Purpose: This wrist flexion 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 flexion. hand mobility, expression, handstand, wrist pain, injury prevention
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Beginner: Prayer hands wrist stretch
Purpose: This exercise helps improve wrist flexibilty and mobilty, which can help with expression and choreography, as well as injury prevention because more mobile wrists are less likely to be sprained on a fall
Focus: Injury pevention, expression, mobility, wrist extension
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Foundation: Hand clasp wrist rotation...
Purpose: Wrist mobility is important for figure skaters because choreography often uses our hands to express different things to music
Focus: Mobility, expression, wrist rotation
