Timely I’m going skating in 15 minutes training my backwards crossovers 😏😂 Edit: Did 3 hrs skating today. This vlog really helped, started to get the hang of backwards crossovers. I stop get off the ice, re watch part of the video to refresh my memory and try again. Now finding my backwards crossovers are better than my front 😳👍
Thank you, Julia. I started skating four seasons ago, and I still find these extremely challenging. EDIT: Focusing pumping to the front instead of to the side did help! For me, it's easier if I bend from the hip also. My biggest issue on one side was that my standing leg would not stay on the circle and would do a lemon. It occurred to me to transfer more weight on the standing leg, and that did the trick, in case anyone else has this problem too.
Thank you Julia, I just had my fifth time on the ice last week (I’m 33) and the last time (second time alone without my coach) I was totally paralyzed on the ice and managed to do only one round around the rink without holding on to anything yes but feeling so bad and then I binged watched your channel and it gives me so much motivation to go there again… !! plus I love your playlists about skates history and your lust for vintage !!! Thx so much ❤🎉
I always enjoy how well you break down the different moves in your videos. As a parent of figure skaters, it helps me understand what is going on without me getting out on the ice myself. A question that I might have (as a parent) is: What information/advice would you think is important for parents to know to help our children and coaches through lessons/practice time/competitions? (I know that covers a lot of territory, but I feel that parents could use help in each area 😊) Thank you, for being such a fabulous coach!!!
I am so happy that you posted this because i have issues with my backwards crossovers, they arent smooth and clean. My first competition is in one week, I hope my crossovers will be better.
Thank you so much for this video, Julia! I learn from you the best from any other RUclips Coach! This is going to really help me fix some of my back crossover issues.
I have been skating for decades and though I can mostly do everything on my hockey skates the backward crossovers, both left and right, have remained a bit challenging for me. I seem to be stronger on one side than the other. Based on your video I can see it has a lot to do with body posture. I love ice skating, whether it is figure skating, hockey or speed. It does our bodies good because when we age we slow down. Our bodies need to stay in motion so that we will not get sick. ice skating can keep us healthy in this sense and in good shape for years. Thank you for your videos.
Wow! An answer to my prayers, Coach Julia! I’m working on backwards crossovers for my ISI Beta test. I was at my private lesson yesterday and my coach said I need to adjust my posture for my clockwise backwards crossovers when doing the more advanced method. I already can do the “ice dance” backwards crossovers going counterclockwise consistently, but I need to slightly adjust my posture so I don’t hear my toe picks so often. When angling the foot, she thinks of it as backing a car into a parking space. I’ll keep your tips in mind when I go practice today.
Besides Coach Julia's great advice. I see a lot of stiff straight legs in people trying crossovers (forward and backwards) which is typically a sign of "fear of crossing your skates". If you want to be able to cross properly and with power you need to "stay low". bend your knees a lot. That will widen your stance, give you clearance and a lot more stability plus the ability to push further (both inside push and under push). Also, you should be "hungry" when you cross over, not shy.
I agree - Julia briefly mentioned bending in the knee rather than in the hip, but bending *deeply* in the knee really helps me. For the longest time I just couldn't get my back leg far enough behind for the cross, but one day (after a long break focusing on other things) I came back to it and suddenly it was easy - because in the meantime I'd got into a better habit of bending my knees deeper. For the "step over" crossovers, I still have a very scratchy undercut. So still lots of practice needed of *really* bending the knees so I can stroke with the whole blade not just the toe. But at least I'm not stepping with as much of a "thomp!" as I used to! 😆
Thank you for this video! My coach told me that when I attempt this move, it’s not the most cohesive as I’m still gliding on my toe pick, how would you recommend fixing it?
Hello! Do you have a video for fixing the “beginners’ posture” in general? I find that I’m leaning forward despite having my knees bent, and my lower back aches after a while. I try to fix my posture when I’m standing but once I start forward stroking I just lean forward/my shoulders don’t align with my hips
hi coach julia i hope your day has been going well! i was wondering if you’d be able to make a video on insoles for ice skates! for some reason my feet seem to hurt a lot when skating and i feel like it has a lot to do with my insoles so i was wondering if you have any recommendations! thank you!
