International coach and jump specialist Chris Conte begins a short series of videos on important concepts and drills for developing jump landings. This includes “organizing rotation to landing,” recognizing that good jump landings happen in the air and begin before the skater makes impact with the ice. Chris says, “A great landing happens in the air.” He further notes that the two words in the common phrase “check out” have different meanings, where “check” is stopping the rotation and “out” represents the movements necessary to get to final landing position.
Chris shares what is “basically a snap drill” as a way to work on the check or stopping the rotation. This involves standing on the axis foot with the foot/hips in a neutral or open position, then turning the skating hip inward while the back of the body lifts away from the landing to put the skater over the front of the axis hip. For single jump landings, the free leg is in a “reserve position” with the leg straight and in front and slightly off to the side. Chris calls this the “stabilized position” with the arms checked against the rotation. For multi-rotation jumps skaters make impact in a brace or eagle position, but this really doesn’t happen on most single jumps so single jumps “go right to the stabilized position.”
After demonstrating the “snap drill” at the wall, Chris sets up the same drill up on a small circle with the skater skating forward on the axis foot prior to performing a forward inside three turn to the “check” or “stabilized position” prior to bending and bringing the free leg to the back for the stretch. Because the current drill is for a single jump, Chris wants the skating leg straight immediately after the three turn in the check or stabilized position to simulate initial impact of jump landing. The skater should bend into the skating knee as the free leg goes back into the stretch.
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