge.
• Right inside edge, counter-clockwise.
• Right outside edge, clockwise.
• Left inside edge, clockwise.
• Left outside edge, counter-clockwise.
• Stress Ð glide skate, knee is bent and keep two hands on the stick.
• Try and glide around the circle on one skate.

One Cone - Inside Outside edge

• Form three to five lines. Put cone five to 30 feet away.
• Skate up to the cone and pick up one skate while gliding on inside or outside edge of other skate.
• Keep the glide leg bent and stick on the ice.
• Don't put other skate down until you've made a complete U-turn around cone.