Purpose: This warm-up drill will help skaters to activate key muscle groups before on or off-ice training. It will also help skaters work on the transfer or weight from their front foot to back foot snapping into a hip twist for their lutz. Skaters can use the walley to help work on counter rotation and snap up with the arm variation
Focus: lutz, weight transfer, explosive power, glute, hamstring, quad, calf activation
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Advanced-Elite: Lutz reach back to pi...
Purpose: This drill works on the coordination and position of the free leg and the arms in the lutz reach back to picking phase.
Focus: Lutz reach back, lutz picking, arm position, free leg position, timing and rhythm
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Foundation-Elite: On-ice counter thre...
Purpose: This entry into the lutz is helpful for students who struggle to maintain the outside edge take-off.
Focus: Lutz entrance, lutz edge, flutz, rhythm, flow, power
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Advanced: Off ice lutz entry reach ba...
Level: Advanced
Jump: Lutz
Jump Phase: Entry
Purpose: Practice the balance needed for the outside edge reach back, with the resistance band adding an additional balance and strength challenge
Equipment: Resistance band
