As in the previous part of this lesson, spin specialist Kim Ryan works with a skater to improve a basic sit spin. In the previous part, the focus was on getting the balance and tension correct to get all the way down to a valid sit position. In this video, the focus shifts to improving the sit position itself as well as the entry and the exit.
When learning to get the body forward enough to balance the sit spin properly, many skaters incorrectly raise their shoulders up near their ears. A major part of creating quality sit spins is keeping the shoulders down and back.
A very common error on sit spin entry is “swimming” or “sweeping” the non-axis arm excessively during the entry edge. Kim talks about keeping it right in front of the shoulder, so the arm acts as a wall while the axis arm acts as a closing door. She says, “Don’t move your wall!” She also uses the analogy of closing a book to help skaters understand the arm movement.
Next Kim focuses on keeping the free hip closed as the free leg comes around, opening with toe turn out only after the free leg is properly in front. Many skaters open the hips dramatically as the free leg comes around, but this causes stability problems and can result in undesired free hip drop. Kim describes it to the skater as toe down throughout the leg swing as the arms close (door closes to wall), and then toe up in the final position.
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