Figure skating coach Kate Charbonneau continues a multi-part series where she shows a complete 20 minute warm-up edge class. Kate has her skaters start slow and then she picks up the pace, both with the skating and the music for the class. This warm-up is done to music. In Part 1 she shared initial exercises that emphasized slow stretching movements and strong edges and full extensions. In Part 2 she shared an exercise intended to get the heart rate up, work on edge control and body lean, and improve and warm up quickness. In Part 3 she offered exercises to improve stopping skills, as well as knee action and balance. In Part 4, Kate shared an exercise that focused on flow and power and extension (including landing positions) and in Part 5 she added spirals and Ina Bauers.
All videos in the series:
Part 1 – intro, initial exercises emphasizing slow stretching movements and strong edges and full extension
Part 2 – increasing heart rate, edge control and body lean, add movements for quickness
Part 3 – improve stopping skills, knee action, balance
Part 4 – focus on flow and power and extension (jump landing positions)
Part 5 – spirals and Ina Bauers
Part 6 – transitions and turns
Part 7 – wrap up and summary
So far in this series, the focus has been on skating skills and gliding movements. In this video, Kate begins discussing transitions and how to include them in a warm-up. The transitions discussed here are rockers, mohawks, and three turns. The rocker exercise is a forward crossover into a forward outside rocker, followed by a cross in front (backwards) to a step forward against the natural rotation of the rocker exit, followed by two forward crossovers into a forward inside rocker, then two back crossovers before stepping forward to start over. Kate wants this exercise to carry a lot of speed and she wants the skater to lean over the rocker entry edge and press with the body on the exit, keeping the arms soft. The goal is to make this “look as natural as possible” and Kate offers some tips in terms of extension, body lean, and head movement.
Because Kate uses this same “rocker exercise” with all levels of skaters, she modifies it for skaters who don’t yet know their rockers. In that case, the forward outside rocker is replaced with a three turn and a change of edge. The inside rockers are replaced with a forward inside mohawk and wide step to the new lobe. This keeps skaters at various levels doing very similar overall movements.
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