Being a strong skater is essential to your child’s success on the ice, regardless of what position they play. All great hockey players are fast, powerful, and agile on their skates. Like any skill, skating is something your child can continuously improve with ongoing effort and coaching. Research conducted over the past two decades shows that skating treadmills help hockey players improve their skating technique, increase their power, and decrease their stride rate. The research also shows that the improvements that players make on a skating treadmill transfer to the ice.