Thanks Dave
I filmed that in winter of 2008. Clinic was organized by a visiting coach to our club coaches. The demo group was from the club's U15 team.
- 2 or more to develop the attribute
- 1- 2 to maintain the attribute
- He's telling them to keep their "hip up" and the upper body stable.
I'll try and translate the key points to you asap.
Gaston did a skating session last week with my school group. He is incredible at teaching how to skate.
http://hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=2008072311322256 is the video of him talking about skating and the next video he does a demo.
Gaston was skating champion of Switzerland, has a Doctorate in Body Mechanics and was the feature skater for Ice Capades and Holiday on Ice (met his wife there who was a chorus girl skater).
He teaches backward skating and the mechanics of skating better than anyone and I have seen the the other Dr. mentioned on this site instructing as well.
The point is that you never want the body working against itself like when we do the Mohawk turn and stop some of the motion on the pivot.
Anyway, look at it for ideas.
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