Advanced: Off-ice floor backward outside bracket walk-through
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15s
Purpose: Working on turns on the floor, such as this backward outside bracket, can be a good way for skaters to gain understanding of the body position and lean needed to maintain the backward outside edge into the forward inside edge without having too much speed. They also can practice the feeling of the counterrotation turn.
Focus: Basic technique, alignment, upper body position, weight placement, blade use
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