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Continuous shuffle
Objective:
Learn how to make the shuffle continuously. This technique is used to keep yourself ready on your stance to make a save and in the puck lane between the shooter and the net.
Points of Emphasis:
Learn how to make the shuffle continuously. This technique is used to keep yourself ready on your stance to make a save and in the puck lane between the shooter and the net.
Points of Emphasis:
- Start and stay in the basic stance throughout the movement
- Legs are moving and rest of the body stays loose
- Stick on ice, glove & blocker at the same level
- Turn your ankle to the middle of the blade so that it is easy to slide on the ice
- Push with the other blades inside edge
- Transfer your weight to the sliding leg
- Keep your sliding leg on the middle of the blade
- Bring the pushing leg quickly next to the sliding leg after every push
- When you want to stop just turn your sliding leg ankle to the inside edge of the blade.