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
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Alternating axel and loop hip twists ...
Purpose: Use this exercise to warm-up quick twitch and hip snap for change foot and same foot take-off jumps.
Focus: single leg stationary axel take-off, single leg stationary loop take-off, quick twitch, warm-up, hip snap, vertical height, air position.
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Alternating axel and loop take-off fu...
Purpose: This off-ice exercise will help improve skaters quick twitch muscles when getting into their air position and also trains skaters to have a strong skating side check. Skaters can try doing this exercise across the floor in their warm-up doing 5 on each side.
Focus: upper body check, quic... -
Forward and backward skips: Beginner-...
Purpose: Skaters can use this exercise in their warm-up to warm-up hips, knees and ankles. Practice both forwards and backwards down the floor pumping arms back and forward with the knee to simulate the axel take-off on the ice.
Focus: hip, knee, and ankle extension; power, roll up to the toe, co...
