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Chris Conte
finishes his lesson preparing a skater
for an exhibition performance. This video is the
second of three. The focus in this part of the lesson
is on the technical aspects of a double toe loop.
Chris puts his assistant coach Odie to work as well. |
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Chris Conte
continues his lesson to prepare a skater
for an exhibition performance. This video is the
second of three. The focus in this part of the lesson
is on a jump combination. Chris shows a great exercise
which he calls the "Russian twist." |
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Chris Conte gives a
lesson to a skater in preparation for an exhibition
performance.
This video is the first of three. Chris focuses on
important body positions and flow throughout jumps.
Chris also mentions an important "pivot point" that can be
helpful on jump landings. |
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Nick Perna
and
Sheila Thelen teach an advanced spin class. This is
long video but it has tons of great information on a variety
of spins. See and beat the posted records! |
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Karen Heng Olson provides a thorough discussion of the
Bracket-Three-Bracket Pattern from the USFS Novice Moves in the Field Test. Karen
offers more than half a dozen helpful drills and exercises to help
skaters quickly master this move. |
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Bobbe Shire
discusses additional positions for the layback
spin.
Bobbe provides insights into accelerating a layback and
performing a quality haircutter for those all-important IJS
levels. |
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Michelle Leigh gives a warm-up drill that incorporates the
helicopter exercise and walleys.
Michelle
discusses what to look for in the drill and she explains why
the drill is important. |
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Michelle Leigh discusses the axel preparation edge.
Michelle suggests a helpful exercise and offers insights
into this overlooked aspect of the axel. |
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Nick Perna
shares his 4 backward slalom drills to develop
skater edge power.
This is a continuation of Nick's previous video on forward
slalom drills. Great exercises. |
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Nick Perna
introduces his 4 forward slalom drills to develop skater
edge power.
Nick created these exercises to help his skaters create more
power on the ice. These drills can helps skaters of
all levels. |
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Amy Brolsma explains and demonstrates a figure eight power pull
drill to develop power and control, particularly as it relates to figure
loops.
This is a general exercise that applies to many aspects of figure
skating.. |
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Amy Brolsma explains and demonstrates backward inside figure loops.
As with Amy's previous presentations on figure loops, she breaks it down
and offers helpful tips and suggestions. |
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Amy Brolsma explains and demonstrates backward outside figure loops.
Amy
develops this skill from the entry push through exercises to enhance the
power and flow. |
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Michelle Leigh discusses core strength as it relates to
multi-rotation jumps.
Michelle offers exercises and drills to help improve skater
strength and quickness for landing double axels and triples.
The final exercise also applies to double jumps. |
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Karen Heng Olson teaches the Backward Power Three Turns from the USFS Juvenile Moves in the Field Test. Karen
breaks the pattern down and offers suggestions to build speed and power
and take the pattern to the next level. |
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Audrey Weisiger
explains how she teaches young skater to spin (Part 2).
This video from Audrey is packed with teaching tips for two
foot spins and the initial transition to one-foot spins.
Audrey suggests games, drills, and tools to keep the process
moving quickly. |
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Audrey Weisiger
explains how she teaches young skater to spin. In
this video, Audrey focuses on determining proper spin
direction. She also discusses her opinions regarding
spin and jump rotational direction. |
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Sheila Thelen gives a lesson to a 6 year old boy
(Part 5). In this final part of the lesson, Sheila is working on
the salchow. See how Sheila does this jump at the
wall, what terminology she uses, and how she helps the
skater remember what foot to start on. |
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Bobbe Shire
continues her explanation of the layback spin.
Bobbe provides some simple drills to safely develop
proper body alignment and position. She also addresses
arm position. This is another great video! |
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Bobbe Shire
explains how she introduces the layback spin.
Bobbe covers some safety issues, and then starts
building the spin with simple exercises and suggested
imagery. She discusses body and free leg position in
detail. This is a great video! |
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Amy Brolsma gives a thorough explanation of forward inside figure
loops.
Amy
focuses on building the skill from scratch and provides helpful
suggestions and focus points. |
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Amy Brolsma gives a thorough explanation of forward outside figure
loops.
Amy
focuses on building the skill from scratch and provides helpful
suggestions and focus points. |
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Amy Brolsma explains how she teaches power pulls.
Amy
focuses on isolating the primary movements associated with power
generation from a continuous edge. |
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Sheila Thelen gives a lesson to a 6 year old boy
(Part 4). In this part of the lesson, Sheila is working on
the toe loop. The main value of this video is the
drill Sheila uses at the wall and the verbal cue to make
sure it's correct. |
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Bobbe Shire
shares her knowledge of the death drop.
Bobbe offers some great suggestions and drills to
develop and perfect this flying spin. The demonstrator
provides some great examples to model. |
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Tricia Offerdahl continues her work on Leah's program.
This is Part 6 of a 6 part series showing the development of
a low level program. |
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Michelle Leigh continues the axel lesson from below.
In this
video, Michelle focuses on axel take-off mechanics as she
works with the skater to develop a double axel. To
make important changes, she reverts back to an easy "part
axel" exercise. |
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Karen Heng Olson shows how she teaches the 8-Step Mohawk Sequence
from the USFS Juvenile Moves in the Field Test. Karen
addresses the most difficult aspects of the pattern and how she handles
them. Again, she offers some great drills. This video is appropriate for all skaters and coaches. |
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Amy Brolsma gives a three-turn theory lesson with diagrams on the
ice.
