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Spin Class – Scratch Spin Introduction (Kim Ryan)
Figure skating spin specialist Kim Ryan teaches a spin class. In this first part of the class, Kim explains how she teaches a forward upright scratch spin. As is the case with most spin coaches, Kim likes to start with an upright scratch spin as a way to warm up, both in terms of technical […] Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Spins – Sit Spin Differences and Clam (Bobbe Shire)
Spin specialist Bobbe Shire talks about the sit spin and the sit spin variation she calls the clam (sit back on forward foot). On the clam she likes to have the skaters turn their heads to the side because it helps keep the skaters head flat and the hips lower and it elongates the “line” […] Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Spins – Building the Backspin (Audrey Weisiger)
Olympic coach Audrey Weisiger continues her discussion on the process of developing the backspin. In the preceding video, Audrey discussed the details of starting a backspin from a standstill. In this video, Audrey shares her thoughts on the next steps in the development process. When using the forward inside edge entry for backspin, Audrey thinks […] Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Spins – Teaching a Beginner Backspin (Audrey Weisiger)
Olympic coach Audrey Weisiger explains the process she uses for teaching the backspin. Many of these concepts are particularly appropriate for adult skaters. She begins by teaching the back inside pivot in the direction the skater spins with the hands/arms in a hoop. Starting from a pumping back inside pivot with the “spinning” toe anchored […] Continue reading →
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Learning to Spin – Some Clarifications on Spin Entries (Bobbe Shire)
Figure skating spin specialist Bobbe Shire goes into more details about a few things she mentioned in her previous video on spinning. Since the publication of Bobbe’s earliest videos on iCoachSkating.com, some subscribers have tried unsuccessfully to apply Bobbe’s method of stepping with the opposite hand in front to enter a spin. In this […] Continue reading →
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Learning to Spin – Recent Changes (Bobbe Shire)
Figure skating spin specialist Bobbe Shire discusses how she has changed how she teaches spins since some of the earlier recordings on iCoachSkating.com. Several years have lapsed in real time between Bobbe’s earlier iCoachSkating.com videos and the new videos which begin with the video below. You can see Bobbe’s earliest videos by scrolling down her […] Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Spins – All About Backspins (Charyl Brusch)
Spin specialist Charyl Brusch shares a ton of information about how to do and teach the challenging backspin. Typically the backspin is an element that takes a long time to develop. Charyl notes that she often starts with a back pivot but she notes, it’s not very effective, at least not by itself. Instead, she […] Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Jump Air Position – Backspin Errors (Frank Carroll)
Olympic Coach Frank Carroll continues his previous discussion about jump air position with a description of the backspin and common air position or backspin errors. Even though Frank is talking about the backspin in this video, he’s really discussing it in terms of jumping and the tight rotational air position for double, triple, and quad […] Continue reading →
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Sit Spin Position and Femur Length (Kristina Anderson)
Figure skating strength and conditioning coach Kristina Anderson talks about how the relative dimensions of a skater’s body affect the ability of a skater to attain a “nice looking” sit spin position. In particular, the length of the femur is particularly important because it helps define how far the hips must sit behind the skate […] Continue reading →
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Off-ice Figure Skating Training To Lower Sit Spins – Part 2 (Kristina Anderson)
Figure skating strength and conditioning coach Kristina Anderson continues her discussion about the strength, flexibility, and control issues associated with making a sit spin lower. In the previous video, Kristina taught us the proper form for a squat. In the video below, she continues her discussion with additional insights and exercises to help skaters lower […] Continue reading →
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Off-ice Figure Skating Training To Lower Sit Spins (Kristina Anderson)
Figure skating strength and conditioning coach Kristina Anderson talks about the strength, flexibility, and control issues associated with making a sit spin lower. The primary tool used to lower a sit spin is the squat and Kristina describes and demonstrates how to teach a beginner squat. She says, “The squat is a really basic exercise […] Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Spin – Broken Leg Sit Spin (Charyl Brusch)
Figure skating spin specialist Charyl Brusch explains how she teaches a broken leg sit spin. This sit spin has gained new popularity recently with the recent rule changes that give credit for a “sit side difficult variation.” The broken leg sit spin has historically been a spin that some skaters can do well and others […] Continue reading →
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Back Camel Spin – Developing the Back Camel (Sheila Thelen)
Sheila Thelen provides a process for improving a back camel spin. The back camel spin is a difficult skill to learn for a number of reasons. First, nothing really “swings around” to help create rotational energy for the spin so the skater needs to create all of the spin energy directly from the edge on […] Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Spins Tip – Back To Front Change Foot Spin (Charyl Brusch)
Spin specialist Charyl Brusch explains how to change feet in a spin, from a backspin to a regular “front” spin. Charyl shows how to do this without changing centers or traveling. The basic concept is to switch to the backward outside edge of the backspin to a forward inside edge prior to the push/step. The skater then […] Continue reading →
