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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