Purpose: This exercise helps the skater get into their knees and ankles during warm-up. It encourages the skater to work to build power and speed on one foot which is necessary for clusters in a step sequence.

Focus: Turn placement, Upper body control, balance, edge quality, across the ice, knee...

Purpose: This pattern allows skaters to work on combining their crossovers with an inside edge hold. The change of edges and the alternating sides makes it a good pattern for skaters to work on their general skating skills and quality of edges, as well as build power and speed.

Focus: Edge quali...

Purpose: This video introduces 5 key stroking exercises skaters should practice to warm-up their ankles and knees prior to getting into other skating elements.

Focus: upper body control, across the ice, flow, glide, balance, power

Purpose: Skaters can improve their quick twitch firing on their jump take-offs by doing hip twists. This helps the skater learn how to generate vertical height and then rotation through their hips rather than the upper body. This variation also helps skaters practice quickly getting into a tight ...

Purpose: This challenging skill helps skaters test their balance and their strength; even if they can do a camel to sit position on the ice, they will be surprised to find it is much more challenging to do it off the ice!

Focus: Strength building, lower body strength, balance, alignment

Purpose: Doing ladder drills can help skaters develop coordination and body awareness. These skills help them learn new skills and choreography more quickly, and also help them have tidier foot placement when skating.

Focus: Coordination, rhythm and timing