Where do power, speed and quickness come from in skating?
Pat Malloy, the Director of Hockey Programming and Head Instructor for the Elite Performance Hockey Program with the Peak Centre For Human Performance in Ontario, Canada, gave an on-ice presentation at TCS Live 2022 on the Foundations of High Performance Skating to answer that exact question.
Malloy has worked with world class teams, coaches and players leveraging sports science, performance analytics and ethics in sport to create a strong structural base with successful outcomes. His NHL coaching experience includes several seasons as a development coach for the Buffalo Sabres, as well consulting in player development for the Ottawa Senators.
Having worked for nearly two decades developing athletes, Malloy has concluded there are universal structural skating habits that can be taught at a young age and used by everyone right up to the NHL. Understanding that no two athletes are the same, Malloy’s drills use science to make them as simple and effective as possible to impact skaters.
“The habits we instill in our young players, if they’re high performance habits, will continue to grow.”
It starts with the postural power acquisition. If you’re new to this term, you’ll be very familiar with it after watching Malloy’s 23-minute presentation.
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More on Malloy:
- B.Sc Human Kinetics
- M.A. Intervention and Consultation in Sport
- CEP (Certified Exercise Physiologist)
- Experience working with hockey players in Minor Hockey, Jr. A, OHL, NCAA, AHL, NHL
- CSPA – Professional Member of Canadian Sport Psychology Association
Malloy has also served as a professional hockey skills and skating coach for over 10 years and has coached for over a decade from Initiation to Junior “A” throughout Eastern Ontario and the Ottawa Valley. He is a former Coach and Director of Player Development in the Central Junior “A” Hockey League and has Tier II Junior “A” playing experience along with “Speak Out” Program Certification with Hockey Canada. Pat is also currently the head coach and GM of the Pembroke Lumber Kings Junior A hockey club.
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Pat Malloy
With nearly two decades of empowerment and development of people to higher levels of achievement, Pat Malloy is an industry leader in mentoring, coaching, and developing some of the world’s best players.
As a director at the Peak Centre for Human Performance, Pat has worked with world class teams, coaches, and players; leveraging sports science, performance analytics, and ethics in sport to create a strong structural base with successful outcomes.
Pat’s NHL coaching experience includes several seasons as a development coach for the Buffalo Sabres, as well consulting in player development for the Ottawa Senators. Pat is a former player development and performance coach with the QMJHL’s Gatineau Olympiques.
Pat continues to individually consult with some of the best players in North America and Europe, including many NHL players.
Love this…so important to address a player’s complete overall posture and posture control when teaching proper skating technique.