I am a beginner skater and I struggle with my 3- turns so brackets are a thing of the future for me. But what I learnt from this video for my personal use is this moment of jump action. In order to turn I need to take off the weight from my skating leg. And that is the most important part for me. Thank You. 😊
Thank you! This is incredibly timely, we just started learning forward outside brackets in class today. I can't wait to try maintaining the lean and pointing my toe at my next practice, I felt very stuck on the turn and think these tips will help.
Great, skatechi! All the best! Do be careful because proper brackets are not only much more difficult, but more dangerous. It is easier to catch an edge. Start with very little speed and then add speed gradually as you practice and build skills.
Can you please show more of the good old school figure technique? I often heard that people who did figures have better skating skills and I believe this is true.
This is basically old school figure technique presented in this video. It was quite exacting because judges looked at tracings on the ice for evidence of changes of edge.
Thank you for your videos. One thing remains a mistery to me, it is how to hold the curve without ending doing a backcrossover. The position at the end is not unusual but I feel like my hips are stuck. Is it a lack of balance, hips mobility, do you have any clue 😅?
Difficult to tell for sure without seeing, but I assume that is a forward inside bracket, and you continue to rotate after the turn, so you have to step onto a back crossover. We control rotation while gliding on an edge by increasing the lean to turn against the curve and by decreasing the lean to turn in the direction of the curve. Try to keep the back edge on the second side of the turn the same depth as the forward. The curvature will become more curvy because of friction and loss of speed.
I think that it depends on what you do on the ice. I find that speed helps in some figures. But some moves require less speed. And the fall hurts every time.
Depends on how you fall. My worst fall was going slow. Almost broke my wrist. Once I fell with speed. It wasn't bad except I didn't stop moving and crashed into the wall which hurt.
More speed normally makes falls worse. At low speed falls can be bad if they are unexpected. I caught an edge on a slow rocker recently and fell straight back and hit my head. Predictability seems to be a better measure of the extent of trauma. When we fall unexpectedly on easy moves, we are not as mentally prepared to mitigate damage.
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Thank you Gary! I learned that my brackets are likely three turns, going to work on that from now on😊
Great, Stargazer, we need all the bracket conservationists we can get.
Thank you! I'm learning brackets so this helps a lot. I appreciate the information about the tiny "jump" action and lean
Thanks for your feedback, Carrot535.
Gary fascinantes movimientos. Muy atlético todo. Gracias por tan bella demostración felicidades. ❤🎉🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🥰
I am a beginner skater and I struggle with my 3- turns so brackets are a thing of the future for me. But what I learnt from this video for my personal use is this moment of jump action. In order to turn I need to take off the weight from my skating leg. And that is the most important part for me. Thank You. 😊
Thanks for sharing that testimonial, Kate. Enjoy your smooth, easy 3 turns!
Thank you! This is incredibly timely, we just started learning forward outside brackets in class today. I can't wait to try maintaining the lean and pointing my toe at my next practice, I felt very stuck on the turn and think these tips will help.
Great, skatechi! All the best! Do be careful because proper brackets are not only much more difficult, but more dangerous. It is easier to catch an edge. Start with very little speed and then add speed gradually as you practice and build skills.
Can you please show more of the good old school figure technique? I often heard that people who did figures have better skating skills and I believe this is true.
This is basically old school figure technique presented in this video. It was quite exacting because judges looked at tracings on the ice for evidence of changes of edge.
Thank you for your videos. One thing remains a mistery to me, it is how to hold the curve without ending doing a backcrossover. The position at the end is not unusual but I feel like my hips are stuck. Is it a lack of balance, hips mobility, do you have any clue 😅?
Difficult to tell for sure without seeing, but I assume that is a forward inside bracket, and you continue to rotate after the turn, so you have to step onto a back crossover. We control rotation while gliding on an edge by increasing the lean to turn against the curve and by decreasing the lean to turn in the direction of the curve. Try to keep the back edge on the second side of the turn the same depth as the forward. The curvature will become more curvy because of friction and loss of speed.
does going slow make a fall worse?
I think that it depends on what you do on the ice. I find that speed helps in some figures. But some moves require less speed. And the fall hurts every time.
Depends on how you fall. My worst fall was going slow. Almost broke my wrist. Once I fell with speed. It wasn't bad except I didn't stop moving and crashed into the wall which hurt.
More speed normally makes falls worse. At low speed falls can be bad if they are unexpected. I caught an edge on a slow rocker recently and fell straight back and hit my head. Predictability seems to be a better measure of the extent of trauma. When we fall unexpectedly on easy moves, we are not as mentally prepared to mitigate damage.
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Wow. 5 stars! Is that the top rating?