You’re welcome! Have fun trying it out!

You're very welcome! I try to mix up the German and the English

Yeah it’s basically the same movement but without a change of direction and a wider open-hip radius than a transition

I’d only look back if the puck was also coming from that direction

@@MarcelsHockeySchool Could a look "back" also aid in deception, to make the opponent think you're about to change direction or pass back (assuming you're carrying the puck)?

@@PaulMarangoni yes. I think when you load up the back foot you’ll automatically look back a tiny bit.

Thanks so much!

I'm not sure of the actual physics, but I saw a few higher levels players doing it, as well as a young phenom over here in Germany doing it every time he would want to pick up a bit of speed, so I decided also to try it out myself. I feel that I can load up my back leg more than when doing a regular crossover, and that my blade angle changes so that I'm pushing directly backward (causing more forward momentum) than when crossing over where I'm kind of pushing sideways. Opening the hip also allows my to go straight ahead whereas the crossover changes your direction a bit. I would probably stick to the crossover when I already have a lot of speed going (because this is quite hard to do at high speeds), but use this at lower speeds, often when gliding after a pass reception, when I want to explode forward quickly from low speed.

Hi. Check out my playlists. There are a ton of basic videos in them.

Vielen lieben Dank! Ich komme aber tatsächlich aus Kanada :D

@@MarcelsHockeySchool Jetzt schließt sich der Kreis :D !