How to Skate Fast: What Really Matters!

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5 ай бұрын

Powerskating has become really complicated over the last few years. There is a lot of fancy lingo being thrown around, and a lot of coaches seem to have become completely focused on having their players skate like certain specific NHL players.
This really irritates me; everybody is unique. Everybody is different. No two players are going to skate alike.
We as coaches have to accept this, and instead of pressing players into a certain mold, in which they may not fit, we need to find ways to maximize each player's own special skating style! Two different styles can both be very fast on the ice!
In this video I'll show you what really matters with regards to skating fast, and what doesn't. I also compare two very fast skaters, Dylan Larkin and Connor McDavid, who both have very different skating styles.
I hope, that I can make skating fast less complicated for you!
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@BobSacamano226 5 ай бұрын

As an older adult player, having heard so much advice over the years, I find you have a great “Keep it simple” teaching style. Great lesson, thank you.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

You’re most welcome! Yeah I try to explain everything so that pros but also beginners can understand. I think if you can only explain things in a way that an expert can understand then you are not a good coach.

@occultustactical6138 4 ай бұрын

In 2007 I had an opportunity to skate with some of the Stanley Cup winning NY Rangers. Mark Messier, Adam Graves, and even Glenn Anderson who was a known speedster. Just for context I’m more of a beer league guy who played some competitive hockey while I was at NATO in Germany when I got to play with the local Canadian team. It was an absolute blast playing with the Canadian guys. Getting back to playing with the Rangers I spent four days on the ice, one day at MSG. What amazed me was how little movement it took for them to get going, high speed. Mess would literally glide up the ice and pass people who were actively skating. He never really had to do much. The skating and the overall talent was so far beyond my beer league comprehension. It was amazing. Glenn, like the others, had been retired for a few years at that point but could absolutely fly up the ice like he had rockets on his skates. I can’t imagine what Conner McDavid must be like…. Anyway thanks for the video. Very helpful.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 4 ай бұрын

you're welcome! Yes once they get going the best players can keep their speed very easily. Also, having a flatter hollow with the skate sharpening helps as well.

@mkslave9108 5 ай бұрын

As an ex pro too and former youth coach, this video is priceless. Very good, worthy and reasonable observations.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@jeffholt3841 5 ай бұрын

Keep your blade in the ice as much as possible. You don't need to pick up your feet much when you skate. Transitioning, turning, crossovers, keep the blade down, work on being fluid. Fluidity is very important and saves energy and keeps speed up.

@user-cb9uy1zb9l 4 ай бұрын

I just wanted to say great job and awesome videos. My daughter and I just started playing this year and we absolutely love your videos. Keep up the great work!

@MarcelsHockeySchool 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! I’ll do my best!

@MaskSwabe 5 ай бұрын

So much useful information. Thank you for sharing this 🙏

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

You’re most welcome!

@hunterrobinson6635 2 ай бұрын

Dude your videos are so ridiculously helpful for someone who’s trying to learn how to play hockey on a budget and can’t afford lessons. Thanks so much, and seeing your videos and hockey’s popularity in Germany has me very excited to study abroad there! Danke von Amerika!

@MarcelsHockeySchool 2 ай бұрын

Hey, that’s a lot, you’re most welcome! Hockey is getting more popular in Germany, but soccer is still by far number 1, and always will be over here 🤷‍♂️

@lydson 5 ай бұрын

Really useful information. It's helping me improve a lot. Thank you.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome! Glad I could help!

@paologrisanti4627 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. Always love your videos. For me what I find hard, as dumb as it may sound, is to keep staying low.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

Well, stating low is actually way harder than people think😃 Here is a video with a bunch of drills that could help you with that though: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n6l7ldJ1sq6yaac.htmlsi=adnwmwN9H4R0zOmo

@joseph-fernando-piano 4 ай бұрын

As someone who started skating and playing hockey as an adult in my late 20s, the hardest thing for me has always been remembering to keep my legs bent and to "sit down" into my skating stance, which is especially counterintuitive coming from a running/sprinting background... even after 7 or 8 years and having gotten much better at hockey, I can still tell from videos of myself skating that my form is not quite natural compared to someone who grew up skating and playing hockey...

@frankz6881 5 ай бұрын

I can’t agree more!!! Thanks for sharing!

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

You're most welcome!

@OnlyOneDSK 5 ай бұрын

Another helpful video! You have helped me tremendously with your videos, thank you kindly! From western Ny, USA

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

You’re most welcome! Greetings from Germany!

