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International coach and jump specialist Nick Perna continues his important and overlooked discussion that good figure skating jumps are actually vaults. In Part 1 he introduced the basic concept of vaulting and explained how a good loop jump vaults up… Continue reading
World and Olympic coach Audrey Weisiger continues to work with a class of high level skaters on improving their step into double axel, although some of the drills are useful for other jumps as well, and that is true for… Continue reading
Figure skating spin specialist Charyl Brusch continues a lesson with an advanced spinner, focusing here on layback variations. (See the earlier parts of this lesson here: Part 1, Part 2, and Part3.) She begins with the standard layback position, and… Continue reading
World and Olympic coach Tom Zakrajsek shares insights about the “backspin double loop” jump exercise. This exercise and it’s variations are known by many names, including “backspin jump out,” “backspin jump,” “backspin hop,” and “backspin jump landing.” Although this exercise… Continue reading
National medalist Ryan Jahnke and World and Olympic medalist Ben Agosto continue an on-ice warm up class at a summer camp. Ryan is wearing the microphone. In Part 1 the class learned several exercises as well as ankle control and… Continue reading
National medalist Ryan Jahnke and World and Olympic medalist Ben Agosto team teach an on-ice warm up class at a summer camp. Ryan is wearing the microphone. Ryan begins the class with side lunges on lobes and specific arms with… Continue reading
Spin specialist Kim Ryan continues a class on off-ice spin training. In Part 1 Kim explained and demonstrated in detail how to get started spinning off the ice in a repeatable and safe way. In this video, the class continues… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
International coach and jump specialist Nick Perna continues his important and overlooked discussion that good figure skating jumps are actually vaults. In Part 1 he introduced the basic concept of vaulting and explained how a good loop jump vaults up… Continue reading
Figure skating spin specialist Charyl Brusch continues a lesson with an advanced spinner. In the previous part of this lesson, Charyl worked on this skater’s jump within a spin, going from a forward camel to a flying sit spin. That… Continue reading
In this short video, World and Olympic coach Tom Zakrajsek returns to his discussion of the “big muscle backspin” as a tool for improving jump air position. In a previous video, Tom introduced the concept and shared his ideas about… Continue reading
Olympic Team medalist and coach Mirai Nagasu continues an off-ice seminar jump class focusing on the loop and double loop. In Part 1 she discussed alignment over the axis side and taught a hopping and rotating exercise to develop position… Continue reading
Olympic Team medalist and coach Mirai Nagasu teaches an off-ice seminar jump class focusing on the loop and double loop. She starts by observing the class attempting off-ice double loops and then shows the class a video of a triple… Continue reading
Coach and choreographer Kate Charbonneau continues a choreography session with a young skater to build a new program. In Part 1 Kate got to know the skater a bit and challenged the skater with some new movements. In this video,… Continue reading
International coach and jump specialist Chris Conte continues an on-ice jump class. In Part 1 he introduced power swizzles, and in this video he shares swizzle hops and a variety of insights about power on the ice. Chris begins by… Continue reading
International coach and jump specialist Chris Conte begins an on-ice jump class by doing simple knee bounces on two feet with the body remaining vertical. He spends some time explaining the need to be back on the blade, as so… Continue reading
Spin specialist Kim Ryan begins a class on off-ice spin training. This video focuses on how to get started with upright forward spins and upright backspins. Kim begins by explaining how to place the foot on the spinboard that she… Continue reading
World and Olympic coach Kori Ade gives a skater a lesson at a camp. Although this lesson starts with discussion of triple toe loop, this is really an opportunity for Kori to address basic jumping issues with axels and double… Continue reading
World and Olympic coach Robert Tebby continues his discussion of single axel development. Part 1 offered a ton of detail, from the overall process Robert uses to the specifics of that process. In this video, he begins by noting some… Continue reading
International coach and jump specialist Chris Conte shares insights about double axel development with a seminar class. He begins the class by having them do a single axel and then a walkthrough of a double axel. Next he has them… Continue reading
World and Olympic coach Audrey Weisiger continues to work with a class of high level skaters on improving their step into double axel (see the first part of the class here). The drills shared here can help skaters improve single… Continue reading
International coach and jump specialist Nick Perna discusses the incredibly important and overlooked concept in figure skating that good jumps are actually vaults. He begins by noting that this topic is “vastly misunderstood” and “not talked about much at all.”… Continue reading
World and Olympic coach Tom Zakrajsek continues his presentation of some on-ice exercises he uses with his skaters as a warm-up for jumping. In Part 1 he introduced the concept and shared exercises such as “heel clicks,” “edge ups,” and… Continue reading
Figure skating spin specialist Charyl Brusch works through a variety of change foot spins, focusing on the change from forward spins to back spins, including “jump within a spin” options. She begins with camel change camel, and Charyl explains the… Continue reading
Coach and choreographer Kate Charbonneau begins a choreography session with a young skater to build a new program. A very large percentage of coaches work with skaters at this level, so many will benefit from seeing how Kate approaches this… Continue reading
