Purpose: This drill will help skaters to maintain a strong skating side on their axel take-off. Skaters should aim to do 5 in a row in a straight line, while also practicing getting a full roll up to the toe as they take off. This exercise also helps skaters to work on their spacial awareness, learning how to stop their rotation after a 1/2 turn
Focus: Skating side check, axel, spacial awareness, take-off, hip, knee and ankle warm-up
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Bell jump: Foundation-Elite
Purpose: This is a great exercise for skaters to add to their warm-up. It warms up key muscles for jumping, helps to practice spacial awareness and get their core firing. This exercise also helps skaters to practice their axel take-off. Skaters should try to do 5-6 of these in a row down the floo...
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Waltz jump across the floor: Beginner...
Purpose: This video demonstrates the proper technique of the setup to landing of a waltz jump across the floor. Skaters can add this to their warm-up prior to getting on the ice as part of their greater warm-up. Doing jumps on the floor focusing on proper technique will help transfer these habits...
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Forward bend with torso rotations: Be...
Purpose: This exercise will help skaters to feel a good dynamic stretch in their hamstrings and movement up through their torso into their upper body. Skaters can do 10 reps as part of their greater warm-up
Focus: warm-up, hamstring stretch, back and core activation, back and core stretch
