I’m in my sixties, skated and coached for decades, coming back after a few years , and going right back to basics is so worth it! Even the simplest elements can look and feel beautiful as demonstrated here.Thank you so much! Skating for the pure joy of it now ☀️❤️
Thank you!! Timestamps for adult 6: 9:40 forward stroking with crossover end patterns 10:40 backward stroking with crossover end patterns 11:20 forward inside 3-turns 12:16 forward outside to inside change of edge on a line 13:20 t-stop 14:20 lunges 15:05 two-foot spin into one-foot spin
This was so helpful, even I've been skating a lot. Backward stoking, elegant :) And fwd inside three turn: I'm still afraid to turn without the rail. :) thank you, Stacy and Mick
I love this! This is super helpful 😊 Forward and backward crossovers are something I'm always trying to improve. In your demonstration, are these more like progressives than crossovers? I know they are similar to crossovers but different. Thanks for any help!
Nope, those are backward crossovers! You don't lift up your foot on backward crossovers (eventually; you can start that way but eventually you keep it on the ice). Backward progressives actually look totally different.
These look more like traditional crossovers! In my understanding, The foot touches the ice in progressives before it crosses over, and kinda slides around as you’re pushing under. Someone may have better words than me to explain it though haha
Thank you so much! Do you have any off ice training tips for beginners in learn to skate? My left leg is a lot weaker than my right and I'm trying to fix that!
Adult6 back stroking - the skating leg- is it suppose to be on an inside edge or flat ? And the free foot- is it suppose to be inversion ?(can see my inside edge side of the blade)
I believe stroking should be on a flat. But I was taught that you kind of go in a slight zip zag as you go from one foot to the other. I think to have the best asthetics (extension etc) the free foot should be held extended straight with the toes pointed and openned out.
@@midgechickmayes pointed towards the ice, like a ballet dancer would point their toes. Watch ice dancer when they do stroking, at the end of their stroke they point their toes to make their legs look longer. Longer limbs are more aesthetically pleasing.
@dbooth2008 yes I am aware of what materializes by executing pointed toes . I'm asking coz if you notice Stacy's free leg clearly extended but toes they do not seem to be pointed. I think there's difference between ice dancing and "freestyle skating "? I also noticed that she puts her feet together before executing each back stroke which I need to hone . Thank you Stacy for the tips. Also thanks db2008
@@midgechickmaI think for the purposes of passing the adult levels 1-6, they are not so much concerned with how well the toes are pointed or other aesthetics. It's really all beginner basics. :) So can you execute the move safely, confidently, consistently etc.
Ty 4 all your help on skating 💯⛸️ Just started skating again after 25 years off the Ice. My coach is currently working with me on inside & outside edges in a circle. 🤔❓ Are my arms supposed to be outside of the circle on an outside edge ? My coach told me that my arms are supposed to be inside the circle on an inside edge. But on an outside edge are my arms supposed to be outside the circle?
I learned a long time ago too, and my coach has explained that we learned the arms different back then, from how they are taught now. So while you can do "either way," the way they teach it now is always hugging the circle. So you're always pumping with the outside foot, whether you're picking up the inside or outside foot for the edge, you're always wanting to get that nice lean into the circle, and arms are always inside, hugging, for both inside and outside edges. The only thing that really changes is which foot you lift.
