Purpose: When working on their forward inside three turn on the floor, skaters should focus on keeping the upper body counterchecked on the forward entrance and keeping good alignment with their free hip lifted on the backward outside edge after the turn.
Focus: Basic technique, upper body position, alignment, weight placement, rhythmic knee action
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Foundation: Off-ice backward outside ...
Purpose: When working on backward outside three turns on the floor, skaters should focus rotating outside the circle with their upper body and looking over their shoulder before turning forward. When they turn forward, they should have their arms counterchecked, free side lifted, and weight align...
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Foundation: Alternating forward outsi...
Purpose: This exercise allows skaters to practice alternating forward outside three turns down the ice. The forward outside three turn is a good skill to improve the entrance to a forward spin, or the entrance to a waltz jump or axel
Focus: Edge quality, free leg extension, weight placement, lob...
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Foundation: Off-ice forward outside t...
Overview:
0:00 Learn how to do the three turn sequence off-ice
0:15 Learn how to do a outside three turn
3:20 Focus on the placement of the arm
3:40 Exercise for the rhythm of the arm and the knees
4:25 Walk through the outside three turn sequence
5:15 walk through with focus on the recheck ...
