Charyl Brusch

Figure skating spin specialist Charyl Brusch continues working with a skater on spin entries. In the previous video, the focus was on the sit spin. In this video, Charyl is teaching details for the entry to camel spin. After the skater’s first camel spin, Charyl wants to improve the entrance edge and reduce the inside edge […] Continue reading →

Figure skating spin specialist Charyl Brusch works with a skater on the entry to a sit spin. As Charyl notes this advanced spinner usually has very solid sit spin entries, but on the first attempt here she forces the three turn and the spin travels. To correct it, Charyl simply encourages the skater to “wait […] Continue reading →

Figure skating spin specialist Charyl Brusch begins a new spin lesson with a skater. This video focuses on “warm-up” spins for this skater which are the basic positions including upright forward and back spins, forward and backward sit spins, and forward camel spin. After a very solid forward upright scratch spin, the skater steps out […] Continue reading →

Figure skating spin specialist Charyl Brusch continues a lesson with a skater, focusing on the camel sit position change. Prior to this, Charyl worked on this skater’s camel spin and sit spin independently. On the first attempt for the camel sit, Charyl observes that the rotational speed actually slows down rather than accelerates. She has […] Continue reading →

Figure skating spin specialist Charyl Brusch gives a basic camel spin lesson. The skater already has some experience with the camel spin, and the issues covered are very common for skaters trying to master this foundational spin. This skater drags the free foot on the ice during the camel entry. Charyl does not like this, […] Continue reading →

Figure skating spin specialist Charyl Brusch works through some basic spins with a skater. After the first forward upright spin Charyl tells the skater, “You’re sticking your booty out just a little bit.” This is a fairly common error, where a skater will arch the low back and tilt the hips forward, especially the moment […] Continue reading →

Figure skating spin specialist Charyl Brusch gives a lesson on forward and backward upright spins. On the forward upright scratch spin, this skater has unusual arm positions and movement so Charyl makes her aware of it. Some skaters use their arms for balance when initially learning to spin and they develop bad habits that “look […] Continue reading →

Figure skating spin specialist Charyl Brusch works with a skater on a relatively new camel spin. After watching an initial camel attempt, Charyl has this skater do a forward spiral down the ice to work the camel position. She mentions the skater’s awkward-looking fingers (shows the claw), but mainly she’s concerned that the skater can […] Continue reading →

Figure skating spin specialist Charyl Brusch continues a spin lesson, covering camel spin, introduