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Backspin loop drill: Advanced-Elite
Purpose: This drill will help skaters to work on their air position, getting a tighter squeeze, and lengthening the air position. Skaters should start with a single loop, then as they can do a single, trying double, and then triple.
Focus: over the axis, upper body and lower body quickness, air p... -
Backspin ankle clicks across the ice: Foundation-Elite
Purpose: Skaters can use this drill to work on driving in and out of their air position while maintaining a flowing edge. This drill will help skaters to maintain a strong skating side as their arms and free leg move.
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Across the floor air position ankle clicks: Foundation-Elite
Purpose: This is a great exercise for skaters to add to their warm-up. Skaters should complete exercise across the floor alternating feet and always getting to their air position (either snapping behind or in front). This exercise will help to warm-up hips, knees and ankles, and will also allow s...
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Calf raise air position click: Beginner-Foundation
Purpose: This exercise mimics the mechanics of the on-ice take-off to air position. It will help skaters to drive up off their toe and click into a tight air position.
Focus: calf raise, upper body check, free leg hip stability, glute activation, tight air position -
Advanced-Elite: Off-ice loop take-off to air position timing spinner drill
Purpose: This drill helps skaters work on the timing of a loop jump take-off take-off into follow-through
Focus: Loop take-off, loop follow-through, timing, upper body position, arm position, tight air position, body coordination
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Advanced-Elite: Resisted hip adduction to air position exercise
Episode 1
Purpose: This drill helps skaters build their hip adductors, or inner thigh muscles, so that they can pull into a tight air position for more rotation
Focus: Tight air position, hip adductors, h position
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Foundation: Off-ice two foot stationary to max rotation 1 turn arms up drill
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.
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Foundation: Off-ice stationary loop lockdowns + 1/2 turn drill
Purpose: This drill helps skaters work on a quick snap into their air position on a loop take-off, vertical height on the take-off, rotation, and control of landings so that they can do it continuously.
Focus: Loop take-off, Vertical height, tight air position, upper body control, jump combinations -
Foundation: Off-ice take-off or landing to air position walk-through
Episode 3
Purpose: This drill helps skaters build muscle memory for body positioning in a loop take-off into air position as well as from air position into jump landings
Focus: Axis, alignment, tight air position, take-off hip flexion, landing hip flexion, triple extension -
Foundation: On ice straight line H position to air position swap feet drill
Episode 2
Level: Foundation
Base exercise: Backward glide air position squeeze
Variation: Practice on a straight line, switch feet while gliding, exit into stretched landing position
Purpose: This drill helps skaters practice the muscle engagement needed to hold a tight air position. By doing this dril... -
Foundation: On ice back spin cross position into loop jump
Episode 1
Level: Foundation
Base exercise: Back spin to H position
Variation: Back spin cross position before the H position into loop jump exit
Purpose: This is a key, bread and butter drill to help skaters with their axis and air position, alignment, and loop jump. Skaters need to develop the control...