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Meet Bearfoot Hockey

Evan Anderson

A former CanSkate Figure Skater Senior Dance 3; 1996 Minnesota North Stars prospect; 1992 NCAA D1 scholarship, Northern Michigan University, ECHL, CoHL, WHL, AJHL, SJHL, 1992 Estevan Bruins South Division Champions, 1992 Estevan Bruins Top Scorer and 100 Point Club, 1992 SJHL All Star; 1995-1996 Conestoga College OCAA League Leading Scorer, All-Star Ontario Collegiate Athletics Association. 2012 Retired Pro MMA and current Professional Skating Coach of Bearfoot Hockey.

Bearfoot Hcokey specializes in developing skating balance with a professional 2 year program or just in need of balance with my 6 or 12 week course.

The best program to develop skating balance

Bearfoot Hockey

Bearfoot Hockey specializes in developing skating balance by aligning the Center of Gravity on Zero degrees Plane of Axis. This is key to 100% smooth confident skating stride.

Old ways of training

These photos show the results of "track and field/speed training".  The high and wide back kick leaning ahead of the Plane of Axis on a high center of gravity as they're only at 90-95% of their stride.  Im shown top right running in snow to compare the training gait of these skaters.

For all skaters

2 of 3 of the most important drills

Bearfoot Lunge

The goal of the lunge is to maintain a low center of gravity while your feet glide flat on the surface as you move forward for 1st week.  2nd week begins to include reverse and this helps you find your foot and balance.

Bearfoot Lunge Dip Twist.

This drill adds dips and twists to helps develop deph to your center of gravity while algning and greasing your Aixs to Zero. 

When these 6 week sessions are done, you can then add Bands to the ankles and ankle weights around your waist to hone your Center of Gravity and Axis!

all drills connect

Grab interest

This drill is the start to series of cone drills that help develop your Gyroscope.  Starting side to side with cone in middle, then front to back will help center your Axis and smooth your center of gravity. After a couple weeks you can adjust your feet positioning at various degrees around your circle, and set cones at 4 corners.

With Bearfoot lunge, 100% stride possible.

This is a critical drill is slow at the start, and speed slowly increases over the 6 week session. Stay low, and your Axis will follow as you begin to cross your feet tight and always be touching the feet on each outside. Start 3 X 3 by 3 sets.  Increase the steps and sets each week for the 6 weeks.  Remove shoes on grass, sand for tighter depth. Again, start slow and increase speed slightly after 2 weeks and always think light feet!

Bearsweeps

The Bearfoot Sweeps are drills that help you maintain your center of Gravity while give your Axis zero degree pivotal grounding.

By lowering your body so one leg is fully extended with the foot flat on the surface, you have to maintain the flat foot as you 

bring your foot back around the radius of the circle you make with your feet on each side always focusing on maintaining

the middle as your Axis and Center of gracvity shifts

Bearspins

This drill trains your body to extend from your Zero degree Axis and expands your Center of Gravity range. Start with 2 feet each way and then 1 foot, working both planes of the Axis. Start with 1/4 turns each circle, then 1/2 turns, then 3/4 turns and then finally full turns going each way 3 times each set. Add a turn a day, set a week and then vary as your training progresses

Video

Bearflow

 To add balance to your skating, learning how to liquid will improve your overall balance, and now you can transfer outside energy to where you desire by absorbing incoming energy, and move it where you like.    To begin, to show you hot to move and that will give depth to your hands, legs, essentially...shocks. Use natural settings to "shape your hands", houses, buildings, trees etc.  It also helps you get past tight situations as you can maneuver through the play because you can move that energy as  you like.  Bruce Lee... Be water. 

Bearflow

 Add gloves to continue finding your flow, this gloves will make your lines/curves etc more visible. Continue to pick natural/city features in front of you.  Follow the lines....and keep the feet light. this adds a layer to your shocks. 

Balls will help add depth by the sizing of distance between each ball.  This helps you define your strengths in your hand eye coordination.   This will also help you trace your box, to show you where your shot strength range is. 

All work no play...

Training is hard...and fun... and this is one of those times!  This particular drill adds depth to your hands by creating a "cushion" between you hands that build another layer to your "3D level" that allows you more hand finger corrodination for passes and pucks.

 

Before and after videos

Before Video

Raven is another training success story and is seen here in his first video.  As you can see he is an average skater with high choppy strides as the entire body leans back, indicating a stiff Axis and poor balance.

Before video

Raven is on defense and continues to skate "high" and choppy strides.  His skating stride is about to change to more assertive and confident, you can compare crossovers with the next video.

After Video

Raven is skating down the middle and turns towards the score keepers....watch how fast his crossovers become!

Anthonys Quest to smoother blading

Grab interest

I met Anthony on the path, watch his entry stride how he was standing tall, timid and tense he was. In the After video, he lowered down, looking more relaxed and confident as he casually cruising now!

Anthony Training

This drill helps you center your Plane of Axis and defining your center of gravity.  This helped Anthony begin to stride from the middle as he brought his knees 1st to "Zero Plane degree Axis" and then pushed out.  This helped him get 100% of his stride, and his confidence!

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