Purpose: This drill helps skaters to work on the coordination of their reach back, pick and upper body rotation for the take-off of their lutz. 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. It helps skaters to work on their counter rotation and edge control. Notice the pick placement as well, this will help mimic the on-ice take-off.
Focus: extension, timing, coordination, lutz, upper body rotation
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Lutz extensions with lower body resis...
Purpose: This exercise will help skaters to use the added resistance to build strength and stability specifically for the muscles needed in the lutz and work on their control as they reach back. This exercise will help skaters to feel more control with their skating leg as they reach back allowin...
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Advanced-Elite: Banded free leg lutz ...
Purpose: This drill helps skaters work on the stability in their skating leg and strength in their free leg with the lutz reach back.
Focus: Lutz entry, lutz picking, lutz reach-back, lutz take-off, stability, balance, free leg strength
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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
