Can Ice Dancers Do Jumps??? 

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In this video, we have a look at how good ice dancers are at jumping! Of course, this is just two examples of ice dancers!
@Maks_Spodyriev is an elite ranked ice dancer (5th in Europe and 11th in the world) and has not jumped since he was around 10 years old. As a child, he learned a base jumping technique and could do some double jumps. It has been roughly 16 years since he last tried some jumps. He was using 100% Ice Dance equipment that wasn't designed with jumps in mind at all.
I (Lloyd) also competed as an elite ranked ice dancer (7th in Europe and 12th in the World) and have not attempted a jump since I was about 14 years old. I used to jump until the age of 12, but tore my left knee and switched to Ice Dance. The last time I jumped I did manage a full set of doubles, but I was about 40kg lighter than I am now. After having a few operations, I didn't fancy picking up another injury for this RU-vid video, but fortunately, Maks wasn't afraid 😁
One thing that is worth mentioning when we talk about ice dancers jumping is the way we train compared to singles skaters. Singles skaters train to be explosive and fast so that they can spring up high and get the rotations of their jumps done before they land. Ice dancers don't train explosive strength as much as they don't need to be able to jump and rotate triple and quad jumps. Ice dancers focus on strength, balance, and style.
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