Purpose: This video explains why figure skaters need to focus on training and strengthening their deep hip muscles.
Focus: Hip strength, injury prevention, internal hip rotation, overuse injuries, TFL, gluteus Medius, gluteus maximus, hip flexors, muscle activation
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Why fitness training is important for...
Purpose: This video explains why fitness training is important for synchro skaters and what figure skating specific training looks like for synchro teams.
Focus: fitness training, flexibility training, core strength, warm-up, flexibility, hamstring flexibility
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The importance of strong ankles in fi...
Purpose: This video explains why ankle strengthening is so important for figure skaters, especially when they are doing off-ice training.
Focus: ankle mobility, ankle range of motion, ankle dorsiflexion, injury prevention, balance, ankle internal rotation, ankle external rotation
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Beginner-Advanced: Why is balance tra...
Overview:
0:11 What is balance training, why is it important, and how should skaters practice it?
2:50 Static balance exercises
6:03 No equipment dynamic balance exercises
8:15 Bosu balance exercises
10:37 Skater specific balance exercises
Focus: Knee alignment, balance, stability, injury prev...
