| In ice hockey, skating can make or break
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| | the foot. Then when you place yourfoot on
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| you. Here are the
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| | the ice, you get full muscle power when
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| 4 fundamentals to becoming a top
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| | the kneestraightens.
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| performing ice hockeyskater, plus 4 extra
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| | Top athletes, especially outstanding
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| techniques to push you right over
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| | track stars, recognizethe importance of
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| theedge!
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| | leg power and do something about it.
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| 1. A solid, well-balanced stance is basic
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| | Theyuse a principle of training known as
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| to any degree ofspeed you want to attain.
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| | over-load. And you canuse your own form
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| If you will work on your starts,stops,
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| | of it, too. Here are some methods of
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| and turns as described, you will be well
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| | over-loading:
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| on your wayto good balance.
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| | 1. Drive yourself all out as long as you
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| 2. In striding, you have better balance
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| | are on the iceduring scrimmage. Do not
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| if you skate withyour feet about shoulder
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| | just coast around the rink onskates; they
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| width apart. If your feet are tooclose
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| | will do most of the work for you if you
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| together, you are more easily knocked
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| | letthem.
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| off-balance inthe heavy going of a game.
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| | 2. Skate in short, hard bursts, gradually
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| 3. The faster you skate, the more you
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| | building up thenumber of lengths of ice
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| should bend forwardfrom the waist. The
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| | you can do successively.
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| comparison here is to the body-lean of
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| | 3. Get a buddy to let you push him up and
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| asprinter doing the 100-yard dash and the
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| | down the ice. Youare over-loading by the
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| striding form of atwo-miler. During the
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| | amount he weighs.
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| course of a hockey game, you will beboth
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| | 4. In testing yourself at top speed, keep
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| a sprinter and a strider as the play
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| | up a continualrefrain in your mind: "I
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| dictates. But whenyou really want to dig
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| | can go faster yet!" Be sure to warmup
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| fast, with or without the puck, youshould
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| | well before any all-out test.
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| lean well into it.
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| | If you study these 4 fundamentals and
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| 4. For straight-ahead speed, your power
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| | over-load with the 4techniques above, you
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| comes from thethrust you get when the
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| | will improve your skating
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| knee of the digging footstraightens. To
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| | skillsdramatically. And that in turn
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| get maximum thrust, the knee of the
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| | will improve your overallice hockey
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| legcoming forward should be well bent. Be
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| | performance.
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| sure you carry thisknee forward ahead of
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