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, spin axis, basic technique, body alignment, camel hold position
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Foundation: Off-ice forward camel spi...
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, ... -
Foundation: Off-ice forward camel on ...
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
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Foundation: On-ice forward camel spin...
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...