@RB-nv4ri 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful message, thank you!!

@MarcelsHockeySchool 4 ай бұрын

You’re welcome!

@lightweave 2 ай бұрын

Great video, with good tips! I would love to see a similar video on how to skate backwards fast!

@MarcelsHockeySchool 2 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! I have a backward skating tutorial in German, but yes, I should do one in English as well.

@lightweave 2 ай бұрын

@@MarcelsHockeySchool I can watch the german as well. I looked through your videos but didnt see it. Can you give me a link or the title? I will look again. Sind die deutschen Videos in einem seperaten Kanal? Edit: Habs jetzt doch gefunden!

@RobertStJohn-ro1hp 15 күн бұрын

To encourage shin angle I always cue "chest over your toes" in addition to "get low". That also helps prevent kids falling backwards because of too much weight on their heals.

@BenBreeg1138 5 ай бұрын

I remember that outside edge to inside edge roll they used to teach on the recovery leg. Definitely gives that “long smooth” stride appearance but then guys like Crosby and others came along and planted the recovery foot right under their hip and instantly were using that leg to stride.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

Yes, but I think that you can still be very fast with a long stride. I’m glad though that the shorter stride is also more accepted now because it used to be totally frowned upon.

@BenBreeg1138 5 ай бұрын

Agree. I think the portion of the stride in both that is actually pushing is probably the same or similar. The old way had that landing on the outside edge roll to the inside edge that wasn’t actually doing anything. So the actual length of time you are pushing in both may not be as drastic a difference as it looks, but the modern way may be more efficient. Would love to see more testing on these mechanics (because I am a nerd :) ).

@stevemcqueen15 4 ай бұрын

Great vid. You have awesome form. Growing up we were taught chest up 2 hands on the stick. I received a lot of laps and pushups for skating like you 😅 I am still one of the quickest in my 40’s lol

@MarcelsHockeySchool 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yeah I was taught chest up as well. It’s not completely wrong, because leaning too far forward is bad as well…somewhere in the middle is best!

@KevinDoole 4 ай бұрын

the long stride short stride thingy is SUCH a good observation. With long strides, if you time it perfectly, you can actually blaze down the ice while only really pushing for about 300ms, i think kinda when your feet are approaching their widest part of the stride. Combining the arm swing and shifting the body weight side to side, again, perfectly timed, seems to give these little nitro bumpos. Finally, remembering to kick the toes behind you at the last possible second, and idunno if this is just some kind of placebo, but that part makes you literally take off from the ice and fly around above everyone, haha. Anyhoo, this is a freaking rad vid; you are unbelievably good at explaining this stuff!!!!

@MarcelsHockeySchool 4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! I don’t really focus on flicking the toes anymore (I used to), because I find that when you just focus on a full leg extension your toes are going to flick pretty much automatically.

@KevinDoole 4 ай бұрын

Sweet, can't to try that, thanks!@@MarcelsHockeySchool

@tysonmann3555 5 ай бұрын

Hey man this is a great video and you are bang on, on every point in this video. I've studied ground based sprinting and biomechanics (as well as for skating as my son is a hockey player) and if you dig and research it enough, the best sprint coaches advocate what you are saying for sprinting. Usain Bolt had different strategy for sprinting than Bob Hayes, Carl Lewis, Ben Johnson, Donovan Bailey, Micheal Johnson, Asafa Powell, and Christian Coleman. Yet they were all very fast using their own unique strengths based on their anatomical structures and solutions to running fast. Coaches though both for sprinting and skating like to point to certain individuals to base their entire speed philosophy (which is so wrong).

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

Exactly. Everyone is different. You have to Maximize the strengths of your athletes, and minimize the weaknesses. You can’t completely change them into a totally different style of skater or sprinter.

@Simone-uu8ne 5 ай бұрын

as an adult new player, I think the most difficult thing is to remember to keep the legs bent whilst you're going full speed. I cannot even count how many times I've fallen on ice because my legs were like spaghetti haha...

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

Haha absolutely! The biggest difference between beginners and pros is definitely the knee bend.

@LjubaPantovic1 27 күн бұрын

I like it👌🏆 Its great when people like me,who like to practice hockey and they aren’t players,can learn and improve skills by watching and listening simple but very useful advices,like yours⭐️

@MarcelsHockeySchool 27 күн бұрын

I’m glad that I could help you out, and my advice is for everyone, beginner to pros!

