Purpose: This warm-up drills helps to stretch skaters' muscles prior to on-ice and off-ice training while adding a skating specific Y-stand and grab hold to help warm up those particular muscles and work on their flexibility as part of the warm-up. Skaters should aim for 10 reps of this sequence.
Focus: dynamic stretch, core activation, balance, flexibility
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Forward kick, candlestick spiral, sit...
"Purpose: This is an advanced progression for skaters to continue to improve their balance and control skills. It is a great skill to incorporate into a warm-up.
Focus: Balance, control, injury prevention, stability, candlestick spiral, sit spin position, combination spins, warm-up
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Forward lunge reach back with hip tur...
Purpose: This warm-up drill is a sport specific combination of dynamic stretches and muscle activation for hamstrings, hips, quads, calves, and core
Focus: hamstring, glute, quad activation, core and back stretch, lunge, hip turnouts, air position -
Backward lutz lunge with walley: Adva...
Purpose: This warm-up drill will help skaters to activate key muscle groups before on or off-ice training. It will also help skaters work on the transfer or weight from their front foot to back foot snapping into a hip twist for their lutz. Skaters can use the walley to help work on counter rotat...
