Hardest Backward Stop

MMSP - Hardest Backward Stop presented by Dan Selin, age 54 (2011).

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• Dan Selin
• MMSP
• Hockey Air
• Hockey Skill Development
• Hockey Plan
• Hockey Science

[MMSPHockey]

hockeycanada18: Thanks for your comments. A 1 skate stop is executed when a skate edge is rotated into a perpendicular position in the direction of travel. Next, knee flexion is executed to generate potential energy, this creates friction between the skate edge and the ice to stop.This same knee flexion energizes the muscles to become spring loaded for the first push-off.

Balance is not an issue, when a player trains this particular stop creating muscle memory.It's executed in an automatic mode.

[MMSPHockey]

PART 1 Explanation billboy: Thanks for your comments.

Inorder to understand the functional purpose of this stop, we need to understand 'friction' and 'kinetic energy'. Kinetic energy is the energy of motion - skating. Friction is the pressure applied by the skate edge into the ice, this force creates drag which removes the kinetic energy of skating;hence, stopping.

Amount of friction = stopping power.

The first push-off, is the same in both stop methods - the stop skate is the first push-off.

[MMSPHockey]

PART 2 Explanation billboy: This stop is executed when the left hip and left skate is turned inward. This is the 'body set-up' needed to use the outside skate edge to stop.

The inside skate edge stop, the hip and skate are turned outward.

The inward rotation generates 'more friction' then the outward rotation. More friction = more stopping power.

It's also more productive, account the stop is excecuted facing the game play - the outward rotation is executed with the body turned sideways.

[MMSPHockey]

I'm glad to hear some are executing this stop. MMSP trains 6 differnet stops that can be executed when skating backwards. This particular stop is executed with the left foot turned inward (not outward) to grab the outside skate edge - at top speeds. After instructing 1000's of players over 30 + years (at all levels) I have yet to see it executed . As well as, this stop has never been published or executed on video before.

[MMSPHockey]

The T-Stop in figure skating is executed on the outside while leaning backwards.

[MMSPHockey]

You're correct in saying that the T-Stop is executed on the outside edge when it is used in figure skating. However in ice hockey, the figure skating T-Stop doesn't have a practical application in the game. MMSP teaches a single skate inside edge stop while the other leg moves into position for the next push off. This alignment is similar to a "T" form. The distinction in ice hockey is that all stops are executed with the upper torso leaning forward.

[WitemenHidin]

My brother, who's 11, has been playing for only two years. The first time he tried this, he did it better than you did in this video.

[Wolfi4eva]

@BeaTzDruGz ok then, id like you to record a video of you doing it.

[BeaTzDruGz]

Thats not hard im 12 and can do this . Nub

[27branacecen]

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[SharksfanSJS12]

i can do that in my sleep

[SIOUXMAN74]

Its easy

[Gotyk994]

One question, has anyone tried doing it without a hockey stick? I'm a speed skater but I do freestyle skating as well and just wondered if I wouldn't just kill myself before I actually go out and do it :)

[0ffTheAir]

I can do that :/? But I think its

More effective to do backwards crossovers back into forward skating, gets your speed up without losing your momentum