David Kalivoda played professional hockey in Europe from 1997 to 2005 before getting into coaching. He now works as a professional skating and individual skills coach with HC Sparta Praha. Kalivoda currently does training across all age categories, up to leading Czech players in the NHL, both on and off the ice. He has worked with Filip Zadina, Radko Gudas, Dominik Simon, Jan Rutta & more.

In his 11-minute Global Skills Showcase presentation, Kalivoda goes in-depth on why all hockey skills begin with skating and that this isn’t about going forwards and backwards, but instead using inside and outside edges to increase agility, produce quick changes of direction and create more time and space for scoring.

During this on-ice video, you’ll learn Kalivoda’s teaching process, the four keys for coaches, four keys for players and gain instruction on the two variants of edge work: each skate separately and both at the same time.

“David has established himself as one of the top developers of talent, while working at one of the top clubs in Europe in Sparta Praha,” said Aaron Wilbur, Founder of The Coaches Site. “His ability to break down individual skills into step-by-step progressions, and make the building blocks applicable to various ages and abilities is invaluable to our audience.”