Purpose: This is a great exercise for skaters to add to their warm-up. Skaters should complete exercise across the floor alternating feet and always getting to their air position (either snapping behind or in front). This exercise will help to warm-up hips, knees and ankles, and will also allow skaters to work on coordination getting in and out of their air position.
Focus: quick twitch, take-off, rolling up to the toe, across the floor, upper body check, ankle click.
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Alternating axel and loop hip twists ...
Purpose: Use this exercise to warm-up quick twitch and hip snap for change foot and same foot take-off jumps.
Focus: single leg stationary axel take-off, single leg stationary loop take-off, quick twitch, warm-up, hip snap, vertical height, air position.
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Alternating axel and loop take-off 1/...
Purpose: This across the floor exercise helps skaters work on both their loop and axel take-offs
Focus: Timing and rhythm, quick twitch, tight air position, spatial awareness, across the floor -
Alternating axel and loop take-off fu...
Purpose: This off-ice exercise will help improve skaters quick twitch muscles when getting into their air position and also trains skaters to have a strong skating side check. Skaters can try doing this exercise across the floor in their warm-up doing 5 on each side.
Focus: upper body check, quic...
