Partner mirroring
Category: Agility
Level: 2
15-30 seconds
- Soft bend at hips and knees
- Knees stacked over ankle
- Toes, knees and hips facing forward relative to trunk position
- Absorb landing from ball of the foot to heel
- Turning the lead foot outwards
- Cue "Toes face straight ahead"
- Feet hitting together
- Cue "Keep feet apart"
- Staying up on the toes with each step
- Cue "Soft, quiet landing"
- Cue "Sit back into the hips"
- Reaction drill increases intensity and cognition prior to on-ice session
- Increases heart and breathing rates
- Movement in the frontal plane (sideways)
- Incorporates a change of direction movement
- Develops knee control