Monday, January 31, 2005
Boys in figure skating
Why is it so difficult to get little boys to look coordinated on figure skates?
Boys look just fine in hockey skates, but put figure skates on them, and they look uncoordinated at times.
For example, I have a boy student who finally has a good spiral, but his body position still looks "off." It is very difficult for him to straighten his free leg or point his toe up.
His jumps and spins are coming along though.
Any suggestions on how to make little boys look "good" on the ice would be appreciated.
Boys look just fine in hockey skates, but put figure skates on them, and they look uncoordinated at times.
For example, I have a boy student who finally has a good spiral, but his body position still looks "off." It is very difficult for him to straighten his free leg or point his toe up.
His jumps and spins are coming along though.
Any suggestions on how to make little boys look "good" on the ice would be appreciated.
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I had a little boy who was 6 in my group lessons. He was the copy cat skater who could do everything but not understand which edge he was on or what was the name of that jump...we worked on seeing his spiral reflection in the plexiglass and I had him work a lot off ice in front of a mirror at home. You should see him now. Perfect lines. I also asked him to pretend through his routines that a photographer was shooting his picture all the way through, and if he wanted to look professional, he should think of his carriage and stretch continuously through all glides, jumps and spins. Good luck.
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