Purpose: Develop and master your entry into the butterfly, a difficult flying spin, with this on-ice demonstration.
Focus: difficult flying camel variation, timing, upper body alignment
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Cartwheel, butterfly, illusion sequen...
Purpose: Doing this exercise helps skaters to get the feel of kicking their feet first in the cartwheel and then similarly again in the butterfly. Skaters should try to swoop their body down and then feel their upper body fly up in an arch as their legs kick one after the other. Skaters should fe...
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Forward camel change backward camel s...
Purpose: This exercise helps skaters to develop a strong position with free leg and arm check in their forward camel spin and change to backward camel
Focus: technique, axis, alignment, stability, free side lifted, arm position, camel spin position. -
Advanced-Elite: Off-ice sideways came...
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
