World and Olympic coach Laurent Depouilly shares one of his drills for developing jumping power and rhythm. The concept of the drill is simple, but skaters tend to struggle with the necessary power generation and edge quality prior to the jump. Notice the take-off from the back inside edge, much like a walley. So this exercise is valuable as a pre-cursor to learning walleys. As Laurent and Audrey Weisiger discuss, the drill builds fundamental skills that are important in many aspects of skating.

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