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🤘 thank you! One of my teammates was from Latvia 🇱🇻

Thanks for the watch, glad you liked it!

Now I can. Well, almost :-)

claudiovegas it depends. But I would make sure the player is already pretty comfortable with basic edge work and has good hip flexibility and core strength. That being said it’s never too early or late to work on skating

Elite Ice Hockey Analysis & Norcan Hockey yeah you’re right. For normal practice I would always work on both sides but for demonstrations I usually defer to the side I feel most comfortable on.

Yeah the edge chatter is pretty common with this. There are a few variables such as the radius on your skate blade but it's generally just about finding the best part of your foot to apply pressure. I usually press thru the ball of my foot to get the outside edge to dig in the way I want. The first drill usually helps me to find that sweet spot of where I should have my weight.

Late reply to this, but you can gradually work into this move without chatter if you (literally) just dip in your toe first. Start just using the toe area of the blade outside edge, and as you get more confident you can commit more weight and the flatter part of the blade to the turn. Using just the toe lets you shave the ice instead of chattering, until you're ready to commit more to the move. I've taught myself and the kids I coach using this tip. By the way, this is a great video and progression that is taught here.

You’re right in that the forehand can be trickier. Biggest issue is keeping the hands off the hips and away from the body. Easier said than done but when you’re in the cutback try pushing your bottom hand’s shoulder more into the turn, once your upper body is through the turn it’ll be easier to exit.

I think most skaters tend to be inside edge dominant so you’re not alone. A lot of it boils down to strength and mobility in the hips and ankles. There are a few videos on this channel that focus on hip and ankle strength, hope they help!

If you’re able to you can send us a video (email address is in the "about" section) and I’ll take a look. Without seeing it, I’m thinking it has to do with controlling your shoulders and/or the amount of pressure you’re putting into the ice when you punch.

Do you mean the leg that’s punching? If so you can technically still punch from a glide, but even when doing a cutback from a shuffle position (feet outside shoulders and pushing thru inside edge) I personally still pick up my foot so I can get it more in front of my body, and also add a little more power since my foot is technically going up and down as opposed to just turning out…sorry for the ramble does that make sense? A drill to work on that would be shuffling over a padded barrier and exiting with a cutback as soon as you clear the barrier…I like to set it up on the half wall, with the exit either attacking down the wall or thru the seam

Can’t rule the galaxy if you can’t skate!

Sir Isaac kinda. A punch turn I usually use if I’m trying to decelerate and cut laterally. This is more a 180 degree turn

Just off the top of my head it might be your hand placement. For righties turning left, you have to fight to get the right hand/shoulder rotating into the left leg

@reachhockey interesting. I'll have to be more conscious of this, thanks for the response/tip!

It's a 90 to your other foot.

@@morrisvu2772 ah got it thanks