In this week’s video, we take a look at one of my favorite skating drills – The Star Drill. The Star Drill is a great, quick exercise to work on lateral mobility, stops & starts, and foot speed. It also has the benefit of being a great conditioning drill.
We’re back with a video this week breaking down another essential skating aspect of the game. This week’s video focuses on the forward stride. Becoming an efficient skater with proper technique is essential to being the fastest skater you can become.
HockeyShare & M2 Hockey are excited to offer you the free download of M2 Hockey’s Beginner Station Manual. The manual is aimed at running effective practices for beginning level skaters. The entire program utilizes stations to maximize the involvement of each player on the ice. It is designed to be a 10-week program, and comes complete with drill diagrams and explanations.
The hockey crossover is an essential part of any hockey player’s skating arsenal. In this video, we break down the crossover into easy teaching points and give ideas on how to coach your players into using better technique.
This week’s video from M2 Hockey and HockeyShare.com features a great drill to work on defensive player mobility, footwork, and quick reaction. The drill requires two players and 4 cones and only takes a minute to set up.
This week’s video expands on one of our most popular past videos. When we posted the original Defensive Escape Turns video, we got lots of positive feedback from the community, so we wanted to expand on the drill. The expansion of the drill adds two shots. While this addition may seem small, when incorporating them into this drill, you’ll quickly see how much more challenging the drill becomes.
This week’s video shows a very simple shooting drill to work on “roofing” the puck in close. For this video we took the same foam rink dividers we used in the jumping video last week, and stacked them in front of the net so only a small top-shelf area was open.
This week’s video drill is a lot of fun. In this clip, we focus on explosive jumping and balance. While jumping itself doesn’t always have a direct use in games, the skills and techniques it works on play a vital role in skating ability.
This quick agility shooting drill works on quick moves and shot release, slap shots, and shooting against your body’s momentum. Visit www.m2hockey and www.hockeyshare.com for more tips and drills.
This power skating and edgework circuit is meant to be performed continuously and works on the fundamentals of hockey skating.