IMPORTANT message on the pillars of skating!! (ft. Mcdavid)

They’re 5 main pillars to skating in hockey, this video addresses an IMPORTANT distinction that separates how the best NHLers use the pillars to achieve MASTERY over their counterparts and how you can start to as well! Pillar standard & What is typically considered “good” Y angle - Smallest angle between blade and the ice Standard: Toe cap “touching ice” Shin angle - Knee as far in front of your toe as possible Standard: While maintaining full blade contact and bias towards the heel Rocker - Endpoint to endpoint Standard: Using the entire blade Heel pressure - Weight aggressively to your heels Standard: While maintaining shin angle Crevice - Top hand tight in the crevice for the majority of the time Standard: Around 75% of the time (Bonus) Footwork - Executing the footwork of the specific mechanic NOTE: Mcdavid also manipulates his footwork on his wider crosses. Notice on his wide route crossunder’s he lands with his feet wide vs on his tighter crosses he lands with his feet narrow. See: Crossunder Compilation ➡️    • Analyze the best NHLers Crossovers!! (McDa...   #iceskating #mcdavid _____________________________________________________ Important message - 0:00 Mcdavid Example - 1:09 3 Reasons - 1:32 Advice - 2:37 ______________________________________________________ Check out my Mechanics clip library for more NHL examples and clips to breakdown! ➡️ https://train2point0.thinkific.com/co... SUBSCRIBE for more skating & hockey mechanics content!! Subscribe ➡️ //   / @thedownhillskater   Join the @Train2point0 community & learn the mechanics of the pros (DSS) Become a member ➡️ https://train2point0.thinkific.com/bu... NOTE: This is an affiliate link Other links Instagram ➡️   / thedownhillskater   Paypal ➡️ https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thedo... Link Tree (all my links in one place) ➡️ https://linktr.ee/thedownhillskater