@LjubaPantovic1 27 күн бұрын

@@MarcelsHockeySchool l am already Pro but in other sport (hockey is my love forever),and ofcourse l support motivation theme “beginner to pro” because if you really want something you can achieve it 🏆🥇

@mattetjus 4 ай бұрын

Great vid! I would also like to stress the importance of core strength - one large reason behind the "skating with arms draging the ice", "swinging puppet arms" or the "popeye-like aggressivly tense arms", i believe is due to lack of core strength - or, insufficient control of their core muscles (which both is more common with the high amount of e-sport/gaming)

@MarcelsHockeySchool 4 ай бұрын

Thanks, yes the core is super important and also leg strength. I just wanted to stay focused on technique here because otherwise the video would have been way too long.

@dloc999 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Marcel! As a new coach myself do you have any videos/ are you thinking of making a video on how players can comfortable staying low? It's something I try to teach my players but haven't been able to think of drills that really help them get more comfortable being in a low stance

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

Hey thanks! Yeah a made a whole video about this a couple of years ago. It’s in German but I subtitle all my German vids: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n6l7ldJ1sq6yaac.htmlsi=mvFTueOaZ6kyhiqZ

@dloc999 5 ай бұрын

@@MarcelsHockeySchool this is perfect. Danke!

@jugglejazz 5 ай бұрын

Great video! There’s lots of dogma out there. Good to simplify again.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@balazstoti5535 4 ай бұрын

Szuper tippek, köszi Marcel!

@MarcelsHockeySchool 4 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome!

@BMack37 4 ай бұрын

I've done well in the past by telling them to bend their knees enough that they can't see their toecaps in full gear. It gets them in the ball park of a deep knee bend. To jump you bend your knees deep before you extend for your jump; its the same thing, you're using the most out of your leg muscles by getting low and extending. You're also a lot more stable which is just as important, if not moreso. I also learned from the same school as you, pushing out is like pinching a marble, except the force is going outward, it naturally pushes you forward. Toe down first, so you "Skate downhill" with an emphasis on the toe flick follow through. Hands in tight, bent elbows but allowing the body to twist as if you were swinging your arms. Worked for me, I learned the arm thing from Smarthockey's Lecavalier training CD haha Great video, wonderfully done.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! Knees over the toecaps is a good idea because it’s simple to follow👍

@alexandrumoisac4910 3 ай бұрын

Couse all your videos was very helpfull for me and a lot of secret for free ! thanks a lot for all! Excuse my English , i want to tell you and your viewer a little secret to go faster on ice. To be in a good balance when skating some advices : Teach your body first and your feet will follow! First use your upper body ( trunc) to transfer the weight from one leg to other then the arms, the weight transfered will helps to improve speed !2) the longer blade on the ice, the slower the skater! 3) the hands must move in this way ... side to side and before the skating leg touch the ice or in other words touch the ice when oposite arm arrive on the middle of the body! the arms will move upper body a little bit rapidly than upper body and will be to the side before skating leg touch ice! a good exercise is to skate with both hands on the stick mooving side to side to feel how the weight will be transfered from one leg to other and helps to speed! thanks a lot! i hope you understand me ! so in one phrase Move weight with upper body and hands before skating leg touch the ice!

@jeremyyan437 5 ай бұрын

I was trying to emphasize to my 10U A team last year that skating form is so important. I had roller hockey players that skated almost completely upright. The upper body angle was good in description, but for the lower body, I used to make a simple measure by having the kids look down, and see if their plant foot has to visibility. If they could see their toes, then their shin angle wasn't correct. I'd also measure their knee angle by seeing if their knee was in line with their toes. Mind you, these were house league quality players on a travel team. I worked on form before I worked on speed. I had to build them up.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

Looking to see if you can see your toes is a great idea for getting into the proper stance👍

@jeremyyan437 5 ай бұрын

@MarcelsHockeySchool I had to start off slow with these kids, but the parents had bigger and better ideas. Obviously you know the importance of edge work with stick handling synchronization and the proper form. It's refreshing for someone like me to hear you emphasize the form and not just fall into the USA Hockey scripts.

@HeeyyItsFranklyn 4 ай бұрын

Thank you Coach. 🙏🏼

@MarcelsHockeySchool 4 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome!

@406gto 5 ай бұрын

That looks like HC Davos arena. Nice rink with lots of additional ice pads around the main indoor arena. 👍

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

It's actually the second rink in Füssen, Germany.

