Nine Ontario Clinics
to Choose from July and August.
Backward Crossover Mini Lesson
Look Out Behind Me
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Laura Stamm Power Skating is designed to improve the speed and mobility of hockey players of all ages and abilities. Our Power Skating Schools include 3-5 day skating clinics and skating camps, advanced clinics, skating lessons and elite power skating workshops for players as well as skating clinics for hockey coaches and officials. The skating skills and skating drills are all hockey specific.
by Laura Stamm
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Tip: Drag Touch
After pushing off, fully extend your pushing (left) leg and drag the first two or three inches of the left inside edge (called "the toe") on the ice for about two seconds. In order to drag the inside edge of the toe your left leg and skate must be turned outward. If they are turned straight downward you will be dragging the "tippy toe" of the skate, with the leg now in a walking-running position (a "no-no" for skating).
After dragging the toe, now drag the heel of the returning skate back under your body until that heel (left) touches the heel of the gliding (right) skate. Your feet should now be in a "V" position (heels touching, toes apart). If your knees are well bent, the shape between your thighs, knees and ankles will form a "diamond" shape. I call this recovery position the "V - diamond" position.
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Laura Stamm
Catch or Be Caught
How do you know if someone is a fast skater? The best way to find out is always by having a race. And the type of race that most often stands out in a game is the race between a skater on a break away and one back checking.
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by Alan Noble, Instructor