Lindsay Tilley is the founder and owner of Hockey Edge Agility Training (HEAT), which provides individual and team development opportunities year round. As a USFS Triple Gold Medalist, Tilley’s focus is improving the technical aspect of each player’s skating game to include proper skating technique, maximum power, on-ice agility, and edge control. Tilley is also currently the power skating instructor for the Colonial Youth Boys and Girls Organization and the Morris County Kings Organization, and a member of the NHLCA Female Coaches Development Program.
During her 25-minute Global Skills Showcase presentation, Tilley teaches everything you need to know about Power Pulls. Here's a breakdown of her lesson, which includes a five-step learning process:
- Receive
- What is a power pull?
- Process
- What am I asking of the player? What is the bio mechanical breakdown?
- Assimilate
- Drills to train and teach those mechanics. What are the building blocks from start to mastering?
- Store
- Did we get it? No? What are my common errors?
- Master
- Performing the skill in all ways. Forward/Backward/Right Foot/Left Food, which can also include challenging variations
“Lindsay Tilley brings a wealth of experience as an elite level figure skater and coach,” said Aaron Wilbur, Founder of The Coaches Site. “In making the transition to coaching hockey players full time, she is able to leverage her understanding of the biomechanics of skating, such as body positioning, posture and edge control to turn good skaters into great skaters. In today’s game, it should be a prerequisite for all coaches to have a basic understanding of how to teach proper skating technique and Lindsay will provide this to The Coaches Site community.”
