Purpose: This is a great toe loop drill for skaters to practice to help set the hips as skaters reach back to pick. It forces skaters to work on their stability of their skating leg and brings more control. Skaters should maintain a bent skating knee with good posture, keeping their shoulders overtop of their hips with minimal hinge at their hips as their leg extends
Focus: glute and hip stability, toe loop, control, toe loop extension
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Toe loop extension with chasse and lo...
Purpose: Skaters can practice this drill to help with the extension of their free leg on their toe loop take-off using chasses to mimic the foot placement prior to the extension. Adding the loop with free leg on the side will help to feel the hip movement without picking. This drill is also great...
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Toe-loop chasse extension across the ...
Purpose: Skaters can practice this drill to help with the extension of their free leg on their toe-loop take-off using chasses to mimic the foot placement prior to the extension. This drill is also great for working on toe-loop combinations. Skaters should keep their upper body checked and should...
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Foundation: Toe-loop reach back upper...
Purpose: In this drill, skaters work on coordinating their arm position and skating leg knee bend with the reach-back phase of the toe loop before picking and taking off
Focus: Toe-loop entry, toe-loop reach back, toe-loop picking, timing and rhythm, upper body coordination, pick placement, skat...
