Dryland Skills Development
NRYHA partnered with Lumberyard in the 2021-22 Season to create a dryland off-ice workout series that consists of slide boards and dryland training to help support and strengthen skating skills for our players, including goalies. The dryland/off-ice can be scheduled with the NRYHA scheduler.
Lumberyard On-Ice Skills Development
- Forward skating.
- Deep knee bend.
- Edge control.
- Inside edges- isolated drills with further application
- Outside edges- isolated drills with further application
- Length of stride
- Full extension
- Proper arm swing
- Backward Skating (C-cut push)
- Deep knee bend.
- Full extension and locking the leg
- Full return.
- Correct ankle pivot
- Weight transfer or getting most power out of push
- Forward Crossovers
- Strong knee bend
- Strong edge control
- Correct use of body positioning and body weight
- Backward Crossovers
- Explosive Starts
- Starting position
- Weight distribution
- Explosive pushes from a starting position
- Body positioning- legs/arms/rest of body
- Explosive Starts, Backward Crossover Start
- Lateral Mobility/crossovers
- Skating with pucks
- Shooting while skating- proper form and weight distribution