Purpose: This variation of frog stretch is great for opening your adductors, and your hips. It also requires core and back stabilization. Pressing your feet together increases the intensity of the stretch and is also a great way to activate your deep glute muscles.
Focus: glute activation, adductor stretch, hip stretch, core stability, back stability.
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Beginner-Foundation: Pre-training or ...
Purpose: This video introduces a dynamic warm-up that skaters can use before an on-ice or off-ice training session or a workout.
Focus: Injury prevention, warm-up, mobility, muscle activation, coordination, blood flow, pre-training, pre-competition, pre-workout.
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Advanced-Elite: Hip injury prevention...
Purpose: This video address hip injuries in figure skaters and ways that skaters can be pro-active to avoid sidelining hip injuries.
Focus: Hip injury prevention, hip mobility, hip stability, soft tissue work, myofascial release, hip range of motion, hip flexor strength, glute strength, joint m...
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Foundation-Advanced: Off-ice top hip ...
Overview:
0:05 The three favorite hip strengthening exercises for figure skaters
0:10 Why do we need to strengthen our hips in figure skating?
2:40 : Exercise 1
5:30 Exercise 2
6:30 Exercise 3Focus: Hip strengthening, injury prevention
