Level: Beginner
Base exercise: On-ice
Variation: From standstill
Purpose: Having skaters start a forward stroking push from standstill makes them focus on pushing down and through the ice and using their blades properly on the initial stroke.
Focus: Basic technique, proper blade use, power
Helps fix: Not generating power, improper blade usage
Direction: Left, Right
Equipment: No Equipment
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Beginner: On-ice forward and backward...
Level: Beginner
Base exercise: Stroking
Variation: Forward stroking into one foot glide, stop, backward stroking into one foot glide
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Beginner: On-ice snowplow stop stands...
Level: Beginner
Base exercise: Snowplow pushes
Variation: From standstll, both feet
Purpose: Doing snowplow stop pushes from standstill helps students learn how to use their outside edge to create snow on the ice. It can be less scary than doing it from moving, and it is easier because they do no...
