Full Ice Butterfly
PURPOSE
Long skating stride and cross overs. Not a technical skate, but good for conditioning and reinforcing proper stride technique.
HOW TO
- Players start from one corner and skate up boards and then curve inward to skate on the inside of the face off dots.
- The curve back outward at the second dot and around the bottom of the face off circle.
- Player proceeds up through center ice and around the bottom of the opposite corner face off circle.
- Curve inward to go on the inside of the far face off dots and back out to go around the face off circle.
- Finish drill by skating through center ice and toward original corner.
FOCUS
- Long strides and cross overs.
- Make sure players keep their head up when crossing at center ice.
- Send players 2+ at a time.
VARIATIONS
- With pucks
- Always backwards
- In transition