I'm always trying to hard, start sweating, leaning forward too far, clicking my skates together, so my backwards crossovers look really cringe. I need a coach!
it's lovely to watch you demonstrate these great techniques,but the hair in this clip is kinda messy,but I'm sure you can do it better in the next one~
😭 yesterday my rink closed for the summer. But will try these next year bc I’m struggling with these so bad on my weaker side…. (Esp keeping my weight on the inside foot)
@@CoachJuliaomg I would love that!! And yes… most rinks here (…. Countrywide) close in early March and open in October. Only very few are open over the summer. (And some for clubs where it’s extremely expensive and limited time for selected time slots). So yea, winter only sport. Therefore off ice/summer training tips would be great.
@CoachJulia Hi again Julia, so my rink is closed now and I was thinking about getting ankle weights for off-ice training, about as heavy as my skates, to practice spirals, bunny hops, tap toe and waltz jumps, etc., and was wondering if you had any experience in this regard. Some warn to be careful with the knees but the skates are that heavy anyway, so I don't see why not trying. Perhaps you could address this in case you do an off-ice video. Thanks again. Greetings from Austria 👋☺️
I love this follow up back crossover video. I think my body is still learning how to move confidently leaning into the circle. I'm patient and trust with time, I'll be scooping ice to Selena Gomez with confidence :) Thanks for this -alandon
Goodmorning coach Julia digging your new youthful hair do ! 🍀 ☘️ 🍀 that green top 👌 thank you for not forgetting basic essential tips for an adult advanced beginner like me ⛸️💚
I ended up getting my wife to start skating a couple of months ago. She’s working on crossovers (forward crossovers for now) and I’m trying to get her to think about using the edges correctly. Wife would tell coach that I’m telling her to use the edges, and coach would give me the looks…something along the lines of “I remember when you were dragging your toepicks the whole time” Humble beginnings I guess. One thing I’ve been trying to implement lately is the “active edge.” It seems to be what I’ve been missing in my forward scratch spin all these years. Since I started thinking of it, scratch spins got a lot better. (Still pathetic, but way better than before. Like, I almost got emotional the other day. Heck, even coach got excited that day) Also, jumps are a lot better on days that I really “hook the edges into the ice (that’s how I would describe the feel of an active edge)” Of course, the biggest problem is that there are days when the edges aren’t as active…
If a person is young, say, 3 - 20 something, Im sure he must have a coach. Adult learners may choose not to, because they are grown up and meeting no expectation. Adult like me never wants to stretch my own legs to do an arabesque, that is too dangerous so adults usually won't look for a coach. Just my personal opinion.
I would say u need to add another 5% of details explanation - for instance here = u need the cross over foot to be on the inside edge and the free foot on the outside edge , it's very crucial in order to execute it with ease and safety, I know u mentioned it in the video but u didn't emphasis it enough and it took me some time to understand that factor in order to actually exceute it , however the rest is amazing I learned the backwards cross overs in this video in under 5 min ur amazing keep going thanks a ton.
You're describing everything I need to correct, especially the toe pick scraping. I'm going to apply these tips while practicing tomorrow. Thanks
I hope this helps!
Timely I’m going skating in 15 minutes training my backwards crossovers 😏😂
Edit: Did 3 hrs skating today. This vlog really helped, started to get the hang of backwards crossovers. I stop get off the ice, re watch part of the video to refresh my memory and try again. Now finding my backwards crossovers are better than my front 😳👍
Thanks for the update! Congrats on your progress!
Wow! Congratulations!! 😮🎉
Legend
Thank you, Julia. I started skating four seasons ago, and I still find these extremely challenging.
EDIT: Focusing pumping to the front instead of to the side did help! For me, it's easier if I bend from the hip also. My biggest issue on one side was that my standing leg would not stay on the circle and would do a lemon. It occurred to me to transfer more weight on the standing leg, and that did the trick, in case anyone else has this problem too.
I hope these tips help!
Thank you Julia, I just had my fifth time on the ice last week (I’m 33) and the last time (second time alone without my coach) I was totally paralyzed on the ice and managed to do only one round around the rink without holding on to anything yes but feeling so bad and then I binged watched your channel and it gives me so much motivation to go there again… !! plus I love your playlists about skates history and your lust for vintage !!! Thx so much ❤🎉
I always enjoy how well you break down the different moves in your videos. As a parent of figure skaters, it helps me understand what is going on without me getting out on the ice myself. A question that I might have (as a parent) is: What information/advice would you think is important for parents to know to help our children and coaches through lessons/practice time/competitions? (I know that covers a lot of territory, but I feel that parents could use help in each area 😊)
Thank you, for being such a fabulous coach!!!
