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Spinning In Figure Skating: 5 Steps To Success (Bobbe Shire)
Bobbe Shire discusses back alignment and body position and tension for spinning. This video is a continuation of Bobbe’s 5 Steps of Spinning. Continue reading →
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Ice Skating Spins For Beginners: Which Arm Leads Into The Spin (Bobbe Shire)
Shire discusses optional arm positions for forward spin entry. Continue reading →
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Champion Cords Help Skaters Spin Faster: Back Spin & Toys (Sheila Thelen)
Sheila Thelen continues her discussion of the backspin (see the first part here). Continue reading →
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Champion Cords Help Skaters Spin Faster: Back Spin (Sheila Thelen)
Sheila Thelen shows how to use a Champion Cord to help skaters cross their feet in the back spin. First Sheila shows how to attach the cord to the skate and how to hold it properly. Continue reading →
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Learn To Ice Skate For Kids: Basic Jumping – Part 1 (Sheila Thelen)
This is the first in a series of videos of Sheila Thelen teaching a young skater in a private lesson. Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Spin Tips For Beginners – Part 4 (Audrey Weisiger)
Audrey Weisiger continues her discussion of how to introduce spins to young skaters. Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Spin Tips For Beginners – Part 3 (Audrey Weisiger)
Audrey Weisiger continues her discussion of how to introduce spins to young skaters. Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Spin Tips For Beginners – Part 2 (Audrey Weisiger)
Audrey Weisiger continues her discussion of how to introduce spins to young skaters. She relies heavily in the beginning on what she calls the “washing machine” to get the skaters used to rotation and to help them get comfortable with their inside edges. Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Spin Tips For Beginners – Part 1 (Audrey Weisiger)
Audrey Weisiger discusses how to start young skaters spinning, from the very beginning. She starts the video by offering three suggestions for determining a skater’s dominant spin direction. Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Back Spin Tips – Outside Edge (Audrey Weisiger)
In this short video clip Audrey Weisiger shows how to help skaters that are having a hard time getting to a back outside edge when learning a backspin. Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Tips for Advanced Skater Part 1 – Back Spin & Landing Position (Nick Perna)
Nick Perna gives a lesson to Isabelle. Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Spins: Intermediate Spins (Sheila Thelen and Nick Perna)
Sheila Thelen and Nick Perna lead a spin class for less advanced skaters. Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Spins: Beginning Spins (Charyl Brusch)
Charyl Brusch introduces herself and offers some basic insights about spinning. Continue reading →
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Basic Ice Skating Spins: Fix Traveling (Bobbe Shire)
Bobbe Shire discusses what causes traveling in a spin and what you can do to minimize it. This video is a continuation of her introduction to spinning, 5 Step Approach to Spinning. Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Spins: Basics Of Spinning (Bobbe Shire)
Bobbe Shire explains and demonstrates her basic philosophy of spinning. In this video she shares her 5 Step Approach to Spinning. As Bobbe says, each step has a name and the important things to remember about it. Continue reading →
