The Downhill Skating System is the mechanics-first approach that unlocks effortless, controlled speed on the ice without extra conditioning, pushing or “trying harder.” Inspired by the movement signatures of players like Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Quinn Hughes, and other elite NHL skaters, this system teaches you how to move on the ice with gravity, using your body's own stretch shortening cycles mixed with the most efficient footwork patterns and various skating mechanics.
\nMost players skate “uphill”: stiff, blocky, pushing hard, creating tension and burning energy like we were always taught in traditional powerskating. Downhill skating flips that model. By using counter rotation, proper joint angles, and natural gravitational momentum, we teach you move faster with less effort.
\nInside the Downhill Skating System, players learn to:
\n1) Unlock the inner spring for better acceleration.
\n2)Use different footwork patterns to add options, deception and effortlessness.
\n3)Proper joint alignment for efficiency and balance instead of creating tension with push strides.
\nApply NHL-base mechanics like shin angle, Y-angle, rhythm and cadence. Generate speed using the rocker, with heel pressure and subtle weight transfers.
\nThis system is not what players would learn in traditional, outdated power skating methods. It’s a biomechanics-based operating system designed to match your body type and natural movement patterns.
\nWhether you’re trying to improve the forward stride, lateral movements, deception, or posture, Downhill Skating reveals the hidden mechanics the NHL’s best rely on, and shows you how to plug them into your game step by step.
\nIf you’re ready to skate faster with less effort, flow through transitions, and move with the smoothness of the world’s best players, the Downhill Skating System is your blueprint to faster player development.
\n👉 Drills, breakdowns, progressions, and full mechanics playbook (100's of videos) all available in Train 2.0+ here:
\nhttps://train2point0.com/membership
\nAbout Train 2.0:
\nTrain 2.0 is an online hockey development platform founded by Jason Yee: kinesiologist, former professional player, and UBC honors graduate. We give players and coaches a mechanical advantage by reverse-engineering elite NHL movements and making them available to players at every level.
\n👉 Start your Train 2.0 Free Training and learn the Downhill Skating System pillars here:
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\n🌐 Visit us on home ice at our website for more details about Train 2.0 Hockey
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\n3 Things McDavid Does That Power Skating Coaches Never Teach
\nEveryone wants to skate like Connor McDavid and with all the miss-information on the internet it’s rarely taught what he is really doing to generate so much skating speed, which is the gap this week's video closes. We take three things that separate him from the other superstar skaters and put them side by side with what traditional power skating still teaches, and those differences are massive, because they better allow a player to skate downhill, loose, relaxed and effortless, instead of applying old powerskating methods and sub-optimal mechanics.
\nWhen you are not wasting energy with every stride, you don’t gas out as fast, which frees your brain up to make the next play or better see the ice and take what is given. It is not that these subtle differences looks different, it is that when the body is working so hard just to keep up to game speed you shut it down to optimizing play making and more specifically decision making.
\nOnce you see it, you can't un-see it.
\nHere's a look at the Downhill Skating System and how you can start skating more like the world's best players:
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\nThe Downhill Skating System is the mechanics-first approach that unlocks effortless, controlled speed on the ice without extra conditioning, pushing, or \"trying harder.\" Inspired by the movement signatures of Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Quinn Hughes, and other elite NHL skaters, it teaches you to move with gravity, using your body's own stretch shortening cycles alongside efficient footwork and skating mechanics.
\nBy using counter rotation, proper joint angles, and natural momentum, you move faster with less effort.
\nInside Train 2.0+ you'll learn to:
\n- Unlock the inner spring for better acceleration.
\n- Use direction changes that keep you deceptive and hold your optionality.
\n- Build NHL superstar mechanics, instead of repatterning the wrong movements.
\n- Turn these mechanics into in game assets, completely changing your player DNA and development trajectories.
