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| There are some situations such as quick starts where players are taught by some skating instructors to shorten their stride, i.e. not use a full extension, in order to move their legs more quickly. I train our players in these situations to still fully extend their legs. If they don’t they are missing the most powerful knee angle to drive their legs from on the take off. The players can still move their legs quickly on explosive starts using a full extension. The difference is they are driving their legs directly back with their blades turned perpendicular to the direction of travel rather than pushing wide for the first three or four strides. | ||||||||||
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n completion
of his stride, a hockey player should have fully extended or opened
up three joints: 1. the hip joint, 2.
the knee joint and, 3.
the ankle joint. When we do our video analysis we can see very clearly
from the players' side view whether their leg is straight and fully
extended at the completion of their stride, or whether they are completing
their stride with their knee partially bent.