This presentation is important and EVERY skater and coach should
understand this information thoroughly. |
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Amy Brolsma gives a short reminder about body lean during edges and
three turns.
Amy
talks about edge quality and offers a few tips. |
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Tricia Offerdahl continues her work on Leah's program.
This is Part 5 of a 6 part series showing the development of
a low level program. |
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Audrey Weisiger
talks about team teaching. Team teaching is
becoming more popular, and it should as no coach can truly
be an expert in all areas of the sport. Audrey
discusses why and how it works, and gives a clear
explanation of roles and responsibilities. |
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Bobbe Shire
explains how to teach a flying sit spin.
Flying sits are one of the more difficult required
elements in skating to do well. Bobbe provides a
thorough discussion and offers a number of important tips.
Great video! |
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Bobbe Shire
teaches us how to do stars.
Stars are one of the best ways to generate a huge amount
of rotational energy for spins. Bobbe provides a
comprehensive explanation and discusses theory as well as
provides helpful tips. |
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Amy Brolsma discusses the backward inside three turn in detail.
Amy talks about important principles and includes a discussion of errors and corrections for the most typical problems. |
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Amy Brolsma continues her discussion of the backward outside three turn.
In this short video, Amy discusses a common problem and makes a major
point that is relevant to skating in general. |
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Sheila Thelen gives a lesson to a 6 year old boy
(Part 3). In this part of the lesson, Sheila is working on
a loop jump exercise. These's lots of important
fundamental ideas in this video. |
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Michelle Leigh explains how she teaches a walley jump.
This
video shows how Michelle starts the jump and progresses
through to it's completion. She also discusses why the
walley is important for all skaters to learn (and why it's
hard for many skaters). |
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Karen Heng Olson teaches the Power Pulls from the USFS
Pre-Juvenile Moves in the Field Test. Karen
builds this pattern from basic exercises and she offers some great
drills. This video is appropriate for all skaters and coaches. |
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Audrey Weisiger
discusses quad jumps. This is a fascinating
insight into attempting elements that are at the edge of
human capability. Lots of great stuff that applies to
all skaters and coaches (believability). |
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Amy Brolsma discusses the backward outside three turn in detail.
Amy shows how she develops the turns from two feet all the way to common
errors and corrections for the most typical problems. |
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Bobbe Shire
discusses the camel-change-camel spin.
This is a continuation of her change foot spins
(sit-change-sit) video below. Learn the "easy" way to
perform this spin. |
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Bobbe Shire
explains change foot spins and focuses on sit-change-sit in
this video.
There's a ton of information in this video and this is
an outstanding explanation of the mechanics of changing feet
while generating more rotational energy. Highly
recommended! |
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Bobbe Shire
gives her thoughts on the back camel spin.
With recent changes in the rules, back camel spins have
made a come-back in skating. Listen as Bobbe talks
about upper body and head position. |
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Sheila Thelen explains how she made a little extra
income hosting a jump rope class. Sheila's class
got her skaters to warm up correctly, it built a sense of
community at her rink, and she brought in some extra cash.
You can do this. |
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Sheila Thelen gives a lesson to a 6 year old boy
(Part 2). In this part of the lesson, Sheila is working on
the waltz jump. Helpful ideas for young skaters and
"ketchup and mustard" game. |
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Sheila Thelen gives a lesson to a 6 year old boy (Part
1). This is the first part of several. In
this part of the lesson, Sheila is working on back spin.
Lots of ideas for coaches to use with young skaters. |
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Karen Heng Olson explains how she teaches the Forward Power Three
Turns from the USFS Preliminary Moves in the Field Test. Karen
discusses the main errors and how she fixes them. She offers a
number of helpful drills. |
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Karen Heng Olson explains how she teaches the Back Inside Edges from
the USFS Pre-Pre Moves in the Field Test. Karen covers this
pattern in detail as this is usually the first moves pattern young
skaters find exceptionally challenging. |
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Michelle Leigh gives an axel lesson. In this
video, we sit in on an actual lesson. The skater's
natural tendency is to not step up into the jump.
Michelle gives many solutions to this common problem. |
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Michelle Leigh discusses how she develops the axel from
the waltz jump. This video is a continuation of
Michelle's discussion of waltz jump below. This video
is jam packed with information. |
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Audrey Weisiger
shows some great exercises for lutz. These drills
are designed to teach correct movement and feeling and
eliminate flutzing. There's a lot of information in
this video. |
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Nick Perna
shows how he introduces the lutz jump.
This is a continuation of Nick's loop and flip jump videos below.
Nick builds upon the previous videos and adds additional
insights that are specific to lutz. |
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Nick Perna
shows how he introduces the flip jump.
This is a continuation of Nick's loop jump video below.
Nick builds upon the previous video and adds additional
insights that are specific to flip. |
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Nick Perna shows how he introduces the loop jump.
Nick uses simple drills, movements, and stories to
accomplish the goal of getting a skater to do their first
loop jump. This is very clever. |
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