Cross Ice Skating drills are a great way to teach skating fundamentals. Use this drill to help players put pressure on their outside edges while skating backwards.
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.
Players skate to the far cone while performing different stride and edge drills.
At the cone players turn and skate forwards back to their line.
Once a player is past the cone the next player may go.
Exercises:
- Backwards full stride
- Backwards scissors
- Alternating single backwards crossover
- Backwards skiing
Key Points
Focus on outside edge balance:
- Ankle flexion
- Inside hip under shoulders
- Inside shoulder higher than outside shoulder
Encourage players to skate fast back to the line.
