Whats the difference between a crossover and a progressive?
The difference between these strokes lies in where the new skating foot sits on the ice at the beginning of the power stroke. In a normal stroke, the new skating foot is placed alongside the skating foot and the push is outward and slightly to the rear. For the cross-over (aka cross stroke, cross pull), the new skating foot is passed across the front of or over the skating foot and placed inside and slightly ahead of the skating foot. The push has a strong sideways component, as if you were “climbing stairs sideways”. In the progressive stroke the new skating foot is placed on the ice along side the skating foot and then slides to a position forward of the skating foot prior to the power stroke. While push is still primarily outward, it has a more profound front to back component. Note that new skating foot is *not* simply placed on the ice ahead of the skating foot, which produces an uneven “walking” motion. A progressive run (sometimes just called a run) is a merely sequence of progr
