DCHP-3

power skating

DCHP-2 (Nov 2012)

Spelling variants:
Power Skating, power-skating

n. & adj. — Sports

advanced skating skills, including techniques to improve speed, agility and power.

Type: 5. Frequency — Power skating programs are aimed mainly at hockey players, but also appeal to figure skaters and even inline-skaters. Given the cultural significance of hockey and ice-skating in Canada, it is not surprising that power skating is more prevalent there than elsewhere (see Chart 1).
See COD-2, s.v. "power skating", which is marked "Cdn", and OED-3, s.v. "power skating", which is marked "orig. and chiefly N. Amer.".

Quotations

1965
SEE THE CANADIAN Winter Sports Show SEE--SKI experts on Canada's largest indoor ramp SEE--HOCKEY schools--watch Power Skating
1971
Information on the new adult skating program and the new national test and power skating program will also be available.
1980
Yesterday, about 14 newcomers and eight veterans were at North York Centennial Arena working out at a power-skating clinic.
1991
But the former figure skater is no rookie. Hanlen, a 29-year-old Edmonton native, has been teaching hockey players how to skate for nearly a decade. Climbed through ranks "I made a commitment to myself in college that I would try to support myself, so I started teaching power-skating to minor hockey players," she said in a recent interview.
2001
Iqaluit is the only community in Canada Pelino visits each year. His high-calibre coaching team consists of his brother Joe, a chiropractor for the Toronto Raptors; Northwest Territories coaching legend Bill Burlington; a power skating instructor; a teacher and former high level hockey player; and Pelino's dad, Lou, a former minor hockey coach and police officer.
2009
It should come as no surprise that Doug Jr. goes heavy on skating for his crew, and runs power skating clinics in the off-season. Like father, like son.
2016
The Fuller Lake Skating Club runs a CANSKATE for those just learning to skate, a power skating program for those wishing to hone their skating skills for hockey and a figure skating program.

References

  • OED-3
  • COD-2

Images

Chart 1: Internet Domain Search, 4 Oct. 2012

Chart 1: Internet Domain Search, 4 Oct. 2012