Purpose: This plyometric exercise will provide a balanced approach alternating legs, helping boost power for skaters' take-off and help them to work on their spacial awareness as skaters should aim to rotate to that 1/4 turn mark. Skaters will also work on the stability on their landing and should hit an eagle position on the landing. Add this exercise to a full body circuit, or use it in combination with other plyometric exercises found on this page
Focus: power, explosiveness, glute and hip stability, quad strength, ankle mobility, loop, landing
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Two foot plyo jump to 1/4 turn step d...
Purpose: This plyometric exercise helps to improve jump height and work on spacial awareness while in rotation.
Focus: upper body check, hip, knee and ankle extension, glute stability, landing, spacial awareness, explosive power. -
Single leg 1/2 turn loop box jumps: A...
Purpose: This box jump exercise helps to improve jump height for the loop and helps work on the quickness and stability of landing.
Focus: hip, knee and ankle extension, glute stability, landing, spacial awareness, explosive power, loop. -
Single leg 1/4 turn snap box jumps: A...
Purpose: This box jump exercise helps to improve jump height for the axel and salchow and works on quick twich muscles to get into the skaters air position.
Focus: upper body check, hip, knee and ankle extension, glute stability, landing, spacial awareness, explosive power.
