Glide Turns to Crossover Acceleration is a great drill for linking turns. Help players stay low in their stance and initiation turns with the head and shoulders.
Description
Coach sets up 2 cones, one on the bottom of the circles and one near the top of the circle.
Players line up on the middle hashmarks.
On the whistle the first player skates to the cone on the bottom of the circle and performs a turn then accelerates out of the turn using crossovers.
The player then skates to the next cone and turns in the opposite direction and again uses their crossovers to accelerate all the way around the board side hashmarks, below the red line and then back into line.
The next player in line can go when the first player gets to the second cone.
Key Points
Reinforce skating stance techniques:
- Hips down
- Chest up
- Shoulder back
Encourage crossover technique:
- Inside shoulder up
- Hips under shoulders
- Look in the direction of skating
- Push outside edge under body
Encourage players to listen to their outside and inside edges as they cross over.
Players should be trying to maintain a low stance throughout the entire drill.