I am so happy that you posted this because i have issues with my backwards crossovers, they arent smooth and clean. My first competition is in one week, I hope my crossovers will be better.
You got this! Good luck with the competition!
Thank you so much for this video, Julia! I learn from you the best from any other RUclips Coach! This is going to really help me fix some of my back crossover issues.
You're so welcome! I hope these really help you.
I really like watching this kind of issue-fixing video. So helpful to fix my problems too. Thank you coach Julia!!👍💕
I have been skating for decades and though I can mostly do everything on my hockey skates the backward crossovers, both left and right, have remained a bit challenging for me. I seem to be stronger on one side than the other. Based on your video I can see it has a lot to do with body posture. I love ice skating, whether it is figure skating, hockey or speed. It does our bodies good because when we age we slow down. Our bodies need to stay in motion so that we will not get sick. ice skating can keep us healthy in this sense and in good shape for years. Thank you for your videos.
Litteraly was just lamenting about this then you drop this gem 🙌🏿
I'm SO thankful for you! I appreciate you and your content so so much ❤️
Thank you so much!!
Wow! An answer to my prayers, Coach Julia! I’m working on backwards crossovers for my ISI Beta test. I was at my private lesson yesterday and my coach said I need to adjust my posture for my clockwise backwards crossovers when doing the more advanced method. I already can do the “ice dance” backwards crossovers going counterclockwise consistently, but I need to slightly adjust my posture so I don’t hear my toe picks so often. When angling the foot, she thinks of it as backing a car into a parking space. I’ll keep your tips in mind when I go practice today.
I hope these tips were helpful!
Besides Coach Julia's great advice. I see a lot of stiff straight legs in people trying crossovers (forward and backwards) which is typically a sign of "fear of crossing your skates". If you want to be able to cross properly and with power you need to "stay low". bend your knees a lot. That will widen your stance, give you clearance and a lot more stability plus the ability to push further (both inside push and under push). Also, you should be "hungry" when you cross over, not shy.
I feel I am beyond beginer on skating like this but when you explain it like that I may be able to do it!
Please advise on how to strengthen the weak side--mine is the left foot/leg so practicing that side is hard
Julia, I think the fourth issue is insufficient bending in the knee, too high posture.
I agree - Julia briefly mentioned bending in the knee rather than in the hip, but bending *deeply* in the knee really helps me. For the longest time I just couldn't get my back leg far enough behind for the cross, but one day (after a long break focusing on other things) I came back to it and suddenly it was easy - because in the meantime I'd got into a better habit of bending my knees deeper.
For the "step over" crossovers, I still have a very scratchy undercut. So still lots of practice needed of *really* bending the knees so I can stroke with the whole blade not just the toe. But at least I'm not stepping with as much of a "thomp!" as I used to! 😆
How to practice that second pump I have too much trouble when doing forward and backward crossovers
Could you do a fixing forward crossovers video?
Thank you ❤ would reverse be also true for a forward cross overs ?
Forward crossovers dont utilize the sliding technique. I do have a tutorial for forward crossovers, have you checked it out?
@@CoachJulia yes i have now and can see they are a bit different :) thank you so much xx
Love this video, thanks so much Coach Julia!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
In the less advanced way of picking up my foot to cross, I keep going onto my toe picks while crossing and uncrossing. Any tips?
Usually that means that your weight is shifting forward/ or you are breaking forward in your hips. This puts your weight onto your toe picks.
@ thanks!
Thank you for this video! My coach told me that when I attempt this move, it’s not the most cohesive as I’m still gliding on my toe pick, how would you recommend fixing it?
you’re the best Julia 👌❤️
Awe, thanks!
Gracias. Saludos desde México 📝📚😃👍❄⛸🌎💌
Hello! Do you have a video for fixing the “beginners’ posture” in general? I find that I’m leaning forward despite having my knees bent, and my lower back aches after a while. I try to fix my posture when I’m standing but once I start forward stroking I just lean forward/my shoulders don’t align with my hips
hi coach julia i hope your day has been going well! i was wondering if you’d be able to make a video on insoles for ice skates! for some reason my feet seem to hurt a lot when skating and i feel like it has a lot to do with my insoles so i was wondering if you have any recommendations! thank you!
