On-Ice Warm Up – Part 3 (Ryan Jahnke and Ben Agosto)

National medalist Ryan Jahnke and World and Olympic medalist Ben Agosto continue presenting on-ice warm up exercises at a summer camp. In Part 1 and Part 2 the class level was quite high, while this class in Part 3 is a somewhat lower level. Much of the information is the same (same drills) but we get more discussion and additional insights and descriptions that will help skaters and coaches. Ryan is wearing the microphone.

Ryan begins this video by again having the class do twisted forward lunges on lobes down the ice. Notice the focus on shoulder twist and strong “line” using the back arm. Ryan also wants the skaters to come up out of the knees with an active edge “rip” to finish each lobe. So there’s a push into the lunge, and the edge “rip” or “pull” as another moment to create power. After the class performs the exercise Ryan explains that the head position is important, and he encourages the class to pull their heads back (benefits = better rotation, easier to present to audience). He also discusses the idea of pulling the shoulder blades together (hold an imaginary pencil between them).

For the backward lunges, the emphasis is again on posture but also head position. Rather than looking where they are going, Ryan wants the class to continue to focus on where they have been. He compares this to a lutz entry. Ryan says, “Work both halves of the curve. You push and you accelerate on second part.”

Next is straight line pushing heel hops down the ice and this is demonstrated by Ben. Ryan describes the concept of “syncopation” where “not all the timing is exactly the same.” He uses this to encourage the class to “attack the down” which creates more edge pressure and bend to help generate more pushing power. He says, “Try to be a little bit quicker on the down so that we’re still not stiff as we go to the next one.” Notice the arm movements Ben uses to create a natural rhythmical almost walking movement, and also how he presses up out of the knee and ankle before pressing through the heel of his blade.

Ben then demonstrates these same pushing heel hops on alternating crossovers down the ice. Here the emphasis is again on the rhythmical pushing movements and hopping, but also on the clear ankle articulation to create powerful inside and outside edges. Ben says, “When you step down on the new circle, show the edge you’re going to push on. Don’t step down flat. Think of exposing that edge to the ice.” Ryan says, “Use those ankle muscles. Your ankles can tip to an inside. They can tip to an outside. Ben is showing you how to commit that edge before ever touching the ice.” The video at 4:03 shows this very clearly.


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