Hello fellow adult skaters! This is my first episode of course we need to start with crossovers. They are so important to look like the strong skater you are! Follow me on Instagram: figureskating_farmgirl
After 6 years of adult skating my left forward crossovers still doesn’t feel natural, my coach says the she feels the same about her crossovers ( she was competitive skater once :-) ) Sometimes I teach crossovers to recreational skaters at public sessions, I noticed that their main problems are weight distribution (falling forward ), not bending knees and they are not able to separate their hips from shoulders.
I totally forgot to put my favorite line in this video. 🤦🏼♀️ “Knee bend is your friend!” Gets everyone laughing in lesson. Thanks adding that I’m not sure why I skipped that. Video was getting too long.
Just came across your RU-vid channel by chance! Thought your video is very helpful. I’m the opposite. I actually have issue with the first push. I don’t know if I should push sideways, somewhat parallel to my other skating foot , or push at a 45 degrees angle?
@@figureskatingfarmgirl9947 Forward crossovers 🫤. I have one coach telling me to push sideways (almost like parallel to the other skating foot) and the others telling me to push like a T-push (45 degree angle). I guess both techniques are correct as long as one does not toe push? I always hit my toe-pick at the first push of a forward crossover so I am thinking I’m not pushing correctly.
I just returned to skating after a break of 15 years. I found that my backward crossovers tended not to bend in to follow the circle, but go more straight out and so making the circle bigger, then I had to tried hard to go back into a smaller circle. It basically went out of the circle shape. I don't know if that makes sense to you. If I scooped my inside leg more towards the centre then pushed out, it seemed to help sometimes, but overall it's really not stable. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks.
That does happen sometimes on backwards. Without seeing what you do it’s hard for me to know for sure this is the issue but normally when this happens it’s a speed issue and having to force it. This make not make sense either in writing. Lol But basically you are going a little too slow or pausing because you are cautious and the timing gets off. If you spend too much time on one leg more then the other it tends to go to the stronger leg. It’s like back stroking. If you push more with one leg you start to head into the wall or the middle depending on which is your stronger side. I’m not sure if that makes sense? That’s awesome you are coming back to skating!!!
@@figureskatingfarmgirl9947 Thanks, that does make sense. It's a weight transfer timing problem. I noticed that I kept the weight on my inside leg too long even after the outside leg has already crossed in, then the inside leg pushes the move too far outwards. Thanks for the tip. I will work on that.
