Power Skating is a high-energy instructional program geared towards hockey and ringette players. This program focuses on balance, control and agility skills including components of power and speed. Skating skills, techniques and performance drills are taught in a progressive format to enhance the skating ability required in game situations. Not only does Power Skating improve straight-line acceleration, but also backward skating, tight glide turns, forward and backward crossovers and more.
Skaters must have basic forward and backward skating skills to register in our power skating programs. Full hockey/ringette equipment is required, including stick.
Power 1
Ages 5 - 9 yrs
(House/Local League, select, md, b/bb, ds, b, a)
Designed to teach the skating fundamentals needed to improve speed, quickness, and overall skating agility. Fundamental techniques are taught correctly from the start, allowing skaters to develop their skills slowly and increase speed as the skill is mastered.
Focus:
- Proper stride techniques forward and backward
- Lengthening your stride
- Edge control, stopping
- Forward and backward crossovers
- Explosive skating moves, high velocity turns and pivots
- Introduction to forward laterals
- All of the above is done without the puck
Power 2
Ages 10 yrs and older
(House/Local League, select, md, b/bb, a/aa, aaa, ds, c/b, bb), rep. players, or at the discretion of NHP Staff
Designed to further skating fundamentals and continue to improve speed, quickness, and overall skating agility.
Focus:
- Continued forward and backward stride technique
- Explosive acceleration, stride efficiency agility/foot speed, quickness
- Power and speed, dynamic balance, speed with the puck
- Explosive skating moves, high velocity turns and pivots
- Forward and backward crossovers
- Quick feet crossovers
- Forward and backward laterals
- All of the above is done with and without the puck