Purpose: This drill will help skaters to work on their free leg placement and challenge them to feel the take-off leg drive the rotation of the loop jump. Skaters often swing their free leg away from the body and this drill will challenge them to find the stability needed to maintain a strong loop take-off position.
Focus: glute strength and stability, adductors, upper body check, loop
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Beginner-Foundation: Off-ice clockwis...
Purpose: This video teaches a clockwise, or lefty off-ice loop jump from a forward inside three turn entrance into all the loop jump phases: entry, take-off, follow-through, air position and landing
Focus: Basic technique, loop entire jump, loop entrance, loop entry, loop take-off, loop follow-t...
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Beginner-Foundation: Off-ice introduc...
Purpose: This video breaks down the loop jump off the ice into its individual phases, entry, take-off, and follow-through, to help skaters improve their jump on the ice.
Focus: Basic technique, loop entrance, loop entry, loop take-off, loop follow-through, upper body position, arm position, fre...
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Foundation: Off-ice take-off or landi...
Purpose: This drill helps skaters build muscle memory for body positioning in a loop take-off into air position as well as from air position into jump landings
Focus: Axis, alignment, tight air position, take-off hip flexion, landing hip flexion, triple extension
