Agility, Balance & Coordination
Elite: Off-ice single leg banded reach back on wobble disc drill
12s
Purpose: This challenging exercise can help skaters work on their balance and strength in their standing leg, the leg strength for the reach back in the free leg, and overall core strength and stability to maintain the position.
Focus: Balance, stability, injury prevention, ankle strength, flip reach back, flip picking phase, hamstring strength, quad strength, balance training
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Advanced: Off-ice camel to sit positi...
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... -
Advanced: Curtsey lunge to air positi...
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.
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Advanced: Reverse tuck to spiral on w...
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.
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