Welcome to the Edge of Excellence.
The Edge of Excellence Explosive Skating Schools instruct and train hockey players, on and
off the ice, on how to skate with more speed, quickness and agility, and on how to apply
these new skating techniques in game situations. The Edge of Excellence provides power
skating instruction to hockey players in four major urban centres:
Kelowna, Vancouver, Calgary and Winnipeg.
David Roy is the skating coach for the Dallas Stars, Canadian National Team, Canadian
Womens Olympic Team and has conducted skating schools in Canada and the USA for over
25 years. Each year he analyzes well over 1,000 hockey skaters from various parts of the
world. Hockey players from the organizations of many NHL teams have attended Davids
pro camps including the Dallas Stars, Calgary Flames, Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia
Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Colorado Avalanche, Toronto Maple Leafs, Tampa Bay
Lightening, New York Islanders, New Jersey Devils, and Phoenix Coyotes. To make big
improvements in a short period of time it takes a skating coach who possesses a rare
combination:
- an intricate knowledge of skating,
- strong skating abilities to demonstrate technique
- clear, simple and understandable communication
- a solid hockey background to teach how to apply the skating
technique to game situations
- a creative mind to develop drills and techniques such as
on-ice video projection
- a dynamic personality (with an abundance of energy) in order
to motivate players to skate at top speeds well past their comfort zone
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