Flexibility Poses & Static Stretches
Foundation-Advanced: Lying down Y stretch with stretch strap
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Purpose: Using a band can be particularly helpful when skaters are working towards certain poses, such as a Y-stand. This stretch helps skaters improve their Y-stand for spirals and spin variations
Focus: External hip rotation, hip flexibilty, hamstring flexibilty,
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Foundation: Standing single leg hamst...
Purpose: This pose stretches one hamstring at a time, which can allow you to get deeper into the stretch. The foot lifted up also helps with ankle flexion and mobility
Focus: Hamstring flexibility, ankle mobility, ankle flexion, forward splits
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Advanced: Front oversplits hamstring ...
Purpose: When skaters can do their front splits all the way to the ground, with square hips, they are ready to work on their oversplits. Placing a yoga block under the front leg increases the intensity of the hamstring stretch in the front leg.
Focus: Hamstring flexibilty
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Foundation: Frog pose stretch
Purpose: The frog pose is a great hip opener that can help skaters improve their middle splits or their Russian split jump. Skaters should gently ease into it as it can be quite an intense stretch.
Focus: Hip external rotation, adductors, groin, back tension relief.
