Purpose: This tutorial teaches skaters the ""two foot"" take-off on the salchow. This take-off does not actually take off on two feet, but as opposed to the traditional salchow take-off, skaters place their free foot down on the ice to help maintain stability and good placement before lifting off the ice.
Focus: Salchow entry, free foot position, foot placement, timing and rhythm
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Foundation: On ice forward outside th...
Level: Foundation
Base exercise: Forward outside three turn salchow entrance walkthrough
Variation: None
Purpose: By isolating just the entrance into the entry on a salchow jump, skaters can improve their overall jump by having more control on the setup. Isolation also helps skaters and coaches ... -
Advanced: On-ice salchow back outside...
Level: Advanced
Base exercise: Salchow entrance
Variation: Back outside three turn c-cut to two foot placement
Purpose: The back outside three turn c-cut entrance helps with rhythm and flow into a salchow, and helps skaters warm up knee bend going into the jump. The two foot placement after the c... -
Foundation: On ice back crossovers sa...
Level: Foundation
Base exercise: Salchow entry to follow through
Variation: Skip a three turn entrance and use back crossovers to gain speed for the salchow entry
Purpose: By removing the typical three turn salchow entrance, skaters avoid the lack of control they may experience from the three ...
