Purpose: This exercise will help skaters to work on their hip placement on their toe loop. By keeping the foot on the ball like shown in this video, skaters will learn to not turn their hips open too much, keeping the body in the correct position as they pick.
Focus: toe loop, hip placement, pick, hip stability, alignment
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Toe loop hip pivot: Foundation-Elite
Purpose: This exercise will help skaters work on the transfer of weight and pivot motion of their hips of the toe loop. This drill will help them focus on opening the foot and hips to allow the free leg through. It also helps skaters feel the proper foot position prior to the toe loop take-off. S...
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Toe loop reach back extensions with l...
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 ove...
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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...