@Sincopare 4 ай бұрын

Love how that was design, with wooden barrel roof and clear wall ends to create all that natural light.

@82caferacer 4 ай бұрын

Eishalle in Füssen ……. Danke für das super Video 👌🏻

@MarcelsHockeySchool 4 ай бұрын

Yes! Sehr gerne!

@aleempeermohamed870 4 ай бұрын

This really is a great video, what would you suggest working on to keep the knee bend, especially in game situations ? My tendancy has always been to get upright and when that happens stride shortens become easier to knock off the puck, etc.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! Here is a video of drills that kind of force you to get used to staying low: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bbtndNB3urvVYIk.htmlsi=hP0kzE4LDTWBaN36 Other than that, leg strength/endurance does definitely play a role, because as we tire, we straighten up.

@aleempeermohamed870 4 ай бұрын

This link took me back to this video, can you try again please ? Thank you

@MarcelsHockeySchool 4 ай бұрын

@@aleempeermohamed870 oops! Sorry about that! This should work: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n6l7ldJ1sq6yaac.html

@viccycling7862 4 ай бұрын

Good video thanks. Just one correction for you. Larkin had a 25ft run up to the red line before his time started. Mcdavid started on the redline. Anyone who knows considers McDavid having the record for the fastest lap. No way Larkin would slip and still beat McDavid, let alone beat him in a perfectly executed lap.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 4 ай бұрын

Yes you are correct. No idea why they had two different standards for the two. Nevertheless, both are great skaters, and it’s funny that a lot of people say that McDavid has a short stride, because although it‘s shorter than Larkin‘s, it’s not really that short.

@viccycling7862 4 ай бұрын

@@MarcelsHockeySchool ya it was done in different years the competition. I think Larkin was a year or two before McDavid arose as the fastest skater and maybe they were still figuring things out. I agree, my stride is more like yours in the fact that I push out to the side more than Larkin but not as short as McDavid. My cross overs were more long and powerful than McDavids but have learned to do them more short and fast over the years after watching how effective it is for McDavid. Interesting the science behind McKinnon's cross overs and that he holds the outside edge longer on the inside foot. It would be too difficult to adopt his rhythm at this point but wondering if I should be teaching the kids I coach to try it.

@crystalsaete Ай бұрын

I use the long hard strides on a break away or a chase but maneuvers i use the quick short strides.

@one2_2 Ай бұрын

good good good teaching!! thanks~~

@MarcelsHockeySchool Ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@sd5241 4 ай бұрын

Was never into hockey or skating, 10 years ago i decided i might try since i was rollerblading for whole my childhood. And I fell in love and went to same rink solo after school for few months.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 4 ай бұрын

That’s cool! I’m glad you found a new passion! I like rollerblading too but I like ice skating better!

@youWoNtLikeMe04 2 ай бұрын

Years and years ago I went to hockey camp at the University of Maine, hosted by the Black bears coaches, trainers..etc.. The greatest thing they taught us on day 1 was to stop doing the crossover for a quick start. None of us believed them, cause that's how we all started to skate. Then they timed us.... we were all faster without using a crossover start. Knees bent and inline with your shoulders.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 2 ай бұрын

The biggest problem with using a crossover for a start is that you cannot use it in a game. Like, when would you ever turn sideways to crossover and start? The only time it’s beneficial is when you need to change direction quickly, like coming back into your zone, stopping of the wing, getting a quick breakout pass and heading back up ice. Then a crossover change of direction is good.

@youWoNtLikeMe04 2 ай бұрын

@@MarcelsHockeySchool at 7years old and you learn to crossover start and a coach never corrects it.... it was a tough habbit to break.

@lightweave 2 ай бұрын

I already knew about this "getting low", but I never did it right. I took a video of myself to see how it looks and I was shocked. I thought I'm well low, but when I saw the video I though it looks like I'm standing upright. 🤪 So I started to keep reminding myself, when I want to get fast, to get down , down, down. A few weeks ago I managed to get so fast that I was actually afraid I cant break well enough, as I was not used to being so fast. 😄 I still have to keep reminding me, it takes some time until you start doing it automatically without thinking anymore. You can even easily check this for yourself. Even if at a low speed, you can see the difference that you get faster without adding more power to it, just by getting lower. Take a few strides, see how fast you are, and then get low and do it with the exactly same effort. You will see immediately that you are much faster.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 2 ай бұрын

