Purpose: Develop and master your entry into the butterfly, a difficult flying spin, with this on-ice demonstration.
Focus: difficult flying camel variation, timing, upper body alignment
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Cartwheel, butterfly, illusion sequen...
Purpose: Doing this exercise helps skaters to get the feel of kicking their feet first in the cartwheel and then similarly again in the butterfly. Skaters should try to swoop their body down and then feel their upper body fly up in an arch as their legs kick one after the other. Skaters should fe...
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Foundation-Advanced: On-ice flying ca...
Purpose: This video looks at the proper pathway for a flying camel ""fly"" so that skaters avoid doing a flying waltz jump.
Focus: Basic technique, common mistakes, flying waltz jump, edge position, spin pathway
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Advanced: Off-ice floor flying sit sp...
Purpose: Skaters can improve the quality of their flying sit by practicing the positions off the ice to ensure they have good alignment and axis over their skating leg on the fly as well as the landing into the hold
Focus: Basic technique, axis, alignment, flying entry height
