Purpose: This wrist extension stretch is helpful for creating more mobility through the wrists, which can help with more fluid artistry. Stretching the wrists is also helpful for skills like handstands, which can be tough on the wrists if they are not properly warmed up. More mobile wrists are also less likely to get injured during a fall, so this can be a helpful part of a skater's injury prevention routine.
Focus: wrist extension, hand mobility, expression, handstand, wrist pain, injury prevention.
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All levels: Kneeling wrist flexion an...
Purpose: This exercise helps skaters increase mobility in their wrists. Wrists are an often-overlooked part of mobility, and should be worked on as hand movements play a big role in artistry and choreography
Focus: Wrist mobility, wrist flexion, wrist rotation, injury prevention, handstands
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Beginner-Foundation: Cross body shoul...
Purpose: This stretch helps warm-up your shoulders and improve mobility, and shoulder mobility is necessary for all elements of skating.
Focus: Shoulder mobility, injury prevention, warm-up
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Beginner-Foundation: Arm and wrist fl...
Purpose: This exercise warms up movement through the wrists, elbows, and shoulders, so skaters can be more mobile for skills as well as artistry and expression
Focus: wrist mobility, elbow mobility, arm mobility, shouldermobility, expression
