Bending knees
keeping chest up
Staying low-not going up and down
Full stride
Hip rotation
Ankle rotation
Turn more ankle- push with more surface of blade and finish with toe,
Lift leg up and bring it back all the way back
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Skating exercise for stride
-Stick up in both hands at shoulders height, sit low push stride with one foot, alternating, add resistance,
-moving stick forward and back with correct stride.
-jumping over mat side to side, for stronger stride.
- getting on one knee push stride
-jump side to side.
-standing on one foot on line and jump on opposite leg and glide.
-stride in standing position- staynig low with knees bent and chest up.
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Exercise for dry land to improve stride.
-Stability first
--squats, slow squats, wall sits, balance on one foot with bent knee(on uneven surface), standing on on one foot performing coordination drills,
-power of the stride
-- jump side to side, hockey stride jumps,high knee jumps, lunges in all directions, lunges on uneven surface, squats with explosion, long jumps, one leg long jumps.
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