Purpose: This drill helps skaters to work on their quick feet and the quick snapping of their hips and core, waking up their obliques. Skaters should try to move their hips with their feet rather than just crossing over to get greatest benefit from this drill.
Focus: Timing, rhythm, quick twitch,...

Purpose: This is a compound exercise that challenges skaters to balance in a deep knee bend while pulsing their free leg, keeping their core still while controlling upper body movement.
Focus: hip activation, glute activation, quad activation, lat activation, stability, glute, upper body strength...

Purpose: This exercise challenges a skaters coordination and strength as well as the ability to maintain a neutral position of the spine.

This video demonstrates using a wobble disc on the back to help skaters maintain a good awareness of their spinal position. A yoga block or another object cou...