How to do Forward and Backward Crossovers | Figure Skating 

i don't know why, but i cant seem to grasp the idea of backwards crossovers

The thing that's helped me the most with backward crossovers is bending my knees more and making sure that my inside foot is on an outside edge. It makes it way easier

*eats ice cream while watches person being athletic*

I'm struggling with crossovers so this is super helpful!! I'm so excited to practice these tips!!

For some reason my backward crossovers are perfect but my forward crossovers are ratchet af

i'm just starting my backwards crossovers so this is just perfect timing hahah! could you maybe do a video on 3 turns or waltz jump?

Can you make a video on backwards skating for beginners? Love you Katie!!

My crossovers? They are very very unsatisfying Lol

katie i just want to thank you for all the help you have been posting to all new skaters. me as one of them i am very thankfull that my favorite youtuber is posting stuff to help me with the things i love. and now before you start getting even more thousands and thousands subscribers(congrats on 15k yay💙😊), and my comment will always be harder to find cause there will be more people in each and every one of your vids i just want to say thank you so much and always keep up all the amazing work💞💟💞

i'm a beginner and this was so helpful! i always fail terribly when i try to do backward crossovers, hope they will improve one day. also your videos are amazing, Katie, keep on making them. lots of love from russia 💕

This is so useful!!! I was having a hard time learning crossovers (both, backward and forward) and this helped a lot!! Thanks Katie, ur the best!! 💕

Hi Katie! You are amazing! Best skater ever! Cheers from Poland! :*

Thank you so much!! Trying to perfect those backwards crossovers, this was so helpful! I love your videos so much!!!

Backwards crossovers have been driving me insane. Thank you.

I really love these basics videos! Can you please make a video on inside and outside three turns as well as basic spins like the two foot spine? I'm trying to improve on my three turns to pass my skating level at the moment. Thank you so much!!

I like it when you do some more basic tutorials for the less experienced skaters. Thank you for the great crossover advice!

i was waiting for this video!💕💕

Thanks for making this video! I needed this so much because I am in level 2 and I am learning forward crossovers but I am doing horrible at them. It was such a coincidence that you uploaded a video about this! anyways, thank you sooo much

Wonderful video, Eye katie,

Amazing vids. About to go to the rink and try it tomorrow!

Wow, that was real helpful, I've been trying to learn bacwards crossovers for ages... I hope I'll finally get there :D

I don't even ice skate, these videos are just soothing to me. And....Gliiiiddeeeeee....

Hey Katie! What about some basic spins and off-ice exercises to begin with. Love your videos! ❤❤

you're my favorite figure skating channel

I love all the tips in this video Katie!! sometimes its so good to go back to basics. I've actually just made a video on forwards crossovers on my channel, its super interesting that you've done forwards and backwards crosses in one video as they are quite different in terms of levels of difficulty.

Thank you so much for this!! I'm more of a beginner figure skater so I appreciate you including the basics ^_^ and although I pretty much have crossovers down, this definitely will help me improve them

Ahhhh thank you so much katie this helped me so much as I'm trying to perfect my crossovers at the moment. I was wondering if you could do a video with tips for beginners including stuff like going backwards and all the basics. I love you so much and you've been such an inspiration to me thank you❤️❤️❤️

Thank you soooooo much! This really helped. You are the best!

Oh my god. Thank you so much. I'm REALLY struggling with my backward crossovers. When I first started learning them I couldn't even cross my legs over. Now I'm only having trouble dragging my back legs causing me to scrape on my toe picks. But hopefully I'll get them very soon. Thanks for your tips and all of your help.

literally need this right now! thanks for uploading hahaha

Hi Katie. I just started to learn skate at the age of 30. Your crossover is so beautiful and that's my GOAL!!!

Love your videos ! ❤️ They're so helpful sweetie

Ahhh Katie this is perfect timing as I'm currently working on crossovers

Katie you have no idea how helpful this was. I just got new skates (jackson classiques) and my forward crossovers are terrible, and I don't have backwards crossovers yet. I always end up hitting my blades together and almost falling...

Thank you! I'm just starting out and this helps a lot!!😘

thank you so much for this explanation. I do skating only casually and I always wanted to be able to do the backward crossover, but I always get confuse in witch foot go where. that will help a lot thank you

Well made and well thought out video!!!! Thanks!!!

This brings back so many memories

My sis is learning that so thank you for posting this video cause she needs some help

You do great at explaining all the details! Thanks!

I'm just starting to learn these in my lessons and this helped a lot, bless

I'm finally going to learn crossovers. I'm going to be learning the forward ones. I can't wait.

the speed when doing crossovers gives me struggles bc you suddenly go so fast and our rink has been so crowded lately so I just can't go fast bc I'll skate into ppl xD

HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY!!! 😄

YEESSS I fail so badly at crossovers and I just got new skates so they look like legitimate trash. This helps so much thank yoouuuuu xxx

Your channel has been growing steadily lately! Can you do video comparing Sals and Axels? I think it's so hard to distinguish between the two that everyone would benefit from an explanation!

i was just looking to see if you had a video about this because i am having a lot of trouble with it. I only saw you put your left foot behind your right. Doing a video where you are going the other way would help me out. Also I would love to see a video of you doing some tricks and fun things at the rollerskating rink on rollerskates just to see the difference in balance and to learn this would be really neat to learn from! you are an incredable skater! keep skating on - cheers.