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Layback Spin Tips: Troubleshooting Problems (Charyl Brusch)
Spin specialist Charyl Brusch offers some troubleshooting tips for layback spin problems. This is the third video in the layback series from Charyl. In the first part, Charyl simply had the skater do various attitude spins without laying back. In the second part, she explained exactly how she turns it into a full blown layback spin. To help her skaters […] Continue reading →
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Lay Back Spin In Ice Skating: Part 2 (Charyl Brusch)
Spin specialist Charyl Brusch continues her discussion of the layback spin. See how she initially introduces the layback in the first part of this series. In the first part, Charyl simply had the skater do various attitude spins without laying back. In this video, Charyl adds the discussion of actually laying back. At first Charyl asks the skater to […] Continue reading →
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Lay Back Spin In Ice Skating: Part 1 (Charyl Brusch)
Spin specialist Charyl Brusch shows how she initially introduces the layback spin. Charyl starts with an attitude spin where they go in like a scratch spin, put their skating hand on their skating hip, and the free arm over their head. As the arm goes up, their leg goes back into an attitude position. Charyl uses this […] Continue reading →
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Camel Spin In Ice Skating – Part 2 (Charyl Brusch)
Spin specialist Charyl Brusch continues her discussion of the camel spin. For skaters having trouble with the basic position, Charyl likes to use back spirals to work on the position. She wants them to do the back spiral in a straight line, with their skating knee straight and just dragging their toe pick. Getting this […] Continue reading →
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Camel Spin In Ice Skating – Part 1 (Charyl Brusch)
Spin specialist Charyl Brusch explains how she teaches the camel spin. She starts by talking about the desired spinning position. One of the keys to a good camel spin is having the free hip on top of the skating hip. Charyl also discusses free leg position and body position and she offers a fun and […] Continue reading →
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How To Spin In Figure Skating: Back Sit Spin (Charyl Brusch)
Spin specialist Charyl Brusch works with several skaters on the back sit spin. At the beginning of the video, Charyl discusses the issues associated with the common problem of spinning the back sit on the wrong edge (forward inside). Solutions she discusses for this problem include dragging the toe (skating foot to stay forward on […] Continue reading →
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Sit Spin In Ice Skating Tips – Part 2 (Charyl Brusch)
Spin specialist Charyl Brusch continues her discussion of the sit spin. In the previous sit spin video, Charyl explained her philosophy on sit spin and how she teaches it. In this video, Charyl shares some drills for developing proper balance and position. In the first drill, she has the skater basically doing a backward gliding […] Continue reading →
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Sit Spin In Ice Skating Tips – Part 1 (Charyl Brusch)
Spin specialist Charyl Brusch explains how she teaches a sit spin. Right from the beginning, Charyl focuses on the position and she uses a 4 step process: press down on the hands, stick out the butt, press on the toes, and drop straight down on two feet with the hands really close to the knees, […] Continue reading →
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Camel Spin For Adult Figure Skaters (Trevor Laak)
Trevor Laak discusses the camel spin, particularly as it relates to adult skaters. Trevor covers three important issues for camel spin. The first is the lack of a long and controlled entrance edge. Trevor discusses the two standard entrances and gives a tip for opposite hand lead. The rotational energy from the spin needs to […] Continue reading →
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How To Center A Spin In Figure Skating: Back Spin (Charyl Brusch)
Spin specialist Charyl Brusch finishes her discussion of the back spin. Previous videos in this series were Backspin Part 1, Backspin Part 2, and Backspin Part 3). This short video has a couple demonstrations and Charyl’s comments regarding the variations seen by this skater. Note that although the skater does not do the spin exactly […] Continue reading →
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Adult Ice Skating: Back Spin (Trevor Laak)
Trevor Laak discusses the backspin, particularly as it relates to adult skaters. The backspin is generally a very challenging spin for low level skaters, and many adult skaters have a particularly hard time with the spin. Trevor explains why and addresses the major issues with exercises and drills. The first drill develops balance and builds […] Continue reading →
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Back Spin Figure Skating Tips – Part 3 (Charyl Brusch)
Spin specialist Charyl Brusch continues her explanation of how she introduces the back spin (Backspin Part 1 and Backspin Part 2). This video contains some additional information about the backspin and it also covers the overhead arm position on the back scratch spin (which also applies to forward scratch as well.) In the overhead arm […] Continue reading →
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Back Spin Figure Skating Tips – Part 2 (Charyl Brusch)
Spin specialist Charyl Brusch continues her explanation of how she introduces the back spin (Backspin Part 1). This video is packed with valuable information. In this video, Charyl introduces the forward inside edge entrance to the backspin. As she notes at the beginning, the major change in position compared to the front spin is she […] Continue reading →
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Back Spin Figure Skating Tips – Part 1 (Charyl Brusch)
