Level: Advanced
Base exercise: Flying sit spin
Variation: From standstill, beginner version, no full sit spin after the fly
Purpose: This demo shows skaters what they are trying to achieve when they first start a flying sit. Showing it from standstill and with a focus on the initial fly without...

Level: Foundation
Base exercise: Axel walkthrough on the circle
Variation: Arms in checked or frame position over landing side
Purpose: This drill helps skaters who use their shoulders to initiate the rotation in an axel. By having the skaters keep their arms in a frame position, they have to...

When skaters first learn a waltz jump, it can be easy to start by learning a swingy, uncontrolled technique that is hard to unlearn when they want to improve their waltz jump or learn an axel. In this video, Signe shows how the waltz jump can be broken down into six progressions even from when sk...

Purpose: This drill helps skaters on the double or triple salchow to feel the increase of speed and edge on the inside edge take-off.

Focus: Salchow troubleshooting, salchow entry, salchow take-off, inside edge increase, power, swingy

Purpose: Backward outside swing rolls are a great way to add presentation, flow, and extension to your skating. They also are a good skill to work on maintaining edge quality while the free leg is moving from forward to backward and the skating leg is changing from bent to straight.

Focus: Edge ...

Purpose: This drill challenges skaters to maintain good balance and engagement through their standing leg and to keep their core strong and free hip lifted as they move from a forward leg extension, to a lateral leg extension to stroking position, while maintaining a countercheck with their arms....

Purpose: This video introduces an off-ice Lutz and breaks down the different phases so skaters can really understand the jump all the way throughout from the entrance into the landing. It also covers most common mistakes and why they happen.

Focus: Basic technique, Lutz entry, Lutz picking, Lut...

Purpose: The butterfly stretch is a great stretch to open up your hips and increase your external rotation. It's a good recovery stretch after a workout or training session. Leaning forward in the stretch increases the benefits of low back relief and flexibility.

Focus: External rotation, adduct...

Purpose: Slowly walking through the phases of the flip jump--the entrance and entry, the picking and take-off phase, and the follow-through phase--helps a skater build muscle memory for each of the phases and also troubleshoot where they may be experiencing issues with their jump on the ice.

Fo...

Purpose: This video demonstrates an off-ice double axel from a step forward entrance.

Focus: Double axel, demonstration, step forward entrance.

Purpose: This mini class leads skaters through a series of stretches to help aid their overall flexibility. Skaters could use this as a cool down after an on-ice or off-ice training session.

Focus: Lower body flexibility, mobility, full body flexibility, stability, cool-down, hamstring flexibil...

Purpose: An Ina Bauer is a great skill to work on to add in to your programs for choreographic sequences and artistry.

Focus: external rotation, basic technique, proper shape.

Overview:
0:00 Learn how to do the three turn sequence off-ice
0:15 Learn how to do a outside three turn
3:20 Focus on the placement of the arm
3:40 Exercise for the rhythm of the arm and the knees
4:25 Walk through the outside three turn sequence
5:15 walk through with focus on the recheck ...

Purpose: This lying down hamstring stretch is a good way to work on deep hamstring flexibilty in one leg at a time. Skaters should work to keep their shoulders and hips pressed into the ground evenly on this stretch so they aren't rotating or compensating to try to pull the leg closer.

Focus: H...

Purpose: This video is a great follow-along cool-down routine with a strength aspect. After an intense training session, skaters can bring down their heart rate slowly and build some isometric stability strength and release body tension with this routine.

Focus: Cool-down, recovery, lower heart...

Purpose: This spinal twist benefits the whole body as it stretches, lengthens, and strengthens. One side of the body is stretched while the other side supports. This can also be great low back tension relief

Focus: Shoulder mobility, spinal mobility, spinal rotation, hip mobility, back tension r...

Purpose: By walking through the positions for a forward to backward camel spin on the floor, skaters can practice the muscle memory needed for changing feet and quickly snapping up into their back camel after the forward camel. The 1/4 turns add an additional level of difficulty and make skaters ...

Purpose: The cat cow is a great exercise for skaters to improve their pelvic floor mobility and awareness. Skaters can have either a posterior or anterior pelvic tilt, and this exercise helps skaters learn how to move from tipping the pelvis backward in the cat pose to tipping forward in the cow ...

Level: Beginner
Base exercise: Consecutive forward edges, consecutive backward edges
Variation: Extended free leg with pass through at the top of the lobe
Purpose: Doing edges with the free leg extended and passing through at the top of the lobe helps skaters prepare for turns with free foot pass...

Purpose: This stretch is a variation of the forward fold that also has a balance and stability element. The front hamstring is stretched while the back quad is strengthened and the back calf and ankle are stretched.

Focus: Hamstring flexibility, quad strength, ankle mobility, calf stretch, bala...

Level: Foundation
Exercise: Floor forward sit spin walk-through
Purpose: The benefit of practicing spins off the ice on the floor is that skaters slow down the spin into its individual phases and make sure that their body position and weight in their foot/blade is correct even without a spinner ...

Purpose: This video takes skaters through a sequence of wrist exercises to warm up mobility and range of motion. Wrist mobility is important because it can help prevent injuries when falling, and hands are used in choreography to help express the music.

Focus: Wrist mobility, warm-up, artistry,...

Level: Beginner Base exercise: Two foot 1/2 turn Variation: Down a straight line Purpose: This is a great beginning drill to help skaters practice jumps and rotation before beginning any of their single jumps. Helps with these common mistakes: Fear of jumping, resisting rotation, body position in...

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