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...
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 fi...
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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Advanced-Elite: Periodization pre-sea...
Purpose: This mini educational video talks about periodization between pre-season and in-season training, and what that means practically for skaters' training sessions on and off the ice.
Focus: Pre-season, in-season, competition preparation, periodization, load, intensity, athletic optimizati...