We are never as low as we think we are 😃

@lightweave 2 ай бұрын

@@MarcelsHockeySchool LOL! Yeah, thas true! When I told somebody else to tell me if I'm low enough, it was quite weird. I went down, and he said lower, lower, lower. In the end I felt as if I was already sitting on the ice. 😄

@SileX406coup 4 ай бұрын

Any suggestions on how to stay loose? Every time I try to skate fast I experience my quads or the whole leg to kind of stiffen up and I rrreeeaallly need power to go forward... but remain going quite slow. The few time I really felt loose in the legs everybody on my team (including myself 😅) was "shocked" on how fast I really could go... but that also was the downside, since everybody was blaming me not to be motivated enough, "since I could go so much faster!".... but I have no clue what I can change or what I did differently that it worked out those times. Dealing with it for decades now but still wants to improve or at least minimize the personal frustration! 😇

@MarcelsHockeySchool 4 ай бұрын

That’s a tough one because I think that staying loose is just a matter of practice, practice, practice. Any skill I teach to a beginner, or anything advanced I’m trying to teach a pro, they are automatically tight at the start because they are trying to focus so hard on doing the skill correctly. With time, as the skill comes more and more naturally, they loosen up because they stop thinking about all the steps they need to perform.

@authentichealthcoach4142 5 ай бұрын

Power skating has mostly ruined players ability to determine their own skating style- there are things you can can coach to improve some efficiencies but by in large the best players of all time learned how to skate on their own - on the pond or in small towns at the rink during unstructured practice- free skating. I love that you focused on skating style. Finally someone that understands - i am seeing more and more players have less variability in their skating style- meaning more players look the same. Simple coaching tip which works for most players… head over foot. Helps with stride, edge control and arm swing. Remember technique is as simple as a response to the task. And most of what you said hit that… technique is in response the outcome you want (task)

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yes you can’t completely push a player into one specific mold. You just have to maximize their own unique mechanics and physical advantages/limitations

@Polyaxis 3 ай бұрын

I believe I been doing this naturally. No coaching advice. Just learning on my own.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 3 ай бұрын

A good coach is definitely a help though for some fine tuning

@alekseimarkov1665 5 ай бұрын

What about 'toe flick'? And collapsing the shin in the end? Toe flick (similar to what one does in crossovers) gives extra push

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

The thing with toe flick is, pretty much everybody with a proper leg extension is going to be automatically toe-flicking. It's a natural movement (just like the arms swinging) after your hips and knees have extended. So I don't focus extra on it. I find that a lot of players focusing on toe flicking will flick extra while the foot has already left the ice, which doesn't help. With collapsing the shin, I'm not sure what you mean.

@SaccoBelmonte 4 ай бұрын

I'm mostly impressed on how you glide stop so gracefully. I can't understand the mechanics of that knowing the blades can really grip the ice. How do you prevent it from gripping and making you fall over? I have seen many videos about the hockey stop and in practice I always end turning because I cannot prevent my skates from gripping.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 4 ай бұрын

Hey, thanks! I have a full video on fixing your hockey stop: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mrp1e9KGntO3e3U.htmlsi=ZL5_kH0KHKVRrWnA Also, using a flatter hollow on the skate sharpening is a big help as well. The skates will still be sharp, but they won’t feel as sharp and you’ll be able to shave the ice better rather than feeling like you’ll fall over

@SaccoBelmonte 4 ай бұрын

@@MarcelsHockeySchool Yeah I saw your video right after I commented. I'm sure I'm too much on my heels. I have a 5/8 radius so it should be fine. Is my rollerblade technique that is conflicting with my ice technique. :) Thank you Marcel!

@SaccoBelmonte 4 ай бұрын

@@MarcelsHockeySchool Ok. So if I put my skates over a flat surface, the profile along the blade is so, that my flat spot is quite small, like 5 or 6cm. These are blades for inline skates. I do inline slalom/figure tricks and wizard a lot on rockered 4x80 wheels so I'm used to having a strong radius. I'm having a blast at the ice rink with these blades, doing my usual tricks but somehow the hockey stop is still not unlocked. I can do plough stop with my right foot so perhaps I should start testing with different weight in that foot to try to understand the feeling. See, with inline skates, if you don't lean enough when sliding, you go down hard haha! so is pretty scary on the ice to get used to glide without as much lean. Anyway, enough rambling, sorry. I wanted to ask you: Would such a small longitudinal radius blade make the hockey stop impossible due to too much bite? I'm 80Kg, 49 y/o adult. RoH is 5/8 which I'm enjoying very much. Thanks again Marcel. Servus aus Salzburg!

