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Why off-ice jumps are essential & key areas of focus when training: all levels
Episode 8
Purpose: This video explains why off-ice jumps are such an important part of a figure skater's training regime, and the unique benefits a skater can experience from training off-ice jumps in addition to their on-ice jump training. Signe also explores the key areas that a skater should focus on wh...
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Why flexibility is essential for skaters & how to begin training: all levels
Episode 7
Purpose: This video explains why flexibility is so important for figure skating training, even beyond the ability to do a flexibility position. Signe explains why flexibility is necessary in several different figure skating elements, including edges, turns, and jumps. This video also explains dif...
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Benefits of off-ice training for figure skaters & key considerations: all levels
Episode 6
Purpose: This video explains why off-ice is so important for figure skaters to incorporate into their training regime, what benefits it offers in conjunction with on-ice training, and some important aspects to consider as athlete's develop.
Focus: Off-ice training, injury prevention, conditioni...
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3 key components to generating power for jumps seminar: all levels
Episode 5
Purpose: This video breaks down three necessary aspects for a skaters' training to be able to generate power in their jumps, and explains how skaters can use their off-ice training to address these key aspects.
Focus: Force production, range of motion, triple extension, alignment, power, jump h...
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Introducing functional core training and 3 key exercises for skaters: all levels
Episode 1
Purpose: This video introduces what functional core training is and why it is important for figure skaters, as well as three different exercises that skaters can incorporate into their off-ice training to help with core stability.
Focus: Deep core strength, injury prevention, jump landings, pelv...
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Deep hip strengthening for figure skaters & 3 exercises to try: all levels
Episode 4
Purpose: This video explains why figure skaters need to focus on training and strengthening their deep hip muscles.
Focus: Hip strength, injury prevention, internal hip rotation, overuse injuries, TFL, gluteus Medius, gluteus maximus, hip flexors, muscle activation
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Why fitness training is important for synchro skaters: all levels
Episode
Purpose: This video explains why fitness training is important for synchro skaters and what figure skating specific training looks like for synchro teams.
Focus: fitness training, flexibility training, core strength, warm-up, flexibility, hamstring flexibility
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The importance of strong ankles in figure skating: all levels
Episode 2
Purpose: This video explains why ankle strengthening is so important for figure skaters, especially when they are doing off-ice training.
Focus: ankle mobility, ankle range of motion, ankle dorsiflexion, injury prevention, balance, ankle internal rotation, ankle external rotation
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Beginner-Advanced: Why is balance training so important? Off-ice tutorial
Overview:
0:11 What is balance training, why is it important, and how should skaters practice it?
2:50 Static balance exercises
6:03 No equipment dynamic balance exercises
8:15 Bosu balance exercises
10:37 Skater specific balance exercises
Focus: Knee alignment, balance, stability, injury prev...
