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 rotation, jump landing control, jump combos
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Foundation: Off-ice two foot stationa...
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Foundation: Off-ice alternating hip t...
Purpose: Hip twists are great exercises for skaters to build quick twitch muscle firing for jump take-off as well as to learn how maintain a neutral upper body position while generating vertical height. Doing these hip twists in alternating directions helps skaters train quick reactivity and coor...
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Foundation: Off-ice continuous 1 turn...
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...
