13 Power Skating Drills to Improve Your Forward Crossovers

Try these 13 power skating drills to improve your forward crossovers.

Crossovers help players create speed and acceleration on curved or non-linear skating patterns. They also allow players to weave, zigzag, change direction, and move laterally with and without the puck, making them more elusive and harder to defend. Because they’re so important, all hockey players, whether novice or pro, should practice their forward crossovers regularly.

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Drill breakdown:
0:10 Isolated Crossover Steps
0:23 Toe Extension w/ Puck
0:37 Outside Edge Crossover Steps
0:48 Outside Edge Half Circles
1:05 Crosby Pushes Around Circle Using Inside Edge of Outside Skate
1:18 C-Cuts Around Circle Using Inside Edge of Outside Skate
1:33 Inside Skate Toe Flicks Around Circle While Outside Skate Stays on the Ice
1:48 Crossovers w/out Picking Up Your Skates (Inside Edge C-Cut + Outside Edge Push)
2:05 Smooth Crossovers w/ Stick Across Shoulders
2:21 Linear Crossovers (1 Crossover Each Way)
2:29 Linear Crossovers (2 Crossovers Each Way)
2:38 JRM/Swedish Running Crossovers
2:56 Overspeed Crossovers

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