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, vertical height, reactivity
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Foundation: Off-ice double leg 1/2 tu...
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...
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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 ...
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Foundation: Off-ice double leg 1/2 tu...
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...
