Skating: - Straight Line Skating: Kulich has good straight line speed, but he lacks some aspects of stride efficiency that make me worry about potential issues at higher levels or point to high potential as a skater in the long term if these are ironed out depending on how you decide to look at it. To start, Kulich has decent posture with close to a 90 degree knee bend, and a slight upper body tilt but he doesn’t reach full back leg extension, slowing down his stride recovery and limiting power. That isn’t his biggest shortfall as a skater, his upper body movement takes credit for that. He swings his arms side to side, wasting momentum created and making him a less efficient skater. Following his arms through his body will take full advantage of the strong push off power Kulich has. Moving back to the positives, Kulich keeps his stride recovery under the midline of his body, and has a strong push off that creates very valuable acceleration for him.
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Jiří Kulich
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Skating: - Straight Line Skating: Kulich has good straight line speed, but he lacks some aspects of stride efficiency that make me worry about potential issues at higher levels or point to high potential as a skater in the long term if these are ironed out depending on how you decide to look at it. To start, Kulich has decent posture with close to a 90 degree knee bend, and a slight upper body tilt but he doesn’t reach full back leg extension, slowing down his stride recovery and limiting power. That isn’t his biggest shortfall as a skater, his upper body movement takes credit for that. He swings his arms side to side, wasting momentum created and making him a less efficient skater. Following his arms through his body will take full advantage of the strong push off power Kulich has. Moving back to the positives, Kulich keeps his stride recovery under the midline of his body, and has a strong push off that creates very valuable acceleration for him.