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
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Advanced: Off-ice floor forward to ba...
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 ...
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Advanced: Off-ice floor forward to ba...
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 -
Advanced: Camel to cross-catch camel ...
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...
