National level coach Jackie Brenner continues her discussion of floating the jumps and she also improves a skater’s landing position. In the previous video she discussed the basic concepts of floating jumps as a way to prepare for moving from single to double and double to triple (and triple to quad). Floating jumps like this is also a way to ensure a skater does not struggle with a given jump when trying to add a rotation – such as losing awareness on their single axel when working on the double axel.
To start this video, Jackie asks the skater for a number of corrections that will improve the jump and help create the floating feeling. These include increase entry speed, watch the entry pattern, have quiet arms, head over free side, loop to the top, float like a balloon, and then hit a beautiful landing position. She tells the skater, “If you can get any of that right, we’ll be thrilled.” After the single axel attempt, Jackie notes that increasing entry speed is very helpful for a skater to “feel where she is” on the arc (parabola) of the jump. She also notes that some skaters tend to skate slow into jumps and they simply need to be reminded to skate faster and fill the rink.
Jackie then switches topics to focus on landing position. She uses words like “shoulders down,” “nose over toes,” “head over standing leg,” and “belly button to spine.” Free leg/foot turn-out is always an important part of a good landing position and we can see how much of a difference it makes on this skater. To explain hand height in the final landing position Jackie says, “Skating side (hand) in line with your ear, free side hand in line with your rib.” This lifts the skating side shoulder a bit and creates “a little bit more support” through the skating side.
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