Being an Offensive Defenseman

[@ScottCampbell-d7y]

This was the best video by far on KZbin on how to be a threat offensively from the blueline.

[@Dean-h5p7n]

My wife was shocked I told her I wanted to learn to play rec hockey. Thanks for your YT lessons.

[@kellianhockey]

Lol... never too old to start something new. Careful... this is a super fun game!!! Most of my best friends are teammates from my Men's league team. Such a great game on so many levels.

[@Awingx1]

Best content with actionable explanations and tricks of the trade! Please do more content like that for D

[@seankelly9998]

Really love your content. You break it down to the bare minimum. Well done. I’m an older skater and this helps me.

[@howood1310]

I've watched this video at least 20 times. thx

[@armiddle29]

Makar does it best I think, love watching him play

[@kellianhockey]

Couldn't agree with you more. He is so good. To have that kind of confidence along the blueline as last man back... against the best defenders on the planet... amazing.

[@gladiatorbootcamp]

Great tips for D men! Going to work on these for sure Thank you

[@regyy3019]

This video is great. I'm going to practice this drill thousand of times this summer with my marsblades👍

[@nicktml4683]

Great video! This has helped so much

[@ogden700]

Really helpful! Respect.

[@michaelharris-2001]

Best players on the ice they control the flow

[@ronaldkonig8568]

Great video! Thank you

[@leppsqueeze]

Just learning to skate, question, when you say backward inside edges are you putting weight on back of skate? love the videos you have made, wish you could do more. thanks.

[@kellianhockey]

Hey! When you are backwards skating, the pressure is middle of the skate and forward (when you push off, it's the ball of your foot). I am putting together a couple of skating courses geared for adults. One will help develop your balance. The other will breakdown the skating techniques. The balance one will be set up so you can go to the rink and listen with Earbuds and have short training sessions with some planned sequences. Pretty cool. That will be ready hopefully in a couple of weeks!

[@leppsqueeze]

@@kellianhockey Thanks for responding, excited to check out your skating technique courses and definitely need balance help, falling backwards has been a problem.

[@leppsqueeze]

Also, one more thing, just a stretch here, you would may be the first to do this if you wanted but I practice during public skating, no sticks, where is a good place to place your arms during some of the skating drills you do. Fwd stride I get but other drills not sure. thanks.

[@kellianhockey]

@@leppsqueeze In the forward stride... yes... let your arms swing. Everything else, I would say to have both of your hands in front of you. Imagine you are holding a drink in each of your hands... arms bent. That will be as close to where your hands would if you were holding your stick.

[@rpogontsev]

Gonna translate your explanation to russian and transmit it to my son

[@kellianhockey]

Awesome!

[@WilhelmFreidrich]

If you want to be offensive, just use curse words and slurs.

[@kellianhockey]

Verrry important skill set too right there: how good is your “chirping”?. I recommend watching “Shoresy”. Top Talent.

[@timmyjimmy7413]

​@@kellianhockeyI can't believe you would say something so controversial yet so brave.