Purpose: This drill challenges a skaters strength and balance as they need to maintain good alignment over their standing leg and pressure through the whole foot to be able to press up to standing, and keep the knee from caving in when lowering down.

Focus: Alignment, balance, stability, lower ...

Purpose: This drill challenges skaters to maintain good balance and engagement through their standing leg and to keep their core strong and free hip lifted as they move from a forward leg extension, to a lateral leg extension to a spiral.

Focus: Balance, stability, free hip lifted, quad strength.

Purpose: This drill challenges skaters to maintain good balance and engagement through their standing leg and to keep their core strong and free hip lifted as they move from a forward leg extension, to a lateral leg extension to stroking position, while maintaining a countercheck with their arms....

Purpose: This is a good compound balance exercise that helps skaters work on their stability and upper body strength while holding the ball overhead.

Focus: Shoulder stability, stability, glutes, toning, quads, balance, injury prevention.

Purpose: This exercise challenges a skaters' ability to balance in a forward stroking position with a deep knee bend, while pulsing the free leg, which activates and warms up the glute muscles.

Focus: Balance, quad activation, glute activation, hip flexor activation, stability, knee bend, quads,...

Overview:
0:11 What is balance training, why is it important, and how should skaters practice it?
2:50 Static balance exercises
6:03 No equipment dynamic balance exercises
8:15 Bosu balance exercises
10:37 Skater specific balance exercises
Focus: Knee alignment, balance, stability, injury prev...

Use a wobble disc to challenge your balance while moving from a reverse tuck sit position to a camel position. Skaters should continue to train and challenge their balance off ice to improve their stability and quality of skating on the ice.

Exercise type: Balance.
Equipment: Wobble disc.
Pu...

Level: Advanced
Base exercise: Curtsey lunge
Variations: Curtsey lunge into air position, on bosu
Purpose: Stability--this exercise helps improve balance and strength as you transfer from the back leg into the air position, and also helps train body position in the air position on the bosu.
A...

Level: Advanced
Base exercise: Camel to sit position
Variation: On bosu
Purpose: Skaters can practice their combination spins on a bosu to help improve their strength and alignment. This should help them have a stronger and faster position on the ice.
Focus: Balance, alignment, stability, streng...

Level: Foundation. Base Exercise: Forward and lateral leg extensions Variations: Backward and curtsey toe taps, and kicks instead of a slow leg raise to make it slightly easier. Associated skating skills: General skating quality & control, Y spiral, I Spiral, Y Spin, I Spin. Purpose: Balance & st...

Purpose: This balance exercise helps skaters work on extension of their free leg as well as balance and stability in the standing leg and free hip

Focus: Balance, stability, injury prevention, free hip lifted, upper body position

Purpose: This reverse squat into a spiral is a great exercise to use to warm-up your balance, flexibility, and your lower body

Focus: Balance, lower body strength, lower body flexibility, warm-up

Purpose: Doing spirals on the floor can help skaters both work on their balance, flexibility, and technique to improve their spirals on the ice

Focus: Basic technique, balance, flexibility

Purpose: Doing spirals on the floor can help skaters both work on their balance, flexibility, and technique to improve their spirals on the ice

Focus: Basic technique, balance, flexibility

Purpose: This challenging skill helps skaters test their balance and their strength; even if they can do a camel to sit position on the ice, they will be surprised to find it is much more challenging to do it off the ice!

Focus: Strength building, lower body strength, balance, alignment