Butterfly Progression

By: Mountain High Hockey

Key Points

• Good athletic stance (knees over toes)
• Hands out front in parallel
• Drive knees down to ice at same time

Progression #1

• Start at the top of the middle of the crease
• Butterfly
• Back up
• T-push to one side
• Butterfly
• Back up
• T-push back to starting position
• Repeat

Progression #2

• Start on post
• T-push to top middle of crease
• Butterfly
• Back up
• T-push to one side
• T-push diagonally back across crease to other post
• T-push out to top middle of crease (starting position)
• Butterfly
• Repeat in opposite direction