Sept 23 Transitions On Your Edges

• Getting faster on the ice is A GOAL EVERY HOCKEY PLAYER HAS
• Some players were born with quicker feet than others regardless at how hard we work at it
• All players can master quick transitions on their edges though
• Acceleration
• Deceleration
• Lateral movements
• Side to Side
• Change of direction
• We train at this quick twitch muscle memory footwork extensively
• These drills are hard
• Exhausting
• Not easy
• Yes you are absolutely right about that
• Executing a change of direction in a game is what we look for in youth players
• Executing acceleration and deceleration in a game is what we look for in youth players