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Stride Mechanics: Varsity Hockey Two Minute Drills
By | January 9, 2012
www.varsityhockey.com Instructional video on stride mechanics for players and coaches. Includes teaching points on mechanics and drills to develop a better stride. Produced by Varsity Hockey and shot on location at the Varsity Training Centre, Brampton, ON, Canada. varsityhockey.com
Video Rating: 4 / 5
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Topics: Hockey For Beginners | 15 Comments »
January 9th, 2012 at 9:13 pm
lol,? pretty sure Taylor Hall swings his arm like crazy!
January 9th, 2012 at 9:18 pm
I’d feel a bit goofy doing it standing still but it helps ALOT
Recomended to all players to? practice
January 9th, 2012 at 9:21 pm
Fantastic video, all coaches and players should watch it to learn? and review the fundamentals
January 9th, 2012 at 10:17 pm
this is true
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January 9th, 2012 at 10:52 pm
@eddylalonde1972 yeah i didnt even know that im a really fast? skater but every time i skate i swing my arms i had no idea.
January 9th, 2012 at 11:29 pm
Great video. The arm swing is absolutley right. Front swing with very minimal back swing, not side to side. If you have ever seen a player who tends to use both side to side and Forward swing, you will see that the player reaches a higher speed (with faster acceleration) when implementing the forward swing.
Also make sure the player is using the full stride to achieve more speed as shown in this video. The short stride is useful for quick changes of direction, and absorbing body? checks.
January 10th, 2012 at 12:05 am
@a5noble2? Find one player in the NHL that skates swinging his arms straight forward and back. No one does it because it makes no sense and is impossible to do. There should be a slight cross. Most of the time players have 2 hands on the stick in a gliding position anyway. Again, another instructor stuck in the 1980′s…
January 10th, 2012 at 12:28 am
About arm swing, the forward/back arm swing is the only way to swing your arms without your upper body twisting (wasted movement). While legs do move back at an angle, not straight back, the arms need to align with them. So during a F/B arm swing your body will automatically adjust to correct this slight sideways movement. ? And as long as your arms never cross the middle of your body you can achieve this without twisting. So focus on F/B arm swing and your body will fix the rest!
January 10th, 2012 at 1:18 am
This video has some great info in it! I really like the presentation and drills offered, and even though we have a few very minor differences in what we? teach, the main concepts are nearly spot on. Keep making better hockey players =)
January 10th, 2012 at 2:03 am
some good info, but arm swing is wrong. When you run, your legs go? straight back and your arms should also be back and through. However, when you skate your legs go to the side and so should your arms
January 10th, 2012 at 2:44 am
You talk about extension and recovery, how about the glide phase??
January 10th, 2012 at 2:48 am
It would have been nice to list the 5 drills at the end, but great? vid
January 10th, 2012 at 3:43 am
great tips. im a group skating teacher and occasionally I get a few hockey students in who are learning to skate for the first time. This definitely gave me alot of? ideas for instruction at a basic level Thanks alot!
January 10th, 2012 at 4:12 am
@mrp530 of all? time
January 10th, 2012 at 4:16 am
easily cutest nhl player at the? moment