Excellent breakdown! Very helpful. An exercise ,(on ice) to add: drop your knee all the way to the ice and c-cut with your knee on ice. At the end of it (can be even full 360 degrees turn) lift off your knee.
not sure you're still looking @ comments Spencer, but I would appreciate your thoughts on the difference between hip drop and soft drag? just realized I asked a year ago (see below for reference) and still in the dark on what should be used when lol Thanks mate!
Hey, sorry just happened to check the YT and saw your comment, good to hear from you! The difference is the dragging of the inside edge toe. The mechanics of the soft hip and soft drag are largely the same besides the soft drag you drag the non-weight bearing toe and the soft hip you don't. In terms of use, they are almost interchangeable so go based on what feels more natural in the moment. Some slight nuances to consider, is that by dragging the toe on the soft drag you will decelerate a bit which may allow you to turn/cut sharper or slow down. You may also want to consider what mechanic will come next. For example, if you are going to crossunder or shuffle out, then you might want to soft hip as it will be easier to land on the outside edge. In real time go with what feels right. You can't really go wrong. Hope that helps!
If you were to pinpoint the differences in terms of pros/cons/when to use it or not between the soft drag and the hip drop what would they been? For me the soft drag seems to turn a bit faster and sharper but doesn’t seem to work at high speed (too much torque) but maybe I need to work on it more?!
McDavid starts these with crossovers (to the left) and when it looks like he's going to plant his foot he drops it. The tricky part is not losing momentum so you can turn the jets back on towards the net
Spence, great videos'. Ankle collapse. If I don't tie my skates tight enough, I fall a lot. Do NHLers keep laces loose or don't just tie the last eyelet? Thx
Hi Joseph, my best advice is to test it out. Personally I believe one eyelet down is the sweet spot, where you have enough support but you’re also able to articulate your ankle, but for you it might not be. Let me know how it goes!
YES! Jason goes into more detail in the course and you can ask more detailed questions in the facebook group or on the weekly calls. Although there's not a lot on this move, but there is on the soft drag which as I said is pretty much the same. If you're interested in joining, I have the link in my description!
@@drunkviggo7263 that makes sense, the soft drag is more difficult. Since you have less support from your other leg and you also have to drop your hip which is more challenging. It requires you to stay even more relaxed.
Excellent breakdown! Very helpful. An exercise ,(on ice) to add: drop your knee all the way to the ice and c-cut with your knee on ice. At the end of it (can be even full 360 degrees turn) lift off your knee.
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Great breakdown of how to accomplish this! Gonna try this with my son! Thank you for the video!
I thoroughly enjoy your break downs when I see them pop up on the feed 👍
Thank you Paynan, that means a lot to me! I'll make sure to keep making good content for you.
Nicely done Spencer! Thanks for breaking it down in such great details. 👍
Thank you! It’s all in the details
Great stuff. The off-ice exercises are very GOATA-like!
Thanks Greg! Besides the ankle collapse drill, they would not be happy with that one hahaha
Excellent breakdown! Very helpful. An exercise ,(on ice) to add: drop your knee all the way to the ice and c-cut with your knee on ice. At the end of it (can be even full 360 degrees turn) lift off your knee.
Thank you ☺️
Your welcome Benjamin! Let me know how it goes
not sure you're still looking @ comments Spencer, but I would appreciate your thoughts on the difference between hip drop and soft drag? just realized I asked a year ago (see below for reference) and still in the dark on what should be used when lol
Thanks mate!
Hey, sorry just happened to check the YT and saw your comment, good to hear from you!
The difference is the dragging of the inside edge toe. The mechanics of the soft hip and soft drag are largely the same besides the soft drag you drag the non-weight bearing toe and the soft hip you don't.
In terms of use, they are almost interchangeable so go based on what feels more natural in the moment.
Some slight nuances to consider, is that by dragging the toe on the soft drag you will decelerate a bit which may allow you to turn/cut sharper or slow down. You may also want to consider what mechanic will come next. For example, if you are going to crossunder or shuffle out, then you might want to soft hip as it will be easier to land on the outside edge.
In real time go with what feels right. You can't really go wrong.
Hope that helps!
If you were to pinpoint the differences in terms of pros/cons/when to use it or not between the soft drag and the hip drop what would they been? For me the soft drag seems to turn a bit faster and sharper but doesn’t seem to work at high speed (too much torque) but maybe I need to work on it more?!
McDavid starts these with crossovers (to the left) and when it looks like he's going to plant his foot he drops it. The tricky part is not losing momentum so you can turn the jets back on towards the net
Spence, great videos'. Ankle collapse. If I don't tie my skates tight enough, I fall a lot. Do NHLers keep laces loose or don't just tie the last eyelet? Thx
Hi Joseph, my best advice is to test it out. Personally I believe one eyelet down is the sweet spot, where you have enough support but you’re also able to articulate your ankle, but for you it might not be.
Let me know how it goes!
Quick start video?
I'll add it to the list. Although, Train 2.0 has a video on quick starts. Search Train 2.0 acceleration, should be the top results. Hope that helps!
It did thank you!
Sup buddy.
Sup!
@@TheDownhillSkater Are the Downhill Skating moves explained in way more detail in the paid course bro ?
YES! Jason goes into more detail in the course and you can ask more detailed questions in the facebook group or on the weekly calls. Although there's not a lot on this move, but there is on the soft drag which as I said is pretty much the same.
If you're interested in joining, I have the link in my description!
@@TheDownhillSkater Bro I find it easier to do the heel anchor than the soft drag ( toe anchor ).
@@drunkviggo7263 that makes sense, the soft drag is more difficult. Since you have less support from your other leg and you also have to drop your hip which is more challenging. It requires you to stay even more relaxed.
Shoulders were not level
Excellent breakdown! Very helpful. An exercise ,(on ice) to add: drop your knee all the way to the ice and c-cut with your knee on ice. At the end of it (can be even full 360 degrees turn) lift off your knee.
Thank you! Great point, knee down drills are great for this too. Knee drops - Hip drops. You can see with Marner his knee is almost touching the ice.