Inside & Outside Edge Progressions: INTRO TO HOCKEY

[@MARIOGARCIA-oz1gc]

Awesome videos, love the easy direction and explanation. What's your recomendation on Skate radius, both youth and adult?

[@christophermasalskis4312]

This is so true, I see so many young players never using that outside edge…great video…will incorporate this into our next lesson for sure!

[@nsdahockey]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video, good luck with your team. I'd love to hear how they come along throughout the season, hopefully their outside edges improve!

[@aaronwhite1786]

Great video as always, even if I'm not a kid but a 37 year old guy trying to undo a few years of self-taught skating! I started working with a figure skating coach in one-on-one sessions, and it's been really great for just seeing how much a little change or phrase can make things click. Little things you think you're doing, like turning your shoulders in, which then turns your hips and your knee above your skates actually letting you turn and get on that outside edge is huge. I went from struggling with hockey stopping on my good side, with them being nonexistent on my other side, to getting a working stop in a few tries with just about 5 minutes of on-ice effort. Not sure if this is some company "secret sauce" but one thing I've always wondered about specialist NHL coaches is if you're there with the players at practice all the time, if you run a few practices with your own drills for players, or if you are kind of a coach on "retainer" where players can come to you individually when they have something they want to work on, or that their coach has pointed out is something they need to work on improving. Keep up the great videos!

[@nsdahockey]

Great to hear that your skills are improving, players can continue to improve no matter age of level they are playing at. As for NHL skills coaches, I am out for team practices and will run some of the team drills or my own individual drills with players. Just like what you are going through, If I see an inefficiency or bad technique in an area of a players game I will address it and create some drills or game situations in practice where we can work on it. With professional players its sometimes very small things that go a long way, could be simple reminders that helps them turn better, add more power to their shot, release the puck quicker...

[@aaronwhite1786]

@@nsdahockey That's awesome! I've always been curious how it works when you've got the power skating coaches and skills coaches, since in my mind it always seems like there's so many coaches at any given time, it might be hard to find time to work on the smaller details between the packed schedule NHL players probably have during the season. Thanks for the peek behind the curtain, and the continued great videos on KZbin!

[@nsdahockey]

@@aaronwhite1786 thank you for watching our videos. We appreciate the feedback. Inside scoops are always fun!!

[@nsdahockey]

Great to hear that you’re working on and improving your skating. Some teams have specialty coaches that come in for a couple of days a month and work with players. A lot of teams are now hiring full time skills/skating coaches. I’m at all practices and have the opportunity to run drills with players before and after practice to hit on specific individual or team needs. Sometimes players just want to get extra reps with certain skills (shooting, wall work, passing, puck handling…). I hope that helps.