Seattle Kraken Prospect Skating Warm Up Stresses Edges + Balance
Victor Östman shared this quick and seemingly simple skating warm-up that incorporates all the key elements of goalie movement while working on balance and edge control.
It’s part of his warm-up routine as a first-year pro with the Coachella Valley Firebirds in the American Hockey League.
“Vic has got great edge work: notice during these movements, his upper body is relatively still, very still actually,” said Seattle Kraken goalie development and AHL goalie coach Colin Zulianello. “There’s no wasted energy in the movement. He’s very precise with it. He’s 6-foot-4 and his edge work is very good.”
For some, watching that may be enough, but for those who want to truly understand the HOW and WHY, we talked to Östman and Zulianello about each movement. They explain how they combine the various parts while breaking down six separate videos for our subscribers below, and lay it all out in way that will help YOU develop a warm-up specific to YOUR needs as a goalie.
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Zulianello's breakdown of the four movement patterns — feet-to-feet, feet-to-knees, knees-to-feet, knees-to-knees — and exactly how he teaches goalies to build their own routine around them is in the next paragraph.
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