Supporting her presentation on Skating Exercises to Develop the Outside Edge, Jill Plandowski shares this warm up drill to work on the basics of skating on the outside edge.

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Outside Edge Warm Up

Drill Description:

Progression 1: Finding your edges

• Players tap their inside and outside edges while listening to coaches instructions.
  

Progression 2: Two foot sculling 

• Two foot sculling down the blueline returning and reloading to the outside edge and hold.
  

Key Teaching Points

• Eyes are up.
  
• Good knee and ankle bend.