Purpose: Practicing single leg stationary axel take-offs is important so that skaters can focus on the stability and quality of their take-off position into their follow through. If skaters are practicing the jump with momentum from an entrance, they can often lose the quality of their take-off p...

Level: Foundation
Base exercise: Single leg stationary axel take-off
Variation: Lockdowns, continuous
Purpose: Single leg stationary axel lockdowns help skaters practice using their take-off leg to generate vertical height before rotation. The lockdown also helps them practice getting into a tig...

Purpose: Practicing single leg stationary axel take-offs is important so that skaters can focus on the stability and quality of their take-off position into their follow through. If skaters are practicing the jump with momentum from an entrance, they can often lose the quality of their take-off p...

Purpose: This video introduces basic jump rotation technique from two foot 1/4 turns landing on two feet. It is essential that skaters learn how to rotate on the spot because it helps their axis and alignment in the air, their body awareness and vertical height.

Focus: Basic technique, upper bo...

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...

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...

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...

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 rota...

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...

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...

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...

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 rot...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

Level: Beginner Base exercise: Two foot 1/2 turn Variation: Down a straight line Purpose: This is a great beginning drill to help skaters practice jumps and rotation before beginning any of their single jumps. Helps with these common mistakes: Fear of jumping, resisting rotation, body position in...

Purpose: This video introduces 1/2 and 1 turns in stationary rotation skills, starting with double leg stationary two foot landings both directions, and then moving into landing on one foot.

Focus: Max rotation, basic technique, arm position, head position, vertical height, landing, air positio...

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 ...

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...

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

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

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...