I'm always trying to hard, start sweating, leaning forward too far, clicking my skates together, so my backwards crossovers look really cringe. I need a coach!
Why do I have trouble doing the other side right foot crossing ? Any tips !
It's like using the other hand to write your name. One side is always a little tougher. It means a bit extra practice on that side.
Thank you
You’re welcome!
it's lovely to watch you demonstrate these great techniques,but the hair in this clip is kinda messy,but I'm sure you can do it better in the next one~
Would you say the tips are helpful regardless of whether you wear figures skates or hockey skates ?
They definitely should be!
😭 yesterday my rink closed for the summer.
But will try these next year bc I’m struggling with these so bad on my weaker side…. (Esp keeping my weight on the inside foot)
It always makes me so sad when I hear of rinks shutting down for the summer. Maybe I should do a series on off-ice skates.
@@CoachJuliaThat would be great! My rink closes next week. 😩
@@CoachJuliaomg I would love that!!
And yes… most rinks here (…. Countrywide) close in early March and open in October.
Only very few are open over the summer. (And some for clubs where it’s extremely expensive and limited time for selected time slots). So yea, winter only sport.
Therefore off ice/summer training tips would be great.
@CoachJulia Hi again Julia, so my rink is closed now and I was thinking about getting ankle weights for off-ice training, about as heavy as my skates, to practice spirals, bunny hops, tap toe and waltz jumps, etc., and was wondering if you had any experience in this regard. Some warn to be careful with the knees but the skates are that heavy anyway, so I don't see why not trying. Perhaps you could address this in case you do an off-ice video. Thanks again. Greetings from Austria 👋☺️
Top of the day to you Coach!
You too!
I love this follow up back crossover video. I think my body is still learning how to move confidently leaning into the circle. I'm patient and trust with time, I'll be scooping ice to Selena Gomez with confidence :) Thanks for this -alandon
Glad you enjoyed it!
Goodmorning coach Julia digging your new youthful hair do ! 🍀 ☘️ 🍀 that green top 👌 thank you for not forgetting basic essential tips for an adult advanced beginner like me
⛸️💚
Good morning to you! Thanks for the complements, it was about time I updated my look!
I ended up getting my wife to start skating a couple of months ago. She’s working on crossovers (forward crossovers for now) and I’m trying to get her to think about using the edges correctly. Wife would tell coach that I’m telling her to use the edges, and coach would give me the looks…something along the lines of “I remember when you were dragging your toepicks the whole time”
Humble beginnings I guess.
One thing I’ve been trying to implement lately is the “active edge.” It seems to be what I’ve been missing in my forward scratch spin all these years. Since I started thinking of it, scratch spins got a lot better. (Still pathetic, but way better than before. Like, I almost got emotional the other day. Heck, even coach got excited that day) Also, jumps are a lot better on days that I really “hook the edges into the ice (that’s how I would describe the feel of an active edge)” Of course, the biggest problem is that there are days when the edges aren’t as active…
Thank you my 9 year old has been having the hardest time with this. It looks like she's stomping
Can i learn figure skating without coach?
If a person is young, say, 3 - 20 something, Im sure he must have a coach. Adult learners may choose not to, because they are grown up and meeting no expectation. Adult like me never wants to stretch my own legs to do an arabesque, that is too dangerous so adults usually won't look for a coach. Just my personal opinion.
thank you!!! life saver 🙏
Glad it helped!
🙏
I would say u need to add another 5% of details explanation - for instance here = u need the cross over foot to be on the inside edge and the free foot on the outside edge , it's very crucial in order to execute it with ease and safety, I know u mentioned it in the video but u didn't emphasis it enough and it took me some time to understand that factor in order to actually exceute it , however the rest is amazing I learned the backwards cross overs in this video in under 5 min ur amazing keep going thanks a ton.
You’re wearing green! Are you celebrating st Patrick’s day? 💚🌈🍀😆 it’s my birthday😆
I am celebrating! And Happy Birthday!
@@CoachJulia ohhhh thank youuuuuuuu :D :D❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Everything you do skating is so perfect. I’m glad you found a husband. I’m still looking for a wife. The one thing I have wanted all my life.