Purpose: Swing rolls are a good skill for skaters to have to add flow and extension and presentation to their skating. Skaters need to maintain good pressure on their edge and alignment over their skating leg while the free leg passes through
Focus: Rhythmic knee action, upper body position, edge quality, basic technique.
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Advanced: Off-ice backward outside sw...
Purpose: Backward outside swing rolls are a great way to add presentation, flow, and extension to your skating. They also are a good skill to work on maintaining edge quality while the free leg is moving from forward to backward and the skating leg is changing from bent to straight.
Focus: Edge ...
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Foundation: Off-ice forward crossover...
Purpose: When working on their forward crossovers on the floor, skaters should focus on hugging their circle and maintaining a lean into the circle on the outside edge during the first push. On the second push they should focus on keeping their keeping their free leg in line with their skating le...
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Foundation: Off-ice floor forward cro...
Purpose: Work on your forward crossovers to improve their quality and power. Working on them on the floor helps skaters learn how to use both pushes to gain power.
Focus: Basic technique, quality, power, proper edges, upper body position
