The Skating Guy

The Skating Guy - Coach Duncan Pike - tells you about skating, training, and everything else hockey. Have a question for Coach Duncan? Ask and he'll answer! Follow this blog to help yourself or your kids become better skaters and hockey players, or just because it's pretty darned interesting!

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Not bad, if I say so myself. #restoredfurniture #purplestuff #purple

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Painted this #frenchprovincial hardware #purple to #update a piece I'm #restoring. #oldisnew #purplestuff #restoredfurniture

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Like most of my best drills, came up with this one on the spot. My player isn't even on the ice yet, so I'll let you know how it went! #hockeylife #hockeytraining #powerskating #realathletes (at SPS Power Skating)

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Nothing like keeping your big brother off the puck! Nicely done, Mikhael. #hockeylife #hockeytraining #powerskating #hockey (at SPS Power Skating)

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Working on #quickfeet and establishing and maintaining athletic posture. #hockeylife #hockeytraining #powerskating (at SPS Power Skating)

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#hockeylife #hockeytraining Ricky's last tune up before #GlobalHockeyShowcase. Big improvements since we started in November! #powerskating #hockey (at SPS Power Skating)

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Getting set up for a tune-up session for Ricky before #GlobalHockeyShowcase this weekend. #hockeylife #hockeytraining #powerskating

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#6am #hockeylife #hockeypractice #hockeytraining #powerskating #realathletes (at SPS Power Skating)

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Had both of these guys on today for their last tune ups before @bchlcentennials spring camp this weekend. Good luck Ricky and Colton! Do us proud. (at SPS Power Skating)

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First set of 2016 pro prospecting letters going out. Time to get disproportionately optimistic for a couple of weeks!

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#powerskating #footwork applied to more #hockey game-like situation. More work ahead, but making progress! #hockeylife (at SPS Power Skating)

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Building on the last drills I posted. Lots of work in between. Improvements in footwork and posture. #hockeylife #hockeytraining #powerskating (at SPS Power Skating)

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#Footwork coming along; need to combine it with #athleticposture & #bodycontrol. #hockeytraining #hockeylife #powerskating #vancouver #vancouverhockey (at SPS Power Skating)

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It's cold in here! #6AMs #hockeylife #hockey #powerskating (at SPS Power Skating)

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#6AMs #hockeylife #hockeytraining #powerskating #nofilter (at SPS Power Skating)

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Another bit of footwork from yesterday's session. A little more standard but still a great drill. #hockey #hockeytraining #hockeylife #powerskating #6AMs (at SPS Power Skating)

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Yeah I work this guy pretty hard. #hockey #hockeytraining #hockeylife #powerskating #6ams (at SPS Power Skating)