Wasn't it always glutes and quads, but correct, so much has changed in the klapschaats era. LOVE the extension in the lead skater, Femke, - moving from inner to outer. Jutta is so tall - takes longer to build? Her workout video(s) shows LOTS of ab work in addition to jumps and other lifting modalities. Always look to the Dutch for what is happening.
Femke stays hanging a bit between her push , her body I mean . She's been taught to push more earlier on the inside of her blade. Jutta on the other hand has more reach , not because she's longer but she pushes more straight forward ánd she's using her body more .. Femke has less better turns . Of course what you're explaining is correct but Femke is more stepping through her corners . while Jutta is pushing more .If you look at them racing together , Femke is sometimes way ahead of Jutta at the middle of the corner when she's on the outer track , but Jutta almost catched her when finishing the corner.. When you look at Femke's technique when she was 4 years younger it looked better on the straight, more forward and straight , in my opinion . If she could regain a little of that, she's gonna catch up with Jutta on the 1000 , eventually . Some say that she should put her right skate down more near the cornerline , more nearer to the blocks .. Jutta also does that slightly better .. But Jeff You know I'm not a coach like you . I'm just telling you what I see .. ;-)
Hans these are excellent observations! I call it "walking the turn when it is just timing - moving the mass away and forward from the skate- vs. "pushing" which suggests to me pushing AWAY from your mass. This is a timing error many still have. Your comment about setting the skate down nearer the blocks, well, again, it is about about where your mass has moved, before setdown, and if that is done correctly, the skaters blade angles are nearly identicalk from one skate to the next. And with one skate on the ice timing, it falls in line. It takes patience, actually for the skater. Thank you so much!
Wasn't it always glutes and quads, but correct, so much has changed in the klapschaats era. LOVE the extension in the lead skater, Femke, - moving from inner to outer. Jutta is so tall - takes longer to build? Her workout video(s) shows LOTS of ab work in addition to jumps and other lifting modalities. Always look to the Dutch for what is happening.
Thank you Allen!!
More glutes now, and bodyweight, vs, using your legs
Femke stays hanging a bit between her push , her body I mean . She's been taught to push more earlier on the inside of her blade. Jutta on the other hand has more reach , not because she's longer but she pushes more straight forward ánd she's using her body more .. Femke has less better turns . Of course what you're explaining is correct but Femke is more stepping through her corners . while Jutta is pushing more .If you look at them racing together , Femke is sometimes way ahead of Jutta at the middle of the corner when she's on the outer track , but Jutta almost catched her when finishing the corner.. When you look at Femke's technique when she was 4 years younger it looked better on the straight, more forward and straight , in my opinion . If she could regain a little of that, she's gonna catch up with Jutta on the 1000 , eventually . Some say that she should put her right skate down more near the cornerline , more nearer to the blocks .. Jutta also does that slightly better .. But Jeff You know I'm not a coach like you . I'm just telling you what I see .. ;-)
Hans these are excellent observations! I call it "walking the turn when it is just timing - moving the mass away and forward from the skate- vs. "pushing" which suggests to me pushing AWAY from your mass. This is a timing error many still have. Your comment about setting the skate down nearer the blocks, well, again, it is about about where your mass has moved, before setdown, and if that is done correctly, the skaters blade angles are nearly identicalk from one skate to the next. And with one skate on the ice timing, it falls in line. It takes patience, actually for the skater. Thank you so much!