Thank you for this, I think I've been so preoccupied with learning punch turns, I have a tendency to rely on them rather than tight turns. I would say, whenever I see this videos for tight turns, they're always demonstrated with so little speed so as to show form. But it would be good to see them demonstrated at high speed as well, so as to see the technique in actual action
As I'm learning (practicing) the tight turns, I always feel like my outside foot is doing 90% of the edge work. Any tips on getting the inside foot to take more of the load? Are both feet riding more or less center of the blade, or is one or the other more heel or toe? Trying to work out the mechanics better so my practicing is more effective.
For tight turns you want to be more over the inside foot (outside edge) trusting that foot with a lot of the weight. What I usually tell my students is pretend your doing a one foot outside edge hold then just put your other foot down but don’t change your body position at all. In terms of what part of your skate definitely try to ride mid of the blade don’t be on your heels as that will lift the front part of your blade off the ice .Hopefully that make sense! Thanks for watching
