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