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 ...

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 ...