Grew up playing hockey in the 70's and 80's playing hockey. I would have KILLED to have training like this just freely available. Just excellent training and inside knowledge!
I'm such a beginner to skating (44 years old now), I just want to be able to skate well so I'm watching videos as I can't find a teacher where I am yet. You are probably the best skater I've seen, so much skill it's amazing...but I think that also has a negative effect on a beginner because I feel like I can't even begin to do most of what you're explaining 😂
These videos make me wish I could go back in time 30 years and start learning all over again. However I'm sure I can still improve a lot in my 40s and hopefully still play for another 20 years
This guy is absolutely excellent. Treasure of a resource for players, coaches. One preface to the excellent skating instruction, expertly fitted and sharpend skates essential enabler.
When I played hockey I wish I was half as good as this guy, I am over 60 now and I really enjoy the sport of hockey. I don’t know if this instructor has clinics in different parts of the country but he should. If my daughter was into hockey I would like her attend his clinics. My daughter who is an adult now became a marathon runner and never was into watching or playing hockey.
Very useful. Although I am not playing hockey just a 45 years old dad who wants to improve his skating skills to play catch on the ice with the kids :)
When I first viewed this a few years ago, I could do none of the drills. Now I can do most of them, but I can still find plenty to help me improve further. The only area of disagreement is that my coach tells me not to lean my upper body in when doing crossovers. She also gets me doing lots of skating in a circle drills with only one leg moving to improve my crossovers. I’m not fast, but that’s because I’m old. Excellent video, I’m sure I’ll watch it more times.
Dude your hustle is legendary. This video is legendary. On top of those 2 you added the Quick Reference Guide to Drills. Wow... #1 video on the internet about training yourself from a beginner to a pro.
Your vids are an amazing resource. I send these videos out before practice to all the parents to show their players. For practice, I demo then have them do it. It makes a huge difference. Saves me time and helps the player visualize before they come to practice. Thanks!
Dude, your tight turn tip was dead on! I thought going into a turn you needed to go soft on the cross overs out, which resulted in slow speed on the exit. Then, I watched your video about pushing HARD on the heels, so you hear it. Well I tried that, hard into the ice, pushed off fast, and the technique made my turn sharper and way faster. Great videos!
This guy is a good coach! The only comment I have in terms of practical feedback is to slow down some of the different skills; especially when transitioning from one drill to the next.
iTrain Hockey... I wish I learned to skate like this... and I hope everyone who watches your videos understands how important these lessons are. You can't be a good hockey player if you aren't a strong skater!
Excellent instruction throughout. Very sound established standards and demonstrated as well as can be. He's on a much deeper cut (hollow) - perhaps 8/16 - to that of some of us who choose to go flatter 14/16, 15/16, 1", 1"+ which, in his case - his deep hollow - favors his deeper edging maneuvers/grip on the ice. The amount of hollow is, of course, personal preference, as well, player position. He should point out his established hollow and give a light general discussion on hollow influence, additionally demonstrate the influence of say a set of runners cut at 8/16 to another cut at 15/16, etc........................
This is so amazing. You explain it really well and you skate so quick, working so hard and recover to talk clearly. I'd be slurring my words after the first demo.
As someone coming into the game so late, I really appreciate your videos. They really help me understand the nuances of each skill in order to weed out a lot of wasted steps and errors. Using this series as a guide, every single time I step out on the ice I'm better than I was before. Love it!
Dude I want a skating rink in my yard then I would be on house arrest I would never leave the yard by far this guy is priceless a wealth of knowledge if u sell anything let me know I support you 💯%
Totally , i have been skating for 55 yrs. playing hockey and coaching, about the only thing him and I do similar is step out on the ice left foot first 😀
Thank you very much! I'm only a random skater but these videos help me to improve my skating. The explanations are clear and precise. with even such details like how to distribute your weight on the blade - toe, heel or whole blade - in different situations. Thank's a lot!
Thanks for these wonderful vids. I've been an inline hockey player (i'm spanish) for my whole life, and this year living in Austria i started playing ice hockey. Really helped me to make the transition much smoother :)
My son is in learn to skate. Many of these drills are being taught but there are so many kids in the class that he's not picking up as quickly as he should and so can you please create a learning video for each of these moves. A learn to skate series. We can watch the video together then go to the rink to practice them.
