World and Olympic coach Kori Ade continues a double toe loop lesson at a camp. As noted in Part 1, this lesson started with a discussion of working on the triple toe, and although this skater isn’t really ready to work on the triple, Kori uses that as motivation to continue to improve the double. In the first part Kori changed the skater’s entry and worked on loading and proper take-off timing. In this video, Kori begins the process of helping this skater develop more awareness in the air as well as more attention on the necessary air position for controlled landings.
Kori wants the skater to do a double toe loop and land on both feet with the feet crossed, and glide backward in that position. This is essentially another way of describing the alignment landing discussed in other videos on iCoachSkating (use search function with keyword “alignment landing”). Kori describes it as “landing on two crossed feet with your arms checked.” The skater is unable to do this landing, and in fact she is not able to do it throughout the lesson. But Kori continues to slowly build the skills and awareness to get closer and closer to this skill. Kori ensures the skater understands, by explaining that at the moment of touching the ice the shoulders should be parallel to the feet in the crossed two-foot landing. She says, “If (your shoulders) are perpendicular to your feet (at landing), the triple is going to be tough, because you’ll always fall outside the circle or you’ll over-rotate the upper body.”
As Kori explains, the shoulders should be “checked parallel” to the crossed feet “in the second up” which is another way of talking about the desired rotational air position. As the lesson progresses and the skater continues to struggle, Kori says, “It’s indicative of you not really knowing where you are in the air. So if we’re going to do triples for real, you better know where you are in the air.” She defines this as proprioceptive awareness. Kori says, “Adding a rotation is not a big deal if you know where you are in space. If you have no clue where you are in space, adding a rotation can be hazardous to your health.” She then has the skater simply jump up in place and land on two crossed feet with the shoulders checked.
Saying it another way, Kori says, “If your shoulders are perpendicular (at landing) you’re going to fall, either straight back or to the left (non-axis side). Huge problem with triples. So if you’re going to fall it better be to the right (axis side), which means your shoulders will be parallel to your feet and you’ll be falling inside the circle. If you’re falling to the right (axis side) on triples, you’re ready to land them.” In order to build the skater’s awareness, Kori changes the focus to simply not falling down. The skater doesn’t do much of a jump but she doesn’t fall either, and Kori notes that this is a form of awareness.
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