Purpose: This video demonstrates the position for an inside spread eagle off the ice with different arm positions.

Focus: Spread eagle, arm positions, artistry, choreography, external hip rotation, turnout,

Purpose: An Ina Bauer is a great skill to work on to add in to your programs for choreographic sequences and artistry.

Focus: external rotation, basic technique, proper shape.

Purpose: 0:15 Focus of the lesson
0:25 Different kinds of spirals
0:45 Where to keep our weight in a forward spiral
1:20 Dynamic stretches
2:50 Basic form of the spiral
3:45 First common mistake
4:15 Second common mistake
5:00 Strengthening exercises
7:00 Final exercise
Focus: Weight plac...

Purpose: This challenging skill helps skaters test their balance and their strength; even if they can do a camel to sit position on the ice, they will be surprised to find it is much more challenging to do it off the ice!

Focus: Strength building, lower body strength, balance, alignment

Purpose: Doing spirals on a spinner can help skaters both work feeling where their balance needs to be in their skate on the ice

Focus: Basic technique, balance, flexibility, weight placement

Level: Foundation
Base exercise: Skating style lunge
Variation: Arms above the head
Purpose: Practicing a skating lunge (as opposed to the exercise style lunge) off the ice can help students feel more comfortable with doing the position on the ice. They can also focus on keeping their upper body ...