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The Power Skating Program
The programme was designed many years ago by Liane Davis, a very well known Canadian Power skating coach.
Since its inception in 2001, players from 22 NHL teams, with players like Brendon Morrow (Dallas Stars), Kyle Calder (Chicago Blackhawks), Trent Hunter (New York Islanders) and Reed Lowe (St Louis Blues) have all benefited from the programme.
In addition, 12 of the 2003 drafted players, 4 of which were selected in the first round as well as players from many NCAA, AHL and AAA , have used the system.
What's it all about ?
Brent provides three courses focussing on different aspects of power skating :-
Stride / Acceleration
Transition
Combination
Stride / Acceleration sessions begin with a video taped viewing of the players stride.
Each player is given specific information on how to make their stride more efficient.
On-ice sessions focus on quality repetition of corrective drills for both forward stride and forward acceleration :-
Resistance cords – will develop great skating speed, quickness, acceleration and explosiveness as well as correct technique.
Accelerations cords – will develop greater take off speed so he / she can reach top speed as quickly as possible.
Overspeed cords – teach the body to skate faster than it normally can, and ‘reset’ the neuromuscular system to reach new limits.
Transition is a class that focuses on transitions such as tight turns, pivots, backwards to forwards acceleration, crossovers and many other transitions in the game of hockey.
Combination classes are a combination of a Stride and Acceleration class and a Transition class.
( some examples can be seen in the video clips on thedownload page ) A maximum of 14 students per session, means each player gets more one on one teaching. Ages 12 and up.
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