Drills

The first drill is skating while balancing on one leg.  Most ice skating moves involves being able to skate and balance comfortably on one skate.  This is a simple drill that involves flexing one knee about 90 degrees and abducting the shoulders about 90 degrees.  Abducting of the shoulders is not necessary, but helps with balancing and distributing the center of gravity.

The Second drill is flexing both knees about 90 degrees and extending the shoulders about 90 degrees. This drill helps the skater with being able to balance on the ice when the center of gravity is very low to the ground.  The extension of shoulders is not necessary but assists in balancing when the center of gravity changes location.

The third drill involves flexing the stabilizing hip and knee about 25 degrees and flexing oposite hip about 35 degrees so leg extends out in front of body.  Knee stays in full extended position. This is an important drill because it is the first movement of body position that begins the downward motion.  The skaters center of gravity changes throughout this movement so it is important to practice different body positions on the ice.
Skating is a lot of balancing so the more body positions the skater practices and gets comfortable with, the easier it will be to learn a new skating move.
These drills can first be practiced off the ice so the skater gets a feel for their own balance when moving the body into different positions.