Hockey Canada Skill Development

Skating is a skill required by every position in hockey. Speed, acceleration, agility and power benefit forwards, defence and goaltenders alike. Without strong fundamental skating skills, players cannot perform to their full ability. As players get older, they should continue to develop and refine their skating skills, though focus may shift to practicing more position-specific skating.

When learning to skate...

Skating skills should continue to be developed througout a player's career.

Introduce:Players are introduced to basic skating skills (Timbits U7, U9).
Develop:Players add and develop skills to further improve skating (U11, U13, U15).
Refine:Players have a variety of skating skills they should continue to refine (U18 and beyond).

Keys to teaching skating

Address the major points of proper technique in anage-specificand progressive approach.
Breakdown skills into manageable and clear progressions.
Emphasize the importance of skating in today’s game
Skating is not the most exciting subject for players. Make development fun and interactive.
KEEP PLAYERS MOVING!

Considerations when incorporating skating development into practice

Work on the basics players utilize in every game and practice, and run drills to teach and reinforce with repetitions.
Mimic the agility skills players use and be as game‐like as possible, progressing from skating, skating with a puck, and skating when passing and receiving.
Tactical play can then be incorporated, such as gap control, angling, reading and reacting.

Eight specialized skating skills

Agility and balance
Edge control and coordination
Forward skating
Backward skating
Turning
Crossovers
Transition
Quick Feet

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