Great Ice Skating Move Used by the Pros, Easy to Learn at Ice Coach Online! Forward Crossrolls! 

Thanks for your great review, we're so pleased our information is coming across clearly and is helpful!

You're welcome, glad to hear the video helped you!

We're happy to hear it helped you out! Shame our tutorial didn't pop up quicker for you!

Glad to hear the video was helpful for you! It is also NOT incorrect to prepare the shoulders for the new circle before changing feet (as opposed to staying square). This happens as you move your foot through, while staying on the outside edge you change your shoulder to face the new circle. This is just a more aggressive technique that can help with very deep edges. It isn't necessarily recommended for beginners though as it can sometimes cause them to change to the inside edge instead of staying on an outside edge.

@@IceCoachOnline That would explain why it felt "difficult" but not "off". Im 30, I'm skating for fun (and due to the sad lack of volunteer coaches for our hobby group calling me to duty :'D). And the one thing I really really would like to achieve is deep edges and doing simple steps in flowing motions. Jeffrey Buttle's in-synch fluent steps to music are a source of absolute fascination to me. I can sometimes recognise his students in competitions before looking at their coach or knowing anything else about them. If building a proper base with beginner technique before switching to more aggressive ones can bring me even a 1/10 close to that fluency, I'll do it! (+_+) Very very patiently! That said, you guys look so elegant on ice (even in blooper videos 😋), it's a joy to learn with you.

Thank you, we're happy to hear you enjoyed it. Some moves, we like to break down in more detail for people, and others are more "quick tips" for people that don't want an in depth long video. Please let us know if any of our shorter videos feel like they are too brief on their instruction and we'll be sure to break it down further/potentially make a longer video covering the same move.

You're welcome! Let us know if it helps you take your crossrolls to the next level.

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Hi, Coach Lloyd here! There is a lot of information in this video as it shows the different stages of forward crossrolls. Starting off with the most basic form, up to a very advanced version. The reason I made the video this way is that our audience has a very mixed level of skating! So it can be a little overwhelming at first. The best thing to do is start practicing the most basic version, but have the common mistakes in the back of your mind so you know what to avoid doing. Review the video in your own time as you improve, and if you have any questions let myself or Jono know!

I wish i'd seen this video 13 weeks ago, before I broke my tibia and fibula doing cross roll. I think i was getting ahead of myself and doing more complex versions before I could do the very basic one. Had to have 2 surgeries and a titanium rod and pins put into my leg. Never mind, i'll be back to it, when I fully heal in some months time.

@@iristodorovic625 I'm really sorry to hear of such an injury. Hope you heal well and can continue skating... carefully.

Hi Cindy, Great question! Yes the crossroll is more advanced than the crossover. Ideally you will be comfortable holding a forward outside edge on a circle, and also doing continuous forward outside edges. But there is no harm giving crossrolls a try before you master these moves. Don't forget, there is a lot more content on my website too, 3x more tutorial videos. There is a lot of content covering how to get over outside edges correctly.

@@IceCoachOnline Thanks a lot for the answer! great to know and will check out the website!

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It varies from person to person. The best way to get there is to set weekly and monthly goals that are realistic to achieve. You will see yourself improve better like this. As with any sport, it takes practice and time to improve.