Purpose: Work towards a sideways camel variation such as a donut spin with this drill

Focus: Camel spin variation, back flexibility, balance, stability, basic technique

Level: Foundation
Base exercise: Backward Camel Spin
Variation: None
Purpose: Skaters can practice using their rocker to snap up into a backward camel with a spinner off the ice. The spinner used should be one that is designed to mimic a skate blade!
Focus: Spin centering, basic technique, Spin ...

Purpose: Skaters can work on their camel spin by snapping into their hold position before checking out after 1/4 turn. This ensures that they have a good axis and alignment and they can practice feeling the balance of a camel. It is a good safety exercise before skaters try to do a spinner camel ...

Purpose: Skaters can work on their camel spin by snapping into their hold position before checking out after 1/2 turn. This ensures that they have a good axis and alignment and they can practice feeling the balance of a camel. It is a good safety exercise before skaters try to do a spinner camel ...

Purpose: Skaters can work on their camel spin by snapping into their hold position before checking out after 1/2 turn. This ensures that they have a good axis and alignment and they can practice feeling the balance of a camel. It is a good safety exercise before skaters try to do a spinner camel ...

Purpose: Skaters can work on their camel spin by snapping into their hold position before checking out after 1/2 turn. This ensures that they have a good axis and alignment and they can practice feeling the balance of a camel. It is a good safety exercise before skaters try to do a spinner camel ...

Purpose: Skaters can work on their camel spin by snapping into their hold position before checking out after 1 turn. This ensures that they have a good axis and alignment and is also a good safety exercise before skaters try to do a spinner camel spin with many revolutions.

Focus: Spinner safety...

Level: Foundation
Exercise: Floor forward camel spin
Purpose: Skaters can practice their spins off the ice even without a spinner. This drill shows skaters how to walk through all the phases of their forward camel spin: a backward crossover wind-up entrance to forward outside edge entry, snap, ...

Purpose: Skaters can practice balancing in their camel position on their spinner to get used to feeling their rocker and maintaining good form, with their free side lifted, and their shoulders and hips square.

Focus: Basic technique, balance, free side lifted, stability

Purpose: This forward camel entry to hold with 1/4 turn helps skaters get used to maintaining good form on the camel position while rotating.

Focus: Basic technique, free side lifted, balance, axis, alignment

Level: Foundation
Base exercise: Forward camel spin
Variation: None
Purpose: Skaters can practice their balance, axis, and weight in their skate by doing their spins on spinners that are designed to mimic a skate.
Focus: Basic technique, consistency, spin axis
Direction: Counterclockwise
Equipme...

Level: Foundation
Base exercise: Forward camel spin
Variation: From standstill
Purpose: Doing a forward camel from standstill on an axis line is helpful for skaters just starting a camel to know when to place their edge hook and snap by returning back to the same axis they started on
Focus: B...

Purpose: By walking through the positions for a forward to backward camel spin on the floor, skaters can practice the muscle memory needed for changing feet and quickly snapping up into their back camel after the forward camel. The 1/4 turns add an additional level of difficulty and make skaters ...

Level: Advanced
Base exercise: Camel spin
Variation: Camel spin to cross-catch camel position
Purpose: Skaters can work on keeping their hips aligned and square and not dropping their free side shoulder when grabbing their free leg in the cross-catch camel. Skaters should also practice not droppi...

Purpose: By walking through the positions for a forward to backward camel spin on the floor, skaters can practice the muscle memory needed for changing feet and quickly snapping up into their back camel after the forward camel
Focus: Basic technique, consistency, axis, alignment, stability

Level: Advanced
Base exercise: Back Camel spin
Variation: Flying entrance, from standstill
Purpose: Skaters should begin working on a flying entrance for their camelspin by doing it from standstill. Additionally, starting on an axis line helps skaters understand the shape of their entry and wher...

Purpose: Work on maintaining a good forward camel position while rotating before switching to the back camel and rotating

Focus: Basic technique, consistency, axis, alignment, stability, free side lifted

Purpose: Skaters can work on their camel spin variations off the ice to build body awareness of the position and improve their balance and mobility.

Focus: Camel variation, layover, camel sideways, spinal rotation, balance, stability