Wow these drills are awesome. Makes me excited for the next time stick time comes around. In the middle of the beer league season currently so I'll implement what I can
You are my teacher for ice skating I know how to skate correctly because of you I've seen many of your video it's very helpful!! after I can do like half of this video I'll try to learn hockey either
Brilliant!! I wish I had you as a skating coach when I was a kid playing in the Czech Rep :) You are very good at explaining the key points of each drill. Keep up the good work!
Thanks very much Anton! Great to hear from you and hope this video really helped you out! We'll be adding more videos directly to our new iTrain Hockey website which will be launched on May 1st. If you're interested and want me to keep you up-to-date on all the new training videos you can join our bi-weekly email newsletter list at this link or follow us @iTrainHockey or on Facebook + Twitter. itrainhockey.com/join-the-team/
Hello coach! I really like your lessons, but I do not understand many things, since I am from Russia and do not speak English. I have a big request for you, turn on subtitles on this type and then I can translate them. Thank you coach.
Hello! Clips shown on TH-cam are only a glimpse of the FULL length videos added to my membership site at www.itrainhockey.com all training videos have closed captioning in over 100 different languages!
@@itrainhockey Many thanks coach! You are doing a great job for all hockey and many people, your classes are very detailed and help a lot! Thank you very much again! Unfortunately, I could not upload the video on your site, but I hope this is temporary and I will soon be able to be in your team!
thanks for those excellent videos; as a real "old" beginner (is 39 old?) I use them to store as much theory as I can to move on and progress in skating (first). I'll suggest some of your exercises to our coach ;o)
When stopping on your inside edge one footed. How do you transition your foot sideways to initiate the turn. I try but I just turn on one foot? Or catch the edge and fall. I need a tip
Watch an NHL game and you'll see these drills in action, garuanteed. They always say what seperates NHL regulars from career minor leageurs is skating ability. Stick handling is the easy part. Sydney Crosby is a skating clinic every game, without fail.
Sean, fantastic video and instruction. Could you speak to the effect of radius of hollow when learning the stopping skills? I've found that most people trying to learn stopping, especially on the outside edges, are impeded by a ROH that is too deep. The skate bites too much, which makes finding the sweet spot when first learning far too difficult. Most folks go with the standard sharpening at their local pro shop which is usually 1/2" or close to that, which offers quite a bit of bite. Something like a 7/8" or 1" ROH I've found to be very helpful when learning the t-stop or outside edge stopping skills. I was in my 40's before I figured this out; wish someone had taught me a bit about this when I was first learning - would have accelerated my development much more quickly.
I've never played competitive hockey and I've only done hockey school once. I play beer league and pick-up 2-4 times a week. For some reason I've never fully understood how to properly do cross-overs and I seem to only be able to do them to the right but to the left doesn't make sense to me lol. Backwards cross-overs are the same. Maybe I'm right brained I don't know lol.
Great video Sean! curious - on these 'half crossovers' also called 'running crossovers' do you just plan the foot down the ice or slam it with force? and also how far off to the toe is the weight? Assuming the full blade is on the ice is the weight completely off the heel? Since in normal crossovers the weight is firmly on the heel how do you prevent the blades form fishtailing if the weight is transferred to the toe? Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks very much Melissa! Sean's from Toronto, where are you from? Great to hear from you and hope this video really helped you out! We'll be adding more videos directly to our new iTrain Hockey website which will be launched on May 1st. If you're interested and want me to keep you up-to-date on all the new training videos you can join our bi-weekly email newsletter list at this link or follow us @iTrainHockey or on Facebook + Twitter. itrainhockey.com/join-the-team/
This guy is my hero. As a 32 year old who is just learning to play, these videos are an absolute god send. Legend.
Me too lol !
37 here, just learning as well! Just got my gear to go to sticks and pucks near me
Lol same. Went to two open skates with a legit pair of hockey skates and I’m hooked. Gettin into puck n stick and open leagues now.
@noobshreds you still playing?
33 and getting into hockey want to learn better technique.
Grew up playing hockey in the 70's and 80's playing hockey. I would have KILLED to have training like this just freely available. Just excellent training and inside knowledge!
This guy is great. One of the best instructional skating videos on TH-cam.
