Episode 6: Skating Drills Using Open Hips

Here are two skating drills where we focus on using open hips to avoid checks and protect pucks. We try to keep forward momentum moving up ice and not over pivot and slow down.

The first drill is a quick reaction drill with the player moving down ice and the coach calling out a color. The player moves around the cone that the coach called out using open hips, makes a move on the stick following and eventually getting a good shot on goal.

The second drill is with the player starting out making two open hip movements around the cones and then continuing down ice making moves on the sticks following. You can change this drill up so that the player can make moves through the stick, go around the stick, whatever you chose to work on. Both of these drills are good to work on protecting the puck, escaping traffic and continuing to build speed down ice.

Make sure to focus on the player continuing forward momentum and not slowing down.

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Episode 3: Glove Touch Inside/ Outside Edge Drill

This drill we use to really push our players use of their inside and outside edges. We try to keep the players low with their knees bent, eyes up and really push them to keep that glove on the ice for the entire drill. We also try to get them to focus on really digging those edges into the ice and making sure to use the full length of their stride and stay low in a good hockey stance. Please subscribe to our account for more videos and drill ideas. Also go to our website www.ryanfairbarn.com for more information.

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Episode 2: Double Leg Kicks

In Episode 2 we were working on double leg kicks. Bending our knees, controlling our body and maintaining our balance. In this video you can see these players are doing a good job getting out of their comfort zone and really pushing themselves to get as many reps in as possible and complete the drill.

We have done this drill a couple of times now and you can see the progression already and how it has helped them increase the strength in their legs and helped them maintain body control which now helps in game situations.

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Episode 1: Quick Starts

In Episode 1 we were working on our quick starts bending our knees, controlling our body and powering into the ice with our legs. In this video you can see the first two clips before we made corrections the last two videos we slowed down so you could see the corrections made and the power he has now created.

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