Speed Skating expertise helps Hockey Players:
The Olympic National Speed skating coach works with HOCKEY PLAYERS. Although, speed skaters only skate FW and cross over to the left the efficiency and power of their skating will help hockey players to skate with more knee bend and develop more power by pushing to the side. Having a more power full and efficient forward stride will allow players to get more power for each push as well as to "glide" effectively taking advantage of the power in each stride. Scott Neidermeyer and Paul Coffey are 2 hockey players who have mastered an efficient stride. They glide effortlessly. Taking advantage of skating training by using figure skating and speed skating expertise has helped their skating. Hopefully players in the future will take advantage of this resource to improve their skating. It is the foundation of the game. If you can't skate you can't play.
Bravo, Finally some real good content from an expert. These are the concepts I have been preaching for years now. Great job. Graeme Townshend, Skating Coach for the Toronto Maple Leafs
Goodtown1 2 years ago