A Formation Exercises
Skating, puck handling and shooting skills can be done from the various A Formations.
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A2 – The Forward Skating Stride
This is a video from Finland with a good demonstration of the forward stride by pro players, followed by young players striding…
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A3 – The Backward Skating Stride
This is a video from Finland with a good demonstration of the backward stride by pro players, followed by young players striding…
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A3 – Swedish Skating Exercises
Demo of skating plus a pdf with the drills to work on backward skating and transition skating.
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A – Skating Instruction-Demonstration and a Power point in english is attached in the Thumbnail
Here’s skating video that me, our hockey club’s head of coaching and FIHA regional instructor made for our hockey club in Finland.…
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A – Dr. Gaston Schaeffer Demonstrates Skating Technique
Gaston and his son show how to work on skating in all directions.
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A300 Walk Outs and Walk Ins – Sweden U20
A300 Shoot-Rebound-Walk In-Walk out – Swedish U20 Key Points: Shoot while skating and follow the shot for a rebound. Fake and build…
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A300 Toe Drag and Finish with a Shot
Key Points: Keep your hands away from the body. Roll the wrists especially with the top hand and slide the bottom hand…
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A3 Big Moves Warm up, HC Dukla Camp
Players skate around the ice and practice stickhandling moves all around the body, in the feet and try to separate the movement…
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A3 Backward to Forward Pivots and Starts
Key Points: Knees must be bent and the hip open for the turn. Practice in both directions. Description: 1. Start skating backwards…
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A3 Backward Crossovers in 5 Circles
Description: Skate around the circle in each direction. 1. Focus on striding with outside leg. 2. Skate using each leg. 3. Hold…
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A200 Puck Protection Circuit
Key Points: Shield the puck with the body. Use quick turns, head and body fakes, pivots, escape moves to gain the offensive…
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A200 Puck Handling Circuit
Key Points: Protect the puck with the body. Develop big moves all around the body and thru the legs to shield the…
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A200 Chaos Puck Handling 1
A200 Chaos Puck Handling 1 Key Points: Make moves, protect the puck, go hard on the whistle. Designate moves, add pucks, play…
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A200 Balance and Edges with Puck and Shot
A200 Skating Warm-up for Edges and Balance with a Puck and Shot Key Points: Good players can move in all directions efficiently…
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A2 Forward and Backward Stride and Choctaw Turn
Gaston Schaeffer does a warm-up using all of the edges and then teaches the fundamentals of the forward and backward stride. He…
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A2 Starting and Stopping
A2 Starting and Stopping Key Points: Work on quick starts and sudden stops. Fall forward and take quick steps back the first…
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A2 Skating Warm-up for Edges and Balance
A2 Skating Warm-up for Edges and Balance Key Points: Good players can move in all directions efficiently because they and use all…
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A200 Russian Puck-Handling Warm-up with Shots with Vladimir Yursinov
This can be done every time players go on the ice to expand their muscle memory. The point of these exercises is…
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A2 Gaston Forward and Back Skating and Transition Turn
Gaston Schaeffer leads a group of 12-14 year old girls and boys. They cover: 1. Forward long stride. 2. Forward medium stride.…
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A2 Forward Stride-Gaston
I have put together various videos of Dr. Gaston Schaeffer teaching skating. Gaston has a Doctorate in Body Mechanics and taught at…
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A2 Defensive Back Skating
A2 Defensive Back Skating Key Points: All the players including the goalies do this. Zig zag back keeping good posture and practice…
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A2 Creating Tension in the Forward Stride
Dr. Gaston Schaeffer (Body Mechanics), Olympic Figure Skating Coach, Swiss skating champion, feature skater for Holiday on Ice and Ice Capades, skating…
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A2 Puck Dog and Pass Dog
A2 Puck Dog and Pass Dog Key Points: Encourage the players to use moves and fakes, change of pace and to protect…
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A1 Weight Transfer with Balls and Pucks
Dr. Gaston Schaeffer uses balls and pucks to introduce beginner skaters to sideways motion of skating. • Introduce the tennis ball. Start…
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A1 Testing Skate Blade Alignment
Key Points: It is important that the skate blade is aligned properly so that you can glide straight and not off to…
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A300 Triple Threat Position
A300 Triple Threat Position Key Points: Handle the puck all around the body. Have loose shoulders. Triple threat position means you can…
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A300 Advanced Puckhandling 3 from Finland
Difficult stickhandling moves are demonstrated.
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A300 Advanced Puckhandling Moves from Finland
Advanced moves are shown.
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A300 Before and After Practice Skills – Russian U20
This video shows the Russian U20 Team warm up at the start of practice with individual skills and cool down at the…
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A200 Agility Edges Balance with a Puck and Shot
A200 Skating Warm-up for Edges and Balance with a Puck and Shot Key Points: Good players can move in all directions efficiently…
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A200 – Skating and Puckhandling from Finland
Finnsih players practice skills.
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A – Alex Tanguagy and the Triple Threat Position
Alex Tanguay is one of the best puck handlers and passers in the world and is a great example of keeping the…
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Edge School Puck Handling
12 year olds practice
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A – Ball Drop Quick Start
One partner drop a tennis ball while the other waits in the ready position 3-5 metres away. The goal is for the…
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A300 Big Moves _ Russian Warm-up
A300 Big Moves _ Russian Warm-up Key Points: Increase the size of the moves by reaching as far as possible with the…
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A200 Variable Goal Training – Skating and Puckhandling
A200 Variable Goal Training – Skating and Puckhandling Key Points: Simulate a defender by using small nets as obstacles. The player skates…
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A300 Individual Warm-up-Flames
A300 Individual Warm-up-Flames At the beginning of practice the players skate around, handle the puck making moves and shoot on the net.…
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Backward Skating Introduction – Jasper
Gaston and his son teach the group the weight transfer in backward skating. They start with weight shift and progress to the…
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A3 Jasper Skating Group 2012
This is the group of 25 skaters we worked with. Ages 6-16 and ability group from beninner to U18 AAA. Our camp…
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A2 Forward Stride Basics -Jasper 2012
Skating is a sideways motion falling one way and then the other. Good knee bend and full extension maximize the power. This…
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A2 Edges Jasper 2012
This edges and balance warm up gets the athlete in the proper body position and trusting their edges.
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A2 Crossover Basics -Jasper Summer Camp
A3 Skating Five Circles Key Points: Skate around the five circles and change direction each circle. Upper body rotate in when skating…
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A2 Crossover-Pivots-Balance U18
A2 Crossover-Pivots-Balance U18 Key Points: Balance position with as much blade on the ice as possible. Turn and pivot with balance. In…
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A3 Figure Skater Edges and Balance Warm-up
A3 Figure Skater Edges and Balance Warm-up Key Points: Skate forward and backward pivoting each way. Skate on all of the edges…
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A2 Chocktow and Tight Turns – Jasper Small Group
A2 Chocktow and Tight Turns – Jasper Small Group Key Points: Go front to back on an arc using the Chocktow pivot…
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A300 Skating and Skill Circuit
A300 Skating and Skill Circuit U18 Key Points: Players move from station to station and do skating, shooting and puck protection skills.…
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A2 Skating Agility-Power-Balance U18
A2 Skating Agility-Balance-Power-Coordination Circuit U18 Key Points: Focus on good technique with the weight over the middle of the blade and using…