Purpose: This exercise helps students work on absorbing impact from jump landings and maintaining good control on the stretched landing position.
This exercise can be done with cones to help skaters work on maintaining even spacing on each jump, but the drill can also be done without cones
Focus: Jump landings, jump absorption, upper body control, explosive power.
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Advanced: Skater jumps touchdown with...
Level: Advanced Base exercises: Skater jumps, same leg (loop) takeoff twist jump, change leg (axel) takeoff jump. Rotational direction demonstrated: Counterclockwise takeoffs. Use for: Lateral jump, timing + rhythm, quick twitch, explosive takeoffs
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Advanced: Inside foot lateral bound t...
Purpose: This drill challenges skaters to know how far to jump in order to land in front of the cones, and maintaining a good body position with the torso not dropped too far.
Focus: lateral distance, upper body position, spatial awareness, timing and rhythm
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Advanced: Off-ice reverse squat to 1/...
Purpose: This plyo exercise is great for building strength and explosion. The reverse squat tests skaters strength and control as well as alignment. They have to have a good alignment over the standing leg in order to do the explosive half turn from that deep position
Focus: Vertical height, exp...