@SaccoBelmonte 4 ай бұрын

Oh never mind. I seem to have a 11 foot radius profile with pivot point at the middle and a contact lenght of about 6cm at the center. So I'm good. Just need to practice more :)

@MarcelsHockeySchool 4 ай бұрын

@@SaccoBelmonte yeah your radius and profile ist totally fine for stopping (although I use a 1 inch radius). But like you said, stopping on inline skates and ice skates are completely different so making the switch can be difficult. Keep on practicing!

@aaronhiscock3813 4 ай бұрын

As a player I didn’t have much opportunity to do any power skating. As a coach I took a deep dive into skating learning all I could. Becoming a better skater is all in the little details. I stress a good athletic stance. Weight to the balls of your feet. Knees bent over toes ( if you look down and see your toes you are either hinged too far over at the hip or standing too tall). Butt out ice your heels. Ankles, knees, hips all compress like a spring. Chest up and head up. Stride out on a 45. Don’t forget toe point at the end and fast recovery keeping your feet low To be a good efficient skater and be good on your edges, learn from a figure skater if you can. Not just hockey players

@MarcelsHockeySchool 4 ай бұрын

You make a lot of good points. Couple of things though: I think the „toe flick“ is totally overemphasized. If a player is naturally extending their legs, they are probably also pointing their toes. It’s like jumping: you automatically point your toes if you fully extend your legs. I think that any extra emphasis on the toe flick leads to players pointing extra after their skate has left the ice. Figure skaters: they are excellent for edgework, and we had one work for our club for quite some time. In other areas of skating, like skating fast in this video, I cannot recommend them.

@elemeno0pee 5 ай бұрын

The only reason Larkin holds the record for fastest skater is because he was allowed to start from the blue line. He was nearly full speed by the time.he got to the red line. McDavid had to start from a stand still at the red line. Rant over lol

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

Yeah I noticed that and found it give of weird that he was allowed to take a running start 😃 Still a great skater though.

@nickknez8294 5 ай бұрын

The other critical component to skating fast is leg strength that’s achieved off ice in the gym. More strength will creat more speed whatever your individual technique and style.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

True. I just wanted to focus on the technical stuff here.

@Glazend9 5 ай бұрын

When skating forward your weight should be going side to side like if your striding left foot your body is going to the right and right foot is going to the left maximizing the power right?

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

Yes. There is a skating concept about this called “Line of Power”, but again, I don’t want to make things more complicated than they already are.

@yourmother1631 5 ай бұрын

Literally how you run its that simple

@janrueticlips 5 ай бұрын

Hallo Marcel, welches Profil benutzt du für deine Schlittschuhe?

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

Hi, genau weiß ich es nicht 😃 Glaube entweder ellipse oder Quad Zero.

@bernardthefourth 4 ай бұрын

Thanks bro. Running I am one of the faster guys but it doesn't translate to skating, I'm just average. Gonna try some of this.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 4 ай бұрын

You’re welcome! I does translate a bit actually, especially in straight line speed.

@SC2013hockey 4 ай бұрын

Love the English videos Marcel!

@MarcelsHockeySchool 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! I try to switch back and forth from German to English as much as I can.

@SC2013hockey 4 ай бұрын

@@MarcelsHockeySchool I know you do! I appreciate all the work you've done.

@sebastienroy5857 5 ай бұрын

No problems with skating. It’s stopping my problem 😂 From an ashame Canadian lol. Good video tho 👍

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

Then check this video of mine out about stopping: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mrp1e9KGntO3e3U.htmlsi=S1wIHnRZv8bV-Ky_

@gerardnadrowski5672 4 ай бұрын

Good vid.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@xskinyx 5 ай бұрын

Some people say to run on your toes for the first few strides - running is faster than skating. It's definitely not natural for me to get up on my toes to grip the ice but I do see relatively new skaters skate very fast using this technique. Also keep in mind skating speed is correlated to running speed, so some aspect of it is just pure athleticism

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

Nobody runs on their toes. Watch a slow-motion video of a fast skater starting. Their entire blade hits the ice while pushing off, and only the very last part of the push is on the toes. Nobody can start exclusively on their toes.

