1. Re: Skating Backwards
I was recently watching peewees do skill testing. One of the drills was 100' straight backward skating. After wathching several good skaters have slow starts because of poor cross overs, I asked a senior coach that I was standing by what he thought of cross over starts. He ...
by Al Takle on 11/07 12:07PM - Forum - 0 Hits

2. Skating Backwards
I have a question on how to start skating backwards, such as the D leaving the blue line. Should you do a cross over start or just take off using C cuts? I believe that cross overs generally don't help you gain much more speed and ...
by Al Takle on 10/18 01:20PM - Forum - 4,480 Hits

3. Re: U Tube Coaching clips by Wally Kozak
I took the time to watch "Pylons Puck Control" and "Small Area Progressive practice". They are both excellent. Normally I don't like to use props in pratice but the pylon puck control is an excellent use of cones. I would probably use extra nets for the Small ...
by Al Takle on 06/07 06:39PM - Forum - 0 Hits