Coaches: Skills & Drills

Skills & Drills practices are non-contact practices.

These practices will focus on developing foundational skating and footwork skills and improving agility, balance, and acceleration on skates. Modifications will be given as much as possible so that skaters can challenge themselves to the appropriate level.

Types of skills covered in these practices may include (but are not limited to) stops, transitions, forwards and backward crossovers, lateral movement and tracking, hops and jumps, toe stop stability, using edges, weaving, and j-turns. Although there will be no forceful contact practiced, skaters may practice positional blocking or skating in close proximity

Skill Level: All Skill Levels