Week 1:

Forward movement

-Teaching: 3 principles, V diamond, body angle, knee bend, edge angles, stride push

-Drag touch, then with partner resistance 

-Stride touch

-Drag to stride

-Open ice carrying puck, add stick handle b/w blues

 

Week 2:

Forward Crossovers & lateral mobility

-Teaching: 2 pushes, counterbalance, where slipping comes from

-Circles

-Cross overs with partner resistance 

-Lateral - getting by D - explain wing span

-Inside & outside edges

 

Week 3:

Backwards movement

-Teaching: how F get around D on cross over

-C cuts down ice, 1 cross over to start

-C cut stations with stick on ice

-Circles - 2 pushes 

-Intro to starts & stops 

 

Week 4:

Transitions & Explosions

-Teaching: weight = 60% outer leg & 40% inside, turning hips quickly

-Tight turns, blue/red & around cones 

-1 leg stops

-B to F, going back to V with stride push 

-Cross over starts, with pause

-Stops & starts, red, blue, down 

 

Week 5

Puck control

-Forward C cuts, down ice & on circle (add puck) 

-Cutting to the net - add D, not to take puck but for body contact & pressure

-Mohawking 

-Full speed, in b/w blues tight C cuts 

 

Week 6:

Overall recap & putting the pieces together 

-Drag touch to stride touch to full speed

-Forward cross overs with puck, Forward C 

-Backwards C cuts recap