I've been seeing a lot of a "new" kind of transition on socail media lately that's all the rage: the "Step Back" (it also has other similar names).

A lot of coaches have touted it as the new way to do transitions, saying that the old way of stopping into it and crossing over back out is obsolete and is no longer to be used. But is that really the case? Or are they just different tools for your hockey skating toolbox?

In this video, I show you the differences between a "Step Back" and a normal transition, show where you can use each of them, and debate if one is really better than the other.