Perfect Skating™
Dynamic Skating and Skills Program
12 week session focused on building skills for single and double letter players
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Give yourself the edge!
The building block of all on-ice movement
This specialized program is built for single and double letter players who want to gain efficiency, speed and agility on the ice.
Making sense of movement
Targeting joint mobility, stability and alignment, the Perfect Skating™ Program builds on isometric movement to enhance kinetic feedback on the ice.
Proven results
Perfect Skating™ was first piloted by players of the Ottawa Senators and French Olympic Ice Hockey Federation in 2008. Since then, through collaboration with the University of Ottawa’s Kinesiology Department, hockey equipment manufacturers and NHL partners, the program continuously evolves to meet the needs of players year-round.
Experience where it counts
Sessions at Excellent Ice Kirkland will be led by Perfect Skating™ instructors Kyle Armstrong and Zachary Constantineau, who highlight the program’s unique focus on asymmetric movement to players.
Since Nathaniel Marx became the program’s first franchisee in Montreal in 2014, players across the region have benefitted from the team’s playing and teaching experience at the amateur and professional levels.
Our classes
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Spring Program
Classes will be divided into single and double letter groups. Class fees include all 11 sessions.
Perfect Skating focuses on on-ice movement and performance, and players in this program will work on isolating movement to gain speed and agility.
This program is designed to strengthen a player’s fundamental skating skills, paying special attention to these key areas:
- Linear Front Stride
- Linear Crossovers
- 3 Step Quickness
- Explosive Stops and Starts
- Open Hip Quickness and Mobility
- Evasive Skating to Create Time and Space
- Pivots
- Backwards Mobility
- Backwards Crossovers
Every session will start by introducing the skating skill. Pucks will then be added as a layer to develop understanding. Players move through these skating sequences with efficient puck movement and protection. Classes will also address passing and shooting.
The last two sessions of this program will be spent teaching players how to blend these skills into dynamic patterns that can be used in game situations.
This class will be divided into single and double letter groups.
Prerequisite: Dynamic Skating or equivalent.*
*Please contact Lori at lori@excellentice-kirkland.com for more information.
Spring 2024
Class Schedule
🗓 Class schedules will be available here
Listed class fees include all taxes.
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Required equipment
What you need for your classes
HOCKEY CLASSES
Full hockey equipment required for all participants
Including helmet with full face protection, gloves, neck guard and jock/jill strap
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Registration Waiver
You must accept the terms of the waiver when registering online to complete purchases.
You can also download the form here and email it to lori@excellentice-kirkland .com
Please read carefully
By completing your registration, you assume the responsibility of ensuring you respect safety and social distancing protocols issued by the government of Quebec and Excellent Ice Kirkland. If you have any illness symptoms, you cannot attend your activity. Excellent Ice Kirkland is under no obligation to offer refunds or credits for missed classes.
All players are responsible for ensuring that they follow the safety guidelines put into place by Excellent Ice Kirkland. Each player is responsible for following the facility rules. Failure to comply with these directives will result in the immediate removal from the facility.
All participants (including coaches and instructors) must always wear a CSA approved hockey helmet and skates on the ice. Contracts must be signed prior to ice times.
By registering in our program, you assume the risks associated with participation in sporting activities and waive the right to claim damages from Excellent Ice.
Persons using these facilities do so at their own risk. The owner and operator of these facilities, EXCELLENT ICE (KIRKLAND) PRO LTD., its directors and employees shall not be responsible for any loss or injury occurring in connection with the usage of these facilities. The users agree to waive and release EXCELLENT ICE (KIRKLAND) PRO LTD., its lessees, directors, and employees from all claims for loss or injury however caused that may occur while using these facilities, including claims for loss and injury that may be caused or contributed to by the negligence of EXCELLENT ICE (KIRKLAND) PRO LTD., its lessees, directors, or employees.
The signed assumes all risk of personal injury or damage that may result in my participation. They hereby waive any claims to which they may become entitled for injury or damages and release EXCELLENT ICE (KIRKLAND) PRO LTD., its directors, owners, organizers and all staff or employees of any liability for injury or damage which they may sustain while participating.