Purpose: This drill helps skaters work on their stability and alignment over their skating side during the salchow entry until the take-off.
Focus: Salchow entry, salchow take-off, alignment, skating side, stability, upper body position, free side lifted
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Foundation-Advanced: Double salchow s...
Purpose: This video shows skaters how to walk through a single or double salchow off-ice using the one foot take-off
Focus: Salchow walk-through, double salchow walk-through, single leg take-off
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Foundation-Advanced: On-ice upper bod...
Purpose: This drill helps skaters understand the inside pressure they need to feel against the circle on the salchow entry before the take-off. This is important so that skaters maintain a good axis over their skating leg before initiating the jump.
Focus: Salchow entry, edge pressure, upper bo...
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Foundation-Advanced: On-ice salchow e...
Purpose: This drill helps skaters who are using the one foot take-off into a salchow to learn how to keep their upper body position from rotating before the take-off of the jump.
Focus: One foot take-off, shoulder position, head position, arm position, entry check