Level: Foundation Base exercise: Hip twist + rotation. Variation: Resistance band stretched between both hands, checked on skating side. Body alignment focus: Arms and shoulder position before take-off of a jump. Purpose: The resistance band helps skaters keep a strong check over the landing side, and to teach skaters to stretch their arms apart on the setup before bringing them together in the air. Helps correct: Using arms to generate rotation, shoulders rotating before the body on a jump, head position and general in air alignment. Rotational direction demonstrated: Counterclockwise Equipment: Resistance band
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Foundation: Off-ice backward landing ...
Purpose: Doing a backward hop landing position challenges skaters to maintain good alignment and position after landing. Skaters should keep their upper body tall and free leg stretched behind, with the arms slightly counterchecked over the landing leg
Focus: Alignment, upper body position, arm ...
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Foundation: On ice H position to stre...
Level: Foundation Base exercise: Checked H position to stretched landing position Variation: Purpose: This drill helps skaters work on keeping their bodies checked over the landing side while on a backwards outside edge before moving into a stretched landing position. Helps with these common mist...
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Foundation: On ice checked to stretch...
Level: Foundation
Base exercise: Checked (H position) to stretched landing position
Variation: On a straight line Purpose: Doing this exercise on a straight line is easier than on a backwards outside edge, so this drill helps skaters build control moving from the checked to stretched phase of a...
