Purpose: Skaters should frequently go through double leg jump progressions starting at 1/4 turns and increasing up to their maximum. A hip twist in between helps with timing and rhythm and also helps skaters focus on generating vertical height before rotation. Rotating both directions is good for skaters to improve their ability to turn both ways and also for injury prevention.
Focus: Vertical height, axis, tight air position, basic technique, injury prevention.
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Foundation: Off-ice hip twist walk-th...
Purpose: This walk-through shows skaters the movements for a hip twist. Notice that the body should rise up (vertical height) before fully closing into air position, and the head stays tracking forward.
Focus: basic technique, tight air position, vertical height, head position, arm position, qu...
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Foundation: Off-ice hip twist to doub...
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...
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Foundation: Off-ice counterclockwise ...
Purpose: Skaters can improve their quick twitch firing on their jump take-offs by doing hip twists. This helps the skater learn how to generate vertical height and then rotation through their hips rather than the upper body. This variation also helps skaters practice quickly getting into a tight ...
