Level: Foundation
Base exercise: Loop entry hold
Variation: From a forward inside three turn, entry outside edge gets progressively tighter
Purpose: This drill helps skaters work their body alignment and control during the increase of outside edge pressure in a loop entry into a loop take-off. By doing this drill from a forward inside three turn, the skaters have a bit of momentum and rotation to start the back outside edge
Focus: Entry edge, increase of edge pressure
Direction: Counterclockwise
Equipment: No Equipment
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Foundation-Advanced: Off-ice loop ent...
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...
