Hockey skating,
nothing else.
Just edges, stride, and the science of the blade. Edgesmith is a skating-only online instruction platform built for youth, travel, junior, and high-school players — and the coaches who train them.
We are deliberately not a multi-skill bundle. Every minute of curriculum is biomechanics, edge work, and stride — taught by coaches whose credentials are specifically in skating.
Why Edgesmith
The defensible lane the market doesn’t yet serve.
The Pond, Katy Jo Power Skating, and the broader subscription libraries bundle shooting, stickhandling, and passing into the same feed. They also stop at the edge of regional scheduling and geography — serious skaters can’t train often enough to move the needle. Edgesmith is the credential-aware alternative.
No shooting, no stickhandling, no passing. The catalog is skating — biomechanics, drills, progressions, form-analysis videos. Anything else is a distraction from what we actually coach.
Every curriculum author holds a recognized power-skating certification. The Prosumer review rubric is the same one we use to credential coaches, so the scoring doesn’t drift.
Subscribers don’t scroll an infinite library. They get a monthly 4-week plan keyed to position and age band, with structured dryland cues that transfer to the ice.
The Coach tier licenses the curriculum for in-person clinics — regional instructors can teach the same drills they see in the app, with the same rubric behind them.
Curriculum
Six mechanics. No filler.
The catalog is organised around the mechanics that actually move a hockey player — not a topic list designed to look complete. Short form-analysis videos map common faults to specific fixes.
Inside and outside edges, holds, and recoveries are the base. Everything else — stride, crossovers, transitions — is built on how well you hold an edge under load. We treat it as the unit, not a topic.
Monthly progression
A 4-week arc keyed to position and age band.
Plans reset on the first of the month so the curriculum stays current. Each week has a single skating focus, 3–4 supporting drills from the library, and a paired dryland cue that transfers to the ice.
First-step explosion and offensive edge work — built for the player who has to gain a half-stride on a defenseman.
- 01 · Week 1lowEdge base
Inside / outside edge holds, 90° push angles, recovery foot position under load.
- 02 · Week 2midCrossover sequencing
Wide and tight curves, tight-to-loose rhythm, c-cuts at game speed.
- 03 · Week 3highExplosive starts
Forward and lateral first three strides, shin angle, recovery leg drive.
- 04 · Week 4highTight turns & stops
Mohawk transitions, controlled stops, dryland-to-ice transfer cues.
For coaches
License the curriculum for in-person clinics.
Regional instructors can teach the same drills their players see in the app — same rubric, same form-analysis videos, same drill cards. The Coach tier mirrors the credentialing gravity of USA Hockey Power Skating, Power Skating Canada, and the established certifications in the space.
- Quarterly curriculum refresh — material stays current
- Offline-ready drill cards + video for the rink
- Rubric used is the rubric you can teach with
- Sourced from coaches with verified credentials
Tiers
One lane. Three doors in.
Priced in the low-double-digit monthly range typical of the category. Coach licensing is per clinic. Prosumer review is per clip.
- 4-week monthly plan keyed to position and age band
- Searchable drill library (surface area, intensity)
- Form-analysis videos mapping faults → fixes
- Dryland cues paired to on-ice drills
- License the curriculum for in-person clinics
- Drill cards + video for offline use
- Credentialing-aligned rubric
- Materials refreshed quarterly
- Certified skating coach scores your clip
- Published rubric: edge, posture, sequence, transfer
- Walkthrough video returned in ~72 hours
- Same rubric we use to credential coaches
Ready when you are
Get Edgesmith. Train the only thing you can’t fake.
Email edgesmith@polsia.app and we’ll send the current month’s progression plan, the rate card, and the Coach licensing terms.
No multi-skill feed. No shooting drills. Just edges, stride, and the science of the blade.