@xskinyx 5 ай бұрын

@@MarcelsHockeySchool watch the slow-mo video of Mackinnon racing Hamelin. You will clearly see the first step (right foot) mackinnon does NOT put his whole blade on the ice. Hamelin also starts by digging one toe into the ice. As a matter of leverage the whole blade will usually still contact the ice, but the fastest skaters focus weight on their toes and run for the first few strides. You might even do it, and just not realize?

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

@@xskinyx weight over your toes: definitely. Start exclusively on you toes: no. MacKinnon has one single contact where the entire blade doesn’t hit: the first step with the right foot like you mentioned. The initial starting foot as well as every other step after that first right step the entire blade is hitting. As for Hamelin I don’t know speed skating well enough to understand the mechanics of their start with a long blade. So I think it’s better just to focus on having your weight far forward than running on your toes.

@xskinyx 5 ай бұрын

@@MarcelsHockeySchool I think it's surprising to most skaters that Mackinnon has any strides at all where his heels don't touch the ice. I think most coaches would tell you "no way, nobody skates like that" 😛. So maybe "running" isn't a great instructional term, but it does explain *why* normal strides don't work at slow speeds. Try racing someone that's outside the rink in shoes - they will crush you on acceleration, every time. There's a video somewhere of a figure skater running on her toe picks for giggles... she is not going slow lol. And relatively new skaters with poor technique can sometimes still accelerate *very* fast - this is the best I can figure out as to what they're doing

@bfish9700 5 ай бұрын

I've gotten a ton faster in the last year, but I still have problems with "grip" in the first like 3-5 strides. I know part of my problem is I shouldnt come to a full stop ever and once I get going, I am generally ok fast, but those first few strides I look like flintstones car. . .

@fumbleb33 5 ай бұрын

Launching and skating are two separate movements. If you try to take off the same way you skate in stride you aren't going to be efficient. Check out in this video each time Marcel takes off. His skate is basically parallel to his direction of intended movement, he has a little hop and then he's off.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

Part of it is how quick your muscles can contract. The rest is just getting low, turning your feet way out, and getting as much distance with those first few steps as possible. As you gather speed, your push will go more to the side, but at the start your feet need to be going back with your blades turned out.

@Glazend9 5 ай бұрын

how do you always have the rink empty to yourself?

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

I don’t. We had some kids practicing on the other side. Other times, I work full time as a coach at my club so sometimes I can get on the ice if there’s an ice slot open.

@thecount1001 5 ай бұрын

you forgot the most important aspect of fast skating.... be strong or get strong! strong legs, glutes and core equals fast stable skating. the stronger and fitter you are the better. competitive players spend a lot of time on leg strength and power. of course you know all this.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

I don’t think it’s the most important part because then you could just take an weightlifter, throw a pair of skates on them, and they would be fast. So I still think that technique is more important. But yes, strength and sprinting speed off-ice will definitely have a huge correlation to on ice straight line speed. With turning and other more technical elements I find the correlation drops a bit.

@oscarg6260 3 ай бұрын

Ok, that’s great!! Now, How to stop fast!!!

@MarcelsHockeySchool 3 ай бұрын

Got two tutorials out on the hockey stop.

@run2fire 5 ай бұрын

Mario Lemieux is a tall guy and would take long strides but he was deceptively fast.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

Yes. He had are relatively low stride turnover but lots of power in his strides.

@eugwong 5 ай бұрын

shin angle was copied from belfry's pressure on skate tongues coaching cue and renamed. Maybe the kids will understand the original cue better?

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

I find that most kids do very well if you just tell them to bend their knees. Some might need extra cues if their upper body stays vertical. Pressing on skate is definitely easier to understand than shin angle though👍

@alwaysfootball841 Ай бұрын

I really need to skate fast because i got tryouts Tomorrow

@MarcelsHockeySchool Ай бұрын

Good luck!

@alwaysfootball841 Ай бұрын

@@MarcelsHockeySchool thanks

@jorditheg3960 5 ай бұрын

Gewachsene Schnürsenkel nehmen oder umgewachste nehmen kannst du mir dabei helfen bin mir unsicher was besser ist habe da keine Erfahrung

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

Ich mag lieber gewachsed aber das ist wirklich Geschmacksache

@friedrichkoenig6687 5 ай бұрын

Es sah gut aus. ;-)

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

Danke schön!

