Purpose: Walk through the entry, take-off, and follow-through phase of your loop jump to build muscle memory for proper positioning and timing
Focus: Basic technique, timing, upper body position, arm position, lower body position, edge quality
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Advanced-Elite: Off-ice loop take-off...
Purpose: This drill helps skaters work on the timing of a loop jump take-off take-off into follow-through
Focus: Loop take-off, loop follow-through, timing, upper body position, arm position, tight air position, body coordination
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Advanced: On ice loop jump take-off t...
Level: Advanced
Base exercise: Loop jump take-off to follow through walkthrough
Variation: Snap into an outside twizzle after the follow through to imitate air position.
Purpose: This drill helps skaters practice the outside edge take-off and feeling their axis on the follow through so that th... -
Rotating loop drill across the ice: A...
Purpose: This drill will help figure skaters work on their body awareness for their hip placement on their double and triple loop. Skaters should try to do this on a straight line and then test it on the circle as well after mastering the straight line exercise.
Focus: hip placement, double loop,...