Quick Reference Guide to Drills:
0:40 High Knees - Holds & Alternates
1:29 One Knee Drops - Alternates
2:54 Two Knee Drops - Alternates & 360° Spins
3:47 Jumps - Two & One Leg
4:51 Stopping on Edges - Inside
7:03 Stopping on Edges - Outside
9:07 Stopping on Edges - Two Edges
10:53 Stop and Crossover Start
12:25 Step-overs
15:27 Half Step-overs
15:58 Stop & Starts - Wide
17:59 Stop & Starts - Quick
18:46 Stop & Starts - Three Step
19:15 Forward Crossovers - Full
25:58 Forward Crossovers - Half
26:42 Forward Crossovers - Mixed
28:01 Tight Turns
36:03 Tight Turns - Outside Edge Heel
37:33 Infinite Figure-8 Turns
Good job! It's very useful to me. Thank you!
y tho
THX～
thank you!
Good job! Thank you! +
+iTrain Hockey , you should make new videos. I like how detailed your tutorials are. The best on youtube.
I'm such a beginner to skating (44 years old now), I just want to be able to skate well so I'm watching videos as I can't find a teacher where I am yet. You are probably the best skater I've seen, so much skill it's amazing...but I think that also has a negative effect on a beginner because I feel like I can't even begin to do most of what you're explaining 😂
Sean is probably one if the best hockey coach out there! Keep up all the good work!
Thank you!
These videos make me wish I could go back in time 30 years and start learning all over again. However I'm sure I can still improve a lot in my 40s and hopefully still play for another 20 years
This guy is absolutely excellent. Treasure of a resource for players, coaches. One preface to the excellent skating instruction, expertly fitted and sharpend skates essential enabler.
Thank you!
I wish I had this information when I played 20 years ago. Guy has great advise.
When I played hockey I wish I was half as good as this guy, I am over 60 now and I really enjoy the sport of hockey. I don’t know if this instructor has clinics in different parts of the country but he should. If my daughter was into hockey I would like her attend his clinics. My daughter who is an adult now became a marathon runner and never was into watching or playing hockey.
Very useful. Although I am not playing hockey just a 45 years old dad who wants to improve his skating skills to play catch on the ice with the kids :)
This is gold! Thank you so much for sharing
This video is 8 years old, but I am watching it before skating tomorrow at my local rink in London, UK. Still 100% useful. Thank you!
Great videos. Thank you.
Watching this in Australia. Very good. Your never too old to get better.
When I first viewed this a few years ago, I could do none of the drills. Now I can do most of them, but I can still find plenty to help me improve further. The only area of disagreement is that my coach tells me not to lean my upper body in when doing crossovers. She also gets me doing lots of skating in a circle drills with only one leg moving to improve my crossovers. I’m not fast, but that’s because I’m old. Excellent video, I’m sure I’ll watch it more times.
Dude your hustle is legendary. This video is legendary. On top of those 2 you added the Quick Reference Guide to Drills. Wow... #1 video on the internet about training yourself from a beginner to a pro.
What an awesome skater he is
Your vids are an amazing resource. I send these videos out before practice to all the parents to show their players. For practice, I demo then have them do it. It makes a huge difference. Saves me time and helps the player visualize before they come to practice. Thanks!
Dude, your tight turn tip was dead on! I thought going into a turn you needed to go soft on the cross overs out, which resulted in slow speed on the exit. Then, I watched your video about pushing HARD on the heels, so you hear it. Well I tried that, hard into the ice, pushed off fast, and the technique made my turn sharper and way faster. Great videos!
This guy is a good coach! The only comment I have in terms of practical feedback is to slow down some of the different skills; especially when transitioning from one drill to the next.
iTrain Hockey... I wish I learned to skate like this... and I hope everyone who watches your videos understands how important these lessons are. You can't be a good hockey player if you aren't a strong skater!
A+ video here. Going to use some of the outside edge drills to improve my stopping.
Awesome explanation, demonstration and progression.
My favorite online skate coach.
Soorry Jeremy.
Haha hard decision right?😉
Excellent instruction throughout. Very sound established standards and demonstrated as well as can be. He's on a much deeper cut (hollow) - perhaps 8/16 - to that of some of us who choose to go flatter 14/16, 15/16, 1", 1"+ which, in his case - his deep hollow - favors his deeper edging maneuvers/grip on the ice. The amount of hollow is, of course, personal preference, as well, player position. He should point out his established hollow and give a light general discussion on hollow influence, additionally demonstrate the influence of say a set of runners cut at 8/16 to another cut at 15/16, etc........................
