Purpose: This video helps skaters learn how to practice backward crossrolls off-ice, and teaches them what body positions and cues they should focus on.
Focus: Basic technique, upper body position, ankle bend, posture, head position, arm position, free leg pathway, foot placement, edge quality.
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Advanced: Off-ice forward crossrolls ...
Purpose: In this mini tutorial, Meghan breaks down how to do crossrolls on the floor and what key points skaters should be focusing on.
Focus: Basic technique, upper body position, ankle bend, foot placement
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Advanced: Off-ice forward crossrolls ...
Purpose: Walking through forward crossrolls on the floor can help skaters learn to emphasize stepping down on an outside edge before they try to do it on the ice with speed, which often disguises edge changes and weak edges.
Focus: Edge quality, outside edge, body position, basic technique, free...
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Foundation: Off-ice floor backward cr...
Purpose: Skaters can walk through their backward cross strokes on the floor, making sure they are stepping from a back outside edge to a back outside edge on the opposite foot.
Focus: Basic technique, proper edges, upper body position
