Purpose: This exercise helps skaters work on the force needed to reach back during the flilp entry to the picking phase. The band also helps skaters feel where their free foot is reaching in relation to their standing leg

Focus: Flip reach back, free leg, force generation

If you struggle with edge quality on your flip jump, or picking close enough to your skating leg to have good axis alignment on your flip jump, use this drill to help practice.

Place your picking (landing) foot softly on the top of a yoga ball, and use your hip hinge in your skating leg to gent...