@MakeAGuess 5 ай бұрын

Cardio day, huh?😀

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

😃😃😃yeah was a tiring shoot😃

@ramymelhem 3 ай бұрын

You failed to mention the Larkin set the record in vastly different conditions. It was the only year where players had a running start, so dont say its an NHL record because its not. Mcdavid did not compete in the event that year. Horrendous comparison.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 3 ай бұрын

You are correct in that. The fact that they are both very good skaters with different styles is however not a horrendous comparison.

@ramymelhem 3 ай бұрын

@MarcelsHockeySchool It's still a horrendous comparison. There's a lot of good skaters in the league, but very few elite ones. Larkin is fast, but Mcdavid is elite. They played head to head yesterday and it was quite obvious how much faster Mcdavid was all over the ice both with and without the puck. He's not even in the same stratosphere.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 3 ай бұрын

@@ramymelhem Well you’re entitled to your opinion. The fact is that not everybody will have a skating style similar to McDavid‘s and they still can be, as you say, „elite“. That was the main point of the video, not comparing McDavid vs Larkin.

@alexeym311 3 ай бұрын

Why do Olympic-level 100m sprinters run the same?

@MarcelsHockeySchool 3 ай бұрын

What do you mean?

@alexeym311 3 ай бұрын

@@MarcelsHockeySchool All sprinters have exactly the same running technique. Some people move their legs more often and push to the side, others more slowly but back. This is not true!!! In fact, there is correct skating and at high speed you need to push to the side!!! That's why all Olympic sprinters run like clones!

@MarcelsHockeySchool 3 ай бұрын

@@alexeym311 I never said that. I said some people have shorter and faster strides while others have longer and slower strides. I did not mention anything about pushing out or pushing back in relationship to stride speed. But as the examples of Larkin and McDavid show, you can have a different stride angle and still be fast on the ice. This is different on shoes because it is possible to push directly back with shoes, without any hip rotation.

@alexeym311 3 ай бұрын

@@MarcelsHockeySchool Whoever has shorter legs has more legs. Whoever is longer has a longer stride. But you meant that whoever pushes back returns his leg faster and that it doesn’t make any difference how you skate.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 3 ай бұрын

@@alexeym311 No, I didn’t🤷‍♂️

@subiesteve2578 3 ай бұрын

Respect my Wu-Tang style

@schwamieboy1 5 ай бұрын

As a professional marine biologist I could agree more with what has been said here today.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@osraneslipy 2 ай бұрын

Maybe you should watch a video “How to take a little cardio every now and then so that you do not run out of breath after skating for 5 seconds😂

@MarcelsHockeySchool 2 ай бұрын

Naw, I did enough cardio so that I could play pro for 12 years. Now I’m just enjoying coaching.

@hr1meg 4 ай бұрын

If you watch Olympic speed skaters you will see wide leg strides, and wide arm swings.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 4 ай бұрын

Yes, but they also have an absolute extreme recovery under the body, which is tough to do in hockey, and no hockey stick in their hands, which allows them to swing like they do.

@1rtt1 5 ай бұрын

Send this to Adam Fox of the NY Rangers

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

Why?🤔

@RenanSCstratocaster 5 ай бұрын

I can go way faster than I do but I’m afraid to skate faster because I can’t stop propperly😂 is it only me

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

😃😃😃 like Carlos Mendoza from Mighty Ducks 2 😃🐧

@bfish9700 5 ай бұрын

My problem is I'm never just skating, the only time I skate balls to the wall is on a breakaway so I have to control the puck and not get too close to the goalie so I can actually do something with it. . .

@burossiggumunn5100 5 ай бұрын

train 2.0, 2.0 =D

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

😃😃😃

@RobertBennett-fs3sd 5 ай бұрын

Mcdavid didn’t get the head start that Larkin did. Invalid record

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

True, I was wondering about that. But still both very fast skaters

@Giovanni-fh6bw 5 ай бұрын

Magyar fordítást nem tervezed?

@MarcelsHockeySchool 5 ай бұрын

No, because sadly I don't speak Hungarian so the video is only in English or German :(

@Dork2017 3 ай бұрын

I think Antonio Stranges has the most insane skating style. Mohawk skating style, and does it quick.

@MarcelsHockeySchool 3 ай бұрын

Yes he’s really good at that. I did a coole of vids about this. Here‘s one of them: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f52hdq2GmbPLiqs.htmlsi=JOSt-C2twCr2kSSN

@user-sm5mc9xq4i 3 ай бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bsmHfaxjnK-nnnk.html - That's how to skate fast in real hockey! You puck players in your heavy gear will never be able to run so easily..😂