The 19-year-old left-back joined Leeds from Celtic in the summer of 2021 and has already made five senior appearances for the Whites.
Hjelde joined Rotherham on loan in January in search of regular first-team football and has featured nine times for Taylor’s side so far.
The Rotherham boss stated that Hjelde has learned the physical aspect of the game and stressed that the Leeds loanee understood the need to play on the front-foot.
Taylor feels that the Leeds loanee’s strength lies in facing the game on the front-foot and pointed out that he is coming up against tough wingers in the Championship, which he indicated will improve Hjelde’s game.
“He’s learned how he’s got to be physical first and foremost and move his full speed first as opposed to chasing the speed of the game and to keep being a front-foot player”, Taylor told the Yorkshire Evening Post.
“He plays better when he’s on his front foot and meeting the action at its earliest possible point.
“There’s also all the inner details of playing left centre-half, left-back, left-wing-back, defending the back post and marking on set-pieces.
“He’s having to mark players who are physically stronger than himself.
“That’s something he won’t have done previously.
“He’s coming up against wingers who are quick and tricky and have got different deliveries off both feet.
“He’s constantly learning and he’ll learn an awful lot more in the next eight games.”
With eight games to go, Rotherham are in a relegation battle and Hjelde will be determined to help the Millers achieve Championship safety before returning to Elland Road at the end of his loan.
