Purpose: This drill works on the hip position of the free leg after the three turn on a flip entry so that skaters can move more quickly into rotation after picking.
Focus: Flip entry, flip picking, free leg extension, free side hip position, square hips
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Advanced-Elite: Off-ice flip reach ba...
Purpose: This drill helps skaters work on the stability of their skating leg on the picking and take-off phase of the flip jump.
Focus: Flip picking, flip free foot, hip hinge, free foot placement, free hip lifted
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Elite: Off-ice single leg banded reac...
Purpose: This challenging exercise can help skaters work on their balance and strength in their standing leg, the leg strength for the reach back in the free leg, and overall core strength and stability to maintain the position.
Focus: Balance, stability, injury prevention, ankle strength, flip...
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Advanced: flip jump entry stability d...
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...