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\n2027 NHL Draft Rankings of the Top 15 Prospects with game highlights and stats! It's a whole new hockey season upon us, so let's take a look at the 2027 NHL draft class and who leads the way early on. #nhldraft #hockey #nhl
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\nFor the first time in 140 days, the Tampa Bay Lightning are back on home ice as they open the 2026 preseason against the Nashville Predators at Benchmark International Arena. On today's Daily Strike, Steve Versnick gets you ready for the first game action of the season with the latest updates from Training Camp and a preview of tonight's matchup. Hear from Brayden Point as he discusses playing alongside new teammate Ilya Mikheyev, while top prospect Sam O'Reilly shares his mindset as he pushes for a roster spot. Plus, Assistant Coach Rob Zettler breaks down the intense competition among the defensemen battling to make the opening-night roster. We also take a look at the Lightning's power-play units, featuring newcomer John Carlson on the point alongside Nikita Kucherov, Jake Guentzel, Brandon Hagel, and Brayden Point. In this episode: Lightning vs. Predators preseason preview Training Camp updates from Day 4 Brayden Point on building chemistry with Ilya Mikheyev Sam O'Reilly's push for an NHL roster spot Competition on the blue line intensifies First look at the revamped Lightning power play This Day in Lightning History: Victor Hedman introduced as team captain in 2024 Season opener and home opener reminders Launch Week events coming soon Subscribe to Daily Strike for daily Tampa Bay Lightning news, Training Camp coverage, player interviews, roster analysis, game previews, and everything happening around the Bolts as the 2026-27 season gets underway. #TampaBayLightning #GoBolts #NHL #LightningHockey #Preseason #BraydenPoint #NikitaKucherov #JohnCarlson #VictorHedman #DailyStrike #HockeyPodcast #BoltsNation #TampaBaySportsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
\nThe Downhill Skating System is the mechanics-first approach that unlocks effortless, controlled speed on the ice without extra conditioning, pushing or “trying harder.” Inspired by the movement signatures of players like Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Quinn Hughes, and other elite NHL skaters, this system teaches you how to move on the ice with gravity, using your body's own stretch shortening cycles mixed with the most efficient footwork patterns and various skating mechanics.
\nMost players skate “uphill”: stiff, blocky, pushing hard, creating tension and burning energy like we were always taught in traditional powerskating. Downhill skating flips that model. By using counter rotation, proper joint angles, and natural gravitational momentum, we teach you move faster with less effort.
\nInside the Downhill Skating System, players learn to:
\n1) Unlock the inner spring for better acceleration.
\n2)Use different footwork patterns to add options, deception and effortlessness.
\n3)Proper joint alignment for efficiency and balance instead of creating tension with push strides.
\nApply NHL-base mechanics like shin angle, Y-angle, rhythm and cadence. Generate speed using the rocker, with heel pressure and subtle weight transfers.
\nThis system is not what players would learn in traditional, outdated power skating methods. It’s a biomechanics-based operating system designed to match your body type and natural movement patterns.
\nWhether you’re trying to improve the forward stride, lateral movements, deception, or posture, Downhill Skating reveals the hidden mechanics the NHL’s best rely on, and shows you how to plug them into your game step by step.
\nIf you’re ready to skate faster with less effort, flow through transitions, and move with the smoothness of the world’s best players, the Downhill Skating System is your blueprint to faster player development.
\n👉 Drills, breakdowns, progressions, and full mechanics playbook (100's of videos) all available in Train 2.0+ here:
\nhttps://train2point0.com/membership
\nAbout Train 2.0:
\nTrain 2.0 is an online hockey development platform founded by Jason Yee: kinesiologist, former professional player, and UBC honors graduate. We give players and coaches a mechanical advantage by reverse-engineering elite NHL movements and making them available to players at every level.
\n👉 Start your Train 2.0 Free Training and learn the Downhill Skating System pillars here:
\nhttps://train2point0.com/free-training
\n🌐 Visit us on home ice at our website for more details about Train 2.0 Hockey
\nhttps://www.train2point0.com/
\n👉 Check out the Train 2.0+ Coaches Certification and book a free discovery call here: https://train2point0.com/coaches/#
\n📧 Want free content, trends, and breakdowns we don’t post anywhere else?
\nJoin the Train 2.0 Weekly Report and get elite skating, skill development, and performance insights delivered straight to your inbox every week.: https://train2point0.beehiiv.com/
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\nMatt Drake discusses the split squad double win over the Leafs. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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\nIn episode 349 of the Glass and Out Podcast, Boston Bruins Assistant Coach Steve Spott explains how he balances structure and creativity, and the key to helping players develop chemistry.
