Skating Power

http://www.WeissTechHockey.com/blog - Skating power is the first step to achieving hockey speed. Combine power with foot speed for fast overall speed.

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[MiniMelful]

Hello great video! Just wanted to ask if you know or not but when you're bent over do u arch your back so the shape is like a u and stick yout butt out or do you tuck your bum in and almost like clinching your butt cheeks. thanks

[weissie20]

@MiniMelful your lower back should be fairly neutral when skating... not overly arched, but definitely not rounded either. the main thing to worry about is that you're bending at the knees, not as much at the waist. some people misunderstand "getting lower" as bending more at the waist. doing this will mess up your balance, and throw you forward. hope that helps!

[liljoepro871]

man make sure next time you tech this that you make sure the kids heads up or hes not going to have one, one of these days lol

[weissie20]

@liljoepro871 haha - ya, especially now that they're banning checking at PeeWee here in the States! just kidding :P good point... i was more interested in dissecting the stride itself on this vid, so i had just told him to sprint from blue line to blue line. always a good idea to keep your head up though!

[Furiousme]

Toe snap is great and i have already increased my speed. However its hard to do this automatically after years skating without toe snap :/

[weissie20]

@Furiousme i agree - old habits die hard!

[weissie20]

@LiPTACLV he was 10 years old at the time, so make sure you're comparing apples to apples. maybe it's hard to tell from this clip, but he was (and still is) a very explosive skater.

[topcornerwristshot]

@weissie20 k thanks

[weissie20]

@clucku399 thanks!

[weissie20]

@topcornerwristshot if your arms are swinging against your momentum, it will slow you down. In other words, you're trying to make your body move forward, but your arms are swinging side to side, it's making you work harder for less result.

[clucku399]

im suprised you know all of this, explain the arm thing more alot of kids dont pick up on it alot of kids dont see how much they lose swinging their arms, all the momentum, blah blah you know what im talking about. i play jrs in nj now and used to take figure skating lessons when 3 and 4 and being 18 now it was the best choice. good luck with your stuff and keep it going your helping alot of people