Purpose: This drill will help skaters to work on their air position, getting a tighter squeeze, and lengthening the air position. Skaters should start with a single loop, then as they can do a single, trying double, and then triple.
Focus: over the axis, upper body and lower body quickness, air position, landing, combos.
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Rotating loop drill across the ice: A...
Purpose: This drill will help figure skaters work on their body awareness for their hip placement on their double and triple loop. Skaters should try to do this on a straight line and then test it on the circle as well after mastering the straight line exercise.
Focus: hip placement, double loop,... -
Advanced-Elite: Off-ice loop take-off...
Purpose: This drill helps skaters work on the timing of a loop jump take-off take-off into follow-through
Focus: Loop take-off, loop follow-through, timing, upper body position, arm position, tight air position, body coordination
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Foundation: Off-ice stationary loop l...
Purpose: This drill helps skaters work on a quick snap into their air position on a loop take-off, vertical height on the take-off, rotation, and control of landings so that they can do it continuously.
Focus: Loop take-off, Vertical height, tight air position, upper body control, jump combinations
