Coach Josh Farris (World Junior Champion, US National medalist, Four Continents medalist) opens this video by describing loop combination jumps as, “The moment you land the first jump is the take-off of the second. That edge pressure starts immediately when that toe pick hits the ice.” To help build this skill, Josh has the class do a multiple-jump combination of a series of single loop jumps with consistent timing and rhythm where the final jump in the combo/sequence is a double loop. The idea is to keep the timing and rhythm the same for each of the singles and the double at the end.
Josh offers another description that often resonates with skaters that struggle with over-bending and waiting too long for the double loop. He says, “It should be like bouncing a ball. The right side stays back on those singles, those arms don’t move, and then I want that right side coming through and you’ve got to rotate those hips underneath you.” Some skaters in the class struggle with the necessary rhythm, but others clearly understand and feel the proper movement.
World and Olympic coach Rafael Arutyunyun (who was actually leading this session and being assisted by Josh) steps in to offer yet another description that may help skaters. He begins by noting that a volleyball or car tire should have a specific air pressure which makes it bounce or handle with a certain natural timing. Skaters that have timing that is too slow represent less air pressure in the ball while those with timing that is too fast represents more air pressure. The goal is to make each of the singles and the final double loop in the exercise have the same “air pressure.” Rafael then has his demonstrator (Dasha Koval) perform the exercise, and her consistent timing and rhythm is easy to see.
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