This is so amazing. You explain it really well and you skate so quick, working so hard and recover to talk clearly. I'd be slurring my words after the first demo.
This guy is a skating beast!
As someone coming into the game so late, I really appreciate your videos. They really help me understand the nuances of each skill in order to weed out a lot of wasted steps and errors. Using this series as a guide, every single time I step out on the ice I'm better than I was before. Love it!
Great stuff! this is helping me learn so much about my skating. All the way from Sydney australia. thank you
This dude has the sharpest blades in the world like every step sound like waking on cereal
For sure I like that kind of edge too plus he is on outside ice much harder I think.
+Nsm I Underdog It appears to be very cold so the ice is really hard, and the guy is heavy so there is the friction there and he is also awesome.
might be 3/8 thats what i use
yes the ice make the difference
Nsm I Underdog lmao it sounds like he has mics on his holders
Dude I want a skating rink in my yard then I would be on house arrest I would never leave the yard by far this guy is priceless a wealth of knowledge if u sell anything let me know I support you 💯%
Sean, Your videos and insight are great and helpful!!!
Many thanks all the way from Anaheim California.
Wow, amazing skills there!
I fell like this guy is better on skates on ice then I am with shoes on land
Bahahaha 😂
Totally , i have been skating for 55 yrs. playing hockey and coaching, about the only thing him and I do similar is step out on the ice left foot first 😀
@@timpattydaechsel5988 That's pathetic 😒
💯 me 😂
Lol, he’s a retired NHL player
Thank you very much! I'm only a random skater but these videos help me to improve my skating. The explanations are clear and precise. with even such details like how to distribute your weight on the blade - toe, heel or whole blade - in different situations. Thank's a lot!
Really liking your instruction and overall presentation style. Your a talented teacher that’s for sure. Love thé content.
Thank you very much Sean. This is one awesome skating video! I will definitely be getting my kids to watch this!
Love this brotha!! I still need a lot of work to do, but you give me hope.
My english so bad..but i understand,sometimes 😁thank you so much ! Now i know what i will do this winter!
Thanks for these wonderful vids. I've been an inline hockey player (i'm spanish) for my whole life, and this year living in Austria i started playing ice hockey. Really helped me to make the transition much smoother :)
Juan Palomo is inline popular in Spain?
Fantastic...wish I had done these courses when I was younger
Damn, awesome. Guy’s like a friggen robot on the ice.
Two thumbs up from Korea. Thanks!
My son is in learn to skate. Many of these drills are being taught but there are so many kids in the class that he's not picking up as quickly as he should and so can you please create a learning video for each of these moves. A learn to skate series. We can watch the video together then go to the rink to practice them.
coach thankyou for the lesson
Thank you a lot! The most perfect breakdowns I've seen.
This is an amazing instructional video! Thank you so much coach!
I'm from Italy. Thanks a lot for your best videos
Wow these drills are awesome. Makes me excited for the next time stick time comes around. In the middle of the beer league season currently so I'll implement what I can
Why it's called beer league?
Sean.. You are a really a good hockey coach.
These are quality skating lessons! Thank you
You are my teacher for ice skating I know how to skate correctly because of you I've seen many of your video it's very helpful!! after I can do like half of this video I'll try to learn hockey either
Great teaching please keep it up, oh very powerful skater. I would hate to get hit into the boards by him,GGGG
Brilliant!! I wish I had you as a skating coach when I was a kid playing in the Czech Rep :) You are very good at explaining the key points of each drill. Keep up the good work!
Wonderful and powerful demonstration! Seems I still have a long way to go. Thank you for the great sharing!! :)
this guy has amazing skills! I'm still trying to master the first drill yet!
Great video i love it excellent skating
This is the greatest youtube channel ever
awesome work! thank you very much for sharing, I really appreciate it
Thank you very much from Russia! Great video!
Thanks very much Anton! Great to hear from you and hope this video really helped you out! We'll be adding more videos directly to our new iTrain Hockey website which will be launched on May 1st. If you're interested and want me to keep you up-to-date on all the new training videos you can join our bi-weekly email newsletter list at this link or follow us @iTrainHockey or on Facebook + Twitter. itrainhockey.com/join-the-team/
Awesome!!
As a college kid just trying to get into this, thank you for these. This looks hard but I'm gonna try.
Sir u r a legend. Sir i want teach ice hockey sir can u make some videos and send me plzzz sir...🙏🙏
i will use this training the next winter in Maine because im from Spain and i don't know very well how to skate.
