Ice Hockey - Balance In The Forward Stride

Balance in the forward stride - Beginners
Notice how these less experienced skaters wrestle with their balance... As a matter of fact, this kind of out of sync movement -- with the arms and legs going every which way -- really robs a player of the energy he or she will need when it's time to go all out.

A body always seeks to balance itself in any movement. Consequently, because a skater in full-stride is thrusting primarily towards the outside, his or her arms must move along the same -- side to side plane -- in equal but opposite movements.

Notice that kind of balancing -- and rhythm -- apparent here And, in contrast to the beginner samples, it should be obvious that this guy is able to conserve his energy while cruising at a pretty good pace.

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[madthetop1]

question fast respond for coach chic . one of my favorite player is marian hossa because i love his game position with one hand on stick but when its time to get his job to take the puck go hard for it and how he skate, tell me coach do you think is a good observision to say something like that to be better in a game for improving your game please respond me? i read your comments and i loved your explain of vision types ?

[TheCoachChic]

The take-off in hockey is almost identical to sprinting (outdoors). After only a few steps, however, the proper motion is show in the above movie (science says so).

As for your feelings... You might be doing things rightly but don't know it. Or, like many skaters, you might not be doing things properly. (That is, after all, the reason my partner made the video available to the masses.)

[macsftw]

When I'm in a sprint to the puck I know I swing my arms forward and back.

same when I'm skating for fun, picking up speed.

[TheCoachChic]

All that said, I have noticed a few forward to backward arm pumpers to be fast straight-ahead. Their problem: they tend to be what I call "linear skaters", and have real difficulty with lateral movements. (It's all or nothing for them. Ironically, I don't think I've ever seen one of these types be good with the puck, probably because they're too committed -- with the arms and legs -- to a straight-ahead movement.

[TheCoachChic]

Besides studying under some of the world's top analysts, I've used video since 1979 to study the stride (and more). And, while a lot of PLAYERS think they skate differently, or feel like they pump their arms differently, the video shows proper (scientific) body mechanics (see next post).

[macsftw]

Okay but isn't it best to learn to skate with arms swinging forward first than than from side to side?

[TheCoachChic]

I think a lot of people misunderstood the gist of this video... For, while a hockey player moves in countless ways doing a shift, this particular type of striding saves energy for when a player later goes all-out.

[macsftw]

I apologise for being rude before.

[macsftw]

The way I was taught was to is to move each arm in succession with each stride, i have noticed when you swing your arms whilst skating forward it puts you off balance.

I guess this should have been my first post, sorry.

[TheCoachChic]

Sorry, guess I can't help you.