Purpose: This drill helps skaters to work on the coordination of their reach back, pick and upper body rotation for the take-off. Practicing this will help skaters to utilize their upper body to help pull through on the take-off, while maintaining a straight forward head position until they are ready to take-off. Notice the pick placement as well, this will help mimic the on-ice take-off
Focus: extension, timing, coordination, flip, upper body rotation
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Advanced-Elite: Flip take-off & follo...
Purpose: This drill helps skaters learn how to position and create power from their skating side arm on the flip take-off and follow-through
Focus: Flip take-off, flip follow-through, arm position, timing, generating power
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Foundation-Advanced: On-ice flip entr...
Purpose: This drill helps skaters maintain a good check with their skating side shoulder on the flip entry into a take-off to avoid swingyness caused by the upper body moving ahead of the lower body on the take-off
Focus: Flip entry, upper body position, shoulder position, free side check, timin...
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Foundation-Advanced: On-ice flip reac...
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
