Purpose: This mini class leads skaters through a series of exercises to help them work on timing and rhythm with two foot stationary exercises. This is a good class to do after skaters are comfortable with 1/4, 1/2 and 1 turn stationary two foot jumps.

Focus: Timing and rhythm, jump consistency...

Purpose: Skaters work on explosive power and vertical height for their jumps in this beginner jump class

Sarah uses core jump exercises to help work on overall jump technique.

Skaters could also use this class as an off-ice warm-up before practicing on-ice jumps.

Focus: Explosive power, vert...

Purpose: This drill helps skaters work on stability and control on their landing position after rotation, and from an increased height.

Focus: Landing, stability, control, eagle position, free hip lifted, upper body position

Purpose: This across the floor exercise helps skaters work on both their loop and axel take-offs

Focus: Timing and rhythm, quick twitch, tight air position, spatial awareness, across the floor

Purpose: This drill helps skaters work on elongating their axis and feeling good alignment in their air position.

Focus: Arm variation, axis, air position

Level: Foundation
Exercise: Single leg stationary change foot 1/2 turns with arms up
Purpose: Doing change foot jumps from stationary is helpful for skaters to improve their consistency and their power because they need to generate vertical height and the rotation without the additional help of m...

Purpose: Doing change foot jumps from stationary is helpful for skaters to improve their consistency and their power because they need to generate vertical height and the rotation without the additional help of momentum from the entry. Skaters should consistently practice change foot stationary p...

Purpose: Doing change foot jumps from stationary is helpful for skaters to improve their consistency and their power because they need to generate vertical height and the rotation without the additional help of momentum from the entry. Skaters should consistently practice change foot stationary p...

Level: Foundation
Base exercise: Single leg stationary change foot 1 turn
Variation: Arms above the head
Purpose: Doing change foot jumps from stationary is helpful for skaters to improve their consistency and their power because they need to generate vertical height and the rotation without the ...

Purpose: Doing change foot jumps from stationary is helpful for skaters to improve their consistency and their power because they need to generate vertical height and the rotation without the additional help of momentum from the entry. Skaters should consistently practice change foot jumps in inc...

Level: Foundation
Base exercise: Single leg stationary change foot
Variation: 1 turn, consecutive
Purpose: Practicing single leg stationary axel take-offs is important so that skaters can focus on the stability and quality of their take-off position into their follow through. If skaters are pract...

"Purpose: This stationary change foot drill adds in distance, so skaters are not landing in the same spot as they took off. This helps skaters bridge the gap between their stationary change foot technque and their across the floor axel technique. Skaters should still focus on keeping everything o...

Purpose: Practicing single leg stationary axel take-offs is important so that skaters can focus on the stability and quality of their take-off position into their follow through. If skaters are practicing the jump with momentum from an entrance, they can often lose the quality of their take-off p...

Purpose: Practicing single leg stationary axel take-offs is important so that skaters can focus on the stability and quality of their take-off position into their follow through. If skaters are practicing the jump with momentum from an entrance, they can often lose the quality of their take-off p...

Purpose: Practicing single leg stationary axel take-offs is important so that skaters can focus on the stability and quality of their take-off position into their follow through. If skaters are practicing the jump with momentum from an entrance, they can often lose the quality of their take-off p...

Level: Foundation
Base exercise: Single leg stationary axel take-off
Variation: Lockdowns, continuous
Purpose: Single leg stationary axel lockdowns help skaters practice using their take-off leg to generate vertical height before rotation. The lockdown also helps them practice getting into a tig...

Purpose: Practicing single leg stationary axel take-offs is important so that skaters can focus on the stability and quality of their take-off position into their follow through. If skaters are practicing the jump with momentum from an entrance, they can often lose the quality of their take-off p...

Purpose: This video teaches skaters the basics of twist jumps to help with their stationary rotation skills. Hip twists are essential for skaters to build quick twitch muscles rotating from the hips first rather than the upper body while keeping the head stable.

Focus: Basic technique, upper bod...

Purpose: This video introduces basic jump rotation technique from two foot 1/4 turns landing on two feet. It is essential that skaters learn how to rotate on the spot because it helps their axis and alignment in the air, their body awareness and vertical height.

Focus: Basic technique, upper bo...

Level: Foundation
Base exercise: Max rotation
Variation: Double leg landing, continuous
Purpose: Skaters benefit from practicing quick, sucessive rotations that are less than their max rotation amount because they are able to maintain good form while having a quick take-off after landing the pre...

Purpose: Skaters should learn to jump both directions as it is more healthy for their body; if a skater only jumps one direction all the time they can be prone to injury because of under-development of one side of their body.

Focus: Timing and rhythm, injury prevention, spatial awareness, verti...

Purpose: This drill challenges and improves a skater's ability to do continuous rotation, and also change the conditions within the same drill. Skaters need to be able to know where they are in space to do the 1/2 turns followed by the full turn. It is also challenging to land with control on one...

Purpose: This drill challenges and improves a skater's ability to do continuous rotation, and also change the conditions within the same drill. It is challenging to land with control on one foot for the max rotation at the end after doing a few rotations before.
Focus: Reactivity, continuous rota...

Purpose: This drill challenges and improves a skater's ability to do continuous rotation, and also change the conditions within the same drill; going from half a turn to a full turn. It is also challenging to land with control on one foot for the max rotation at the end after doing a few rotation...