Flexibility Poses & Static Stretches
Foundation-Advanced: Kneeling side lunge with reach stretch
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Purpose: In this stretch, skaters should feel a long line from the tops of their fingers that is reaching up all the way down to their toes. This focus on the line can help skaters understand how to elongate and lengthen to create better presentation on the ice.
Focus: Side body elongation, line, presentation, back tension relief
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Advanced: King pigeon pose progressio...
"Purpose: This advanced version of pigeon pose requires good hip flexibility and quad flexibility. Eventually skaters can work to the full king pigeon pose, which requires skaters to grab the back leg and reach their head back to touch their foot. This is a full body flexibility pose that is quit...
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Foundation-Advanced: Standing forward...
Purpose: This variation of a standing forward fold helps skaters also work on shoulder mobility and flexibilty while stretching their hamstrings. Shoulder flexibilty is important for skills like the biellmann and any catch spirals or spins, as well as injury prevention
Focus: Hamstring flexibilt...
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Foundation: Shoulder extension arm lo...
Purpose: This pose helps stretch out your shoulders and increase mobility while also stretching your hamstrings and relieving low back tension in the forward fold
Focus: Injury prevention, shoulder mobility, shoulder extension, hamstring flexibility, low back tension relief, warm-up
