Purpose: Skaters can practice their counters using the blue line to create nice even counter circles. This exercise will challenge skaters to step with precision and use their upper body to maintain a solid position as they step from backwards to forwards into the next counter.
Focus: counter rot...

Purpose: This exercise will help skaters to practice using their knee bend and pushes to help maintain flow with their counters.
Focus: counter rotation, knee bend, counter, c-step, flow, across the ice, edges

Purpose: This exercise will help skaters to learn how to use their knee bend and pushes to help maintain flow with their counters.
Focus: counter rotation, knee bend, counter, c-step, flow, across the ice, edges

Purpose: Skaters can practice their off-ice counters changing directions through counter-rotation onto a new lobe while maintaining the same edge.

Focus: Basic technique, turn placement, edge control, upper body position, arm position

Purpose: When working on the counter off the ice, skaters should focus on the free leg and upper body position to build muscle memory and consistency for on the ice.

Focus: Basic technique, free leg position, upper body position.

Purpose: In this floor counter, skaters should focus on extending their back leg on the outside edge to reach back before counter-rotating to forward, while keeping a strong core to maintain good upper body position.

Focus: Basic technique, free leg position, upper body position.

Purpose: On this floor backward inside counter, skaters should focus on the free leg position counterchecking across before and after the turn.

Focus: Basic technique, free leg position, upper body position

Purpose: Practicing this counter off the ice helps skaters learn how to time the foot passing through and the knee action to initiate the turn.

Focus: Basic technique, foot placement, upper body position