Yay she's back!

Great video! Please do a video on how to become flexible or some exercises to help. I am not flexible at all 😂 luv u! Xxx

i needed this video!!

I've been skating for a year and forward crossovers are such a pain since I suck at them. Oddly, bacwards crossovers are my favorite skill since I'm so comfortable with them.

Thank you so much for the tips! I've been able to do forward and backwards crossovers for some time now, but it bothers me that they don't look how I want them. I'm going to the ice rink tomorrow to practice

On back crossovers, you also wanna make sure you don't trip on the front of you're blade. Believe me, it hurts.

❤️❤️❤️❤️love u!!!!

keeep up with more tutorials PLEASE , IT REALLY HELPED ME

blessingsss!!! thank you so much!!!

who is that one person who disliked smh 🙄 ilysm katie❤️ i'm a figure skater too and i'm starting my axel☺️ i always trip in crossovers😂

Hello! What a beautiful skater you are- thank you so much for this video! I have a Skate Test tomorrow (I'm an adult beginner having started 2 months ago & skating once a week, twice if I'm very lucky) and I still have trouble using my outside edge, it feels terrifying- like I'm going to fall. Do you have any tips, other than what was in your video, to gain confidence using the outside edge for forward crossovers? Thank you in advance!

Hey katie i love you channel soon much ly!!!

watched in 0.5x speed so i could see the crossovers slowly while comparing them to my own so i can see how to improve and it sounds like shes drunk lmaooo

I haven't learned crossovers yet but i'm trying to figure out the movements, so you push off one leg, put that leg in front of the other so one leg is "under" the other, and put the "under" leg in front? Is that right?

Thank you very much for the help I need improvement for my cross dresser

So my coach say that I have to flex My foot behind me (the one that did not cross) I was wondering if you had any tips or exercises off the ice! Thanks so much Katie!

Freestyle 5 and I still sometimes trip on my crossovers XD

i think this video is also helpful for the ppl enjoying inline skating :)

crossovers will be the death of me but this was helpful so thank you​

Oof, I just got new skates and they were all sharp and nice and I haven’t skated in a while so I was SOOO excited. I was practicing back crossovers on a public session ( that was literally me and 6 other skaters) and I looked like TRASH I was tripping and falling and OOF it was baaaaad. I still don’t have them but I’m getting better.

Do you have any advice for shifting your weight from one foot to the other for backwards crossovers? Thanks so much for this video, and I love your channel so much!

I got my crossovers on my first try thanks to u

If it isn't too much to ask could you do a video on how to do better with going backwards. Such as if you were in a routine. My skating lessons just started doing backwards crossovers last week, and I can go backwards I have to do some wiggles first to get started. I want to learn how to start going backwards naturally without having to do wiggles.

Hey Katie can you please do a beginner tips and how to backwards skate video?❤️

What’s your recommendation for skaters starting double jumps & what skates would you recommend?

Can you do a tutorial of how to do a one foot front spin and maybe tips on Mohawks?

What do you recommend learning first, the front crossover or the backward crossover?

My left crossovers are semi-pro, My right cross overs are is if I never skates B4

Can you do a video on lunges?

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thanks for the help!!!!!! but for some reason I just can't get my boot to go over the other. can you help me??????

THANK YOU SO MUCH.For this video😁😁😁♥️♥️♥️

Do you have any suggestions for how to get a wonder crossover for our weaker side? My left side crossover leg doesn't crossover as far easy right leg crossover.

I need this video ❤️

Any tips on doing crossovers in your non-dominant direction? I’m great going forwards and backwards counterclockwise (lifting my right leg) but I can’t get past the mental block of going clockwise (lifting my left leg).

Can I also use these tip for my rollerskates?

could you please please please start a beginners figure skating series? 😍😍😍😍

When I do the backward crossovers in the counterclockwise direction, I find it difficult to fully extend the right leg under the left leg. Do you have any tips for that?

My coach told me to point my toe on the foot I'm crossing over with to the middle of the circle when I was struggling with my forward cross over (excuse my grammar, it was probably wrong)

Can you do a video on moves in the field? Or edges?

If you find the time, could you do a video about spirals?

When we go backward, does the foot crossing over glide on the ice?

I keep tripping on my toepick when I do the backwards crossover any tips?

Any advice for adjusting to newer stiffer skates?

I really want to learn this but it’s difficult for me and I’m scared of hurting myself when I fall over attempting it

On Wednesday May 10th I'm starting my lessons. (2 days) I'm so excided

Thank you so much

I was just starting in February and I hurt my knee doing crossovers and had to Get surgery. Rip me

Can you do a video teaching basics like the waltz jump/two foot spin? Thank you :))

Can you maybe explain which leg goes over the other when you do crossovers?

I've watched this and many other tutorials for crossovers and I just can't seem to do them at all. I'm terrified to cross my feet (no problem gliding on one foot). when i finally get the courage to cross, I fall, every time. I'm getting so frustrated.

i am in level three going to level four i think this will make me happy thz

Can you do a video on a backspin? I really need help.