Insane skater !
I love your video.
another amazing video! thanks a lot
Hello coach! I really like your lessons, but I do not understand many things, since I am from Russia and do not speak English. I have a big request for you, turn on subtitles on this type and then I can translate them. Thank you coach.
Hello! Clips shown on TH-cam are only a glimpse of the FULL length videos added to my membership site at www.itrainhockey.com all training videos have closed captioning in over 100 different languages!
@@itrainhockey Many thanks coach! You are doing a great job for all hockey and many people, your classes are very detailed and help a lot! Thank you very much again!
Unfortunately, I could not upload the video on your site, but I hope this is temporary and I will soon be able to be in your team!
im 52 and watching this i wish i had early on great way for children to learn
thanks for those excellent videos; as a real "old" beginner (is 39 old?) I use them to store as much theory as I can to move on and progress in skating (first). I'll suggest some of your exercises to our coach ;o)
Please make more vids, you are s genius
When stopping on your inside edge one footed. How do you transition your foot sideways to initiate the turn. I try but I just turn on one foot? Or catch the edge and fall. I need a tip
Would love to spend a couple of hours on the ice with him. Great coach
Watch an NHL game and you'll see these drills in action, garuanteed. They always say what seperates NHL regulars from career minor leageurs is skating ability. Stick handling is the easy part. Sydney Crosby is a skating clinic every game, without fail.
Awesome videos! Can you do one about stoping?
Thank u sir... All the way from ladakh india....
Any concerns with knees collapsing inwards??
Gracias
hearing the ice crack never gets old.
great vid mate, thanks for the help, watching from newcastle, england
your stride is like a freaking solar panel so efficient
Awesome... Thanks for Sharing !
Sean, fantastic video and instruction. Could you speak to the effect of radius of hollow when learning the stopping skills? I've found that most people trying to learn stopping, especially on the outside edges, are impeded by a ROH that is too deep. The skate bites too much, which makes finding the sweet spot when first learning far too difficult. Most folks go with the standard sharpening at their local pro shop which is usually 1/2" or close to that, which offers quite a bit of bite. Something like a 7/8" or 1" ROH I've found to be very helpful when learning the t-stop or outside edge stopping skills. I was in my 40's before I figured this out; wish someone had taught me a bit about this when I was first learning - would have accelerated my development much more quickly.
I've never played competitive hockey and I've only done hockey school once. I play beer league and pick-up 2-4 times a week. For some reason I've never fully understood how to properly do cross-overs and I seem to only be able to do them to the right but to the left doesn't make sense to me lol. Backwards cross-overs are the same. Maybe I'm right brained I don't know lol.
I wish this guy was my kids coach!
this is the best video you made
Another awesome video. Just wondering: are you wearing shin guards for the knee drops? Thank you.
Great video Sean!
curious - on these 'half crossovers' also called 'running crossovers' do you just plan the foot down the ice or slam it with force? and also how far off to the toe is the weight? Assuming the full blade is on the ice is the weight completely off the heel?
Since in normal crossovers the weight is firmly on the heel how do you prevent the blades form fishtailing if the weight is transferred to the toe?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
You have are very good ice
I’m gonna be getting back on the ice after about 4 years of not skating, I’m gonna use some of these drills to try and get my feet back under me
It comes back quick, youll be shit for an hour and then you'll have what you had 4 years ago after a little fine tuning 👌
17:15 is one of the most important exercises I think
GENIUS-GENIUS-GENIUS!!!!))
Thank you very much from Hamilayas.
What type of cut do you have on your blades 5/8" ?
I wonder where is this guy coaching ... love the video :)
Thanks very much Melissa! Sean's from Toronto, where are you from? Great to hear from you and hope this video really helped you out! We'll be adding more videos directly to our new iTrain Hockey website which will be launched on May 1st. If you're interested and want me to keep you up-to-date on all the new training videos you can join our bi-weekly email newsletter list at this link or follow us @iTrainHockey or on Facebook + Twitter. itrainhockey.com/join-the-team/
This guy is good.
I was wondering what is the model of your skates and how sharpened are your blades ? (1", 5/8", 1/2" or 3/8" ?)
Do you use a really aggressive RoH cut like 3/8, or 5/16 to get that extra grip and make that "scratchier" sound on the ice?
The best