Cross Ice Skating drills are a great way to teach skating fundamentals. Use this drill to build leg strength and work on skating posture.
Description
Coach draws lines on the ice to designate starting point for the players and places a cone at the far side of the ice inline with the player line.
Coach should draw lines in the middle of the drill about 10 feet apart.
Players skate to the far cone while performing different stride and edge drills.
At the cone players turn and skate back to their line.
Once a player is past the cone the next player may go.
Exercises:
- Full Stride
- Skulling
- Scissors (Outside edge balance)
- Glide between the lines in the middle of the drill
- Add Hop in the middle of glide
- Alternating knee drops between the lines in the middle of the drill
- Stops at the far cone
Key Points
Focus on proper skating posture to maintain balance on the knee drops:
- Hands up in front of body
- Shoulders back
- Hips down
- Pressure on front skate
When doing edges focus on body position and creating pressure on the blade.
Encourage players to skate fast back to the line.