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\nThe first competitive shifts of the 2026-27 season will soon take to the ice as the Tampa Bay Lightning host the Nashville Predators at Benchmark International Arena this evening at 5:00 PM EST. With only four preseason games prior to the season starting, the Bolts are kicking things off with a NHL-veteran heavy line-up tonight. a look at the #Bolts lines and D pairings from their first morning skate of the preseason: Mikheyev – Point – Kucherov Hagel – Cirelli – Guentzel Geekie – O’Reilly – Rautiainen Kulebiakin – Czata – Sabourin Moser – Carlson Hedman – Crozier McDonagh – Cernak — Gabby Shirley (@Gabby_Shirley_) September 20, 2026 According to the Lightning’s daily group report, the goaltenders should be Andrei Vasilevskiy and Mads Sogaard. A quick glance at the line-up shows a defense and top-six that will likely mirror what we see on Opening night against the New York Rangers. Coach Jon Cooper isn’t messing around as he looks to establish some chemistry with his squad early on in training camp. At the same time, some players presumed to be on the roster bubble are getting a look with the top players. Oleg Kulebiakin and Scott Sabourin probably aren’t going to make the roster unless things really go off the rails. Benjamin Rautiainen and Sam O’Reilly are a couple of rookies whose chances increased with the injuries to Yanni Gourde and Dominic James while Ethan Czata might earn a shot for a few games with the big club before being assigned to his junior team. Seeing Ilya Mikheyev begin his Lightning career on the top line is intriguing. He has the wheels to play with Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov while giving them a little help in the defensive game. Could he find a role similar to Ondrej Palat as a two-way forward that can chip in enough offense to justify his spot on the line? Connor Geekie starts on the wing as he looks to lock in a permanent spot on the roster. LIke O’Reilly and Rautiainen, his chance to earn a spot became slightly easier with a couple of forwards out of service early in the season. Expect a little rotation on the defensive side, but it wouldn’t be surprising to see the Bolts try and keep J.J. Moser on his natural side after his strong season last year. Expect all three combinations to get similar ice time at 5v5 with John Carlson and Victor Hedman getting some extra time on the power play. Reports from the morning skate have Carlson, Brayden Point, Nikita Kucherov, Brandon Hagel, and Jake Guentzel working as a power play unit. The other unit was comprised of Hedman, Geekie, Rautiainen, O’Reilly, and Anthony Cirelli. There should be a pretty good pace to tonight’s game. One thing to remember is that NHL veterans are only allowed to play in two of the pre-season games, so expect the folks playing tonight to get the next one off and some of the Crunch players in camp to get some game time action. The cuts have already begun as the Lightning trimmed their camp roster by three players by releasing Jaxen Adam, Elliot Arnett, and Nathan Mayes from their try-out contracts. Their camp number sits at 64 with eleven days to go in camp. Here is the broadcast info: https://x.com/TBLightning/status/2101661500423217264?s=20 We play preseason hockey today‼️ pic.twitter.com/R0btme0lIV — Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) September 20, 2026
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\nThe Downhill Skating System is the mechanics-first approach that unlocks effortless, controlled speed on the ice without extra conditioning, pushing or “trying harder.” Inspired by the movement signatures of players like Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Quinn Hughes, and other elite NHL skaters, this system teaches you how to move on the ice with gravity, using your body's own stretch shortening cycles mixed with the most efficient footwork patterns and various skating mechanics.
\nMost players skate “uphill”: stiff, blocky, pushing hard, creating tension and burning energy like we were always taught in traditional powerskating. Downhill skating flips that model. By using counter rotation, proper joint angles, and natural gravitational momentum, we teach you move faster with less effort.
\nInside the Downhill Skating System, players learn to:
\n1) Unlock the inner spring for better acceleration.
\n2)Use different footwork patterns to add options, deception and effortlessness.
\n3)Proper joint alignment for efficiency and balance instead of creating tension with push strides.
\nApply NHL-base mechanics like shin angle, Y-angle, rhythm and cadence. Generate speed using the rocker, with heel pressure and subtle weight transfers.
\nThis system is not what players would learn in traditional, outdated power skating methods. It’s a biomechanics-based operating system designed to match your body type and natural movement patterns.
\nWhether you’re trying to improve the forward stride, lateral movements, deception, or posture, Downhill Skating reveals the hidden mechanics the NHL’s best rely on, and shows you how to plug them into your game step by step.
\nIf you’re ready to skate faster with less effort, flow through transitions, and move with the smoothness of the world’s best players, the Downhill Skating System is your blueprint to faster player development.
\n👉 Drills, breakdowns, progressions, and full mechanics playbook (100's of videos) all available in Train 2.0+ here:
\nhttps://train2point0.com/membership
\nAbout Train 2.0:
\nTrain 2.0 is an online hockey development platform founded by Jason Yee: kinesiologist, former professional player, and UBC honors graduate. We give players and coaches a mechanical advantage by reverse-engineering elite NHL movements and making them available to players at every level.
\n👉 Start your Train 2.0 Free Training and learn the Downhill Skating System pillars here:
\nhttps://train2point0.com/free-training
\n🌐 Visit us on home ice at our website for more details about Train 2.0 Hockey
\nhttps://www.train2point0.com/
\n👉 Check out the Train 2.0+ Coaches Certification and book a free discovery call here: https://train2point0.com/coaches/#
\n📧 Want free content, trends, and breakdowns we don’t post anywhere else?
\nJoin the Train 2.0 Weekly Report and get elite skating, skill development, and performance insights delivered straight to your inbox every week.: https://train2point0.beehiiv.com/
\n🔔 Subscribe and turn on Notifications Bell for weekly hockey skill presentations + drills: https://www.youtube.com/@Train2point0
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