Spin specialist Charyl Brusch explains how she introduces the back spin. Charyl notes that initially a backspin is more difficult to learn than the forward spin, but over time they become easier than the forward spin to the vast majority of skaters. Charyl offers insights as to why this is true. When teaching a backspin, […] Continue reading →
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1 Foot Spin Ice Skating: Forward Inside Three Turn Entrance – Part 2 (Charyl Brusch)
Spin specialist Charyl Brusch continues her discussion of the forward inside three turn entrance to forward spins. She introduces a new demonstrator who attempts. Charyl provides helpful feedback that we can all learn from. The value of this video is in seeing a top coach address common problems. Charyl reiterates that she wants the skater to […] Continue reading →
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1 Foot Spin Ice Skating: Forward Inside Three Turn Entrance – Part 1 (Charyl Brusch)
Spin specialist Charyl Brusch discusses the forward inside three turn entrance to forward spins. She explains that she teaches it in a fairly straight line and has the skater do the three turn “out of the circle” and the step to go “out of the circle” because she finds that it makes the skaters lean in. […] Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Spins – Change Foot Spins – Forward-Backward-Forward (Page Lipe)
Page Lipe discusses how she introduces change foot spins, particularly as it relates to the ISI Freestyle 3 requirement. Continue reading →
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How To Center A Figure Skating Spin: Back Crossover Entrance (Charyl Brusch)
Spin coach Charyl Brusch begins this video by covering the back crossover entrance to a forward scratch spin. Continue reading →
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How To Center A Figure Skating Spin: 1 Foot Spin (Charyl Brusch)
In this short video, spin specialist Charyl Brusch builds on her previous videos and discusses centering of a forward scratch spin. Continue reading →
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Basic Figure Skating Spins: 1 Foot Spin (Charyl Brusch)
Spin specialist Charyl Brusch explains how she teaches a forward scratch spin from a one-foot spin. Continue reading →
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Basic Figure Skating Spins: Centering 1 Foot Spin – Part 2 (Charyl Brusch)
Spin specialist Charyl Brusch continues her discussion on centering spins. Continue reading →
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Basic Figure Skating Spins: Centering 1 Foot Spin – Part 1 (Charyl Brusch)
Spin specialist Charyl Brusch explains how she works on centering spins with her students. Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Education: Camel-Sit Combination Spin (Bobbe Shire)
Bobbe Shire discusses two change of position spins on one foot, camel sit and back camel back sit. She starts with the camel sit because it is the most common. Continue reading →
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Spinning In Figure Skating: 1 Foot Upright (Bobbe Shire)
Bobbe Shire explains her expectations for the forward upright scratch spin. Continue reading →
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Layback Spin Technique Video: Part 2 (Bobbe Shire)
Bobbe Shire continues her explanation of the layback spin. Make sure you watch Part 1 of the layback presentation here. Continue reading →
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Layback Spin Technique Video: Part 1 (Bobbe Shire)
Bobbe Shire explains how she introduces the layback spin. Notice that Bobbe starts her presentation with a discussion of potential back injuries and how to prevent them. Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Spin Tips: Camel-Back Camel Spin (Bobbe Shire)
Bobbe Shire discusses camel-change-camel. As Bobbe says, “The hardest thing about camel-change-camel is to do nothing. We all want to work it too hard.” Continue reading →
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Ice Skating Spins Video: Sit Spin-Back Sit Spin (Bobbe Shire)
Bobbe Shire talks about the theory and practice of change foot spins, and focuses on sit-change-sit. This is an awesome video with tons of great information. Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Spins Tips: Back Camel Spin (Bobbe Shire)
Bobbe Shire discusses the back camel. She starts right off saying the back camel entrance is hardest of the back spin entrances. Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Spins Video: Back Sit Spin (Bobbe Shire)
Bobbe Shire discusses the back sit spin. Continue reading →
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Ice Skating Spins Video: Back Spin (Bobbe Shire)
Bobbe Shire talks about the upright back spin. Continue reading →
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Camel Spin Figure Skating Video – Part 2 (Bobbe Shire)
Spin specialist Bobbe Shire talks about errors in the camel spin and how she addresses them. Continue reading →
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Camel Spin Figure Skating Video – Part 1 (Bobbe Shire)
Spin specialist Bobbe Shire discusses the camel spin. She explains why a camel is unique and different than any other spin. Continue reading →
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1 Foot Spin: Figure Skating Tips – Entry With 3 Turn (Bobbe Shire)
Bobbe Shire talks about using the forward inside three turn entry for forward spins. She is not fond of the entrance and she explains why. Continue reading →
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Sit Spin: Figure Skating Tips (Bobbe Shire)
Bobbe Shire gives a thorough explanation of the sit spin. She discusses how it differs from the upright scratch spin. She also talks about the importance of “locking the back down.” Continue reading →
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Spinning In Figure Skating: Entry Speed (Bobbe Shire)
Bobbe Shire talks about one of the most misunderstood aspects of spinning, which is setup speed. Bobbe talks about how high setup speeds are difficult to control and generally do not add to the speed of the spin, especially for lower level skaters. Continue reading →
