Purpose: This stretch helps improve shoulder abduction and shoulder extension. This can be a limiting factor for some skaters for proper arm movements in camel basic spins or camel variations as well as in layback and Biellmann positions
Focus: Shoulder extension, shoulder abduction, deltoid flexibilty, lat flexibility, shoulder mobility
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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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Foundation-Advanced: Table top varied...
Purpose: This exercise helps improve wrist flexibility and mobility, 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. This is also a good warm-up before skills like handstands or any kind of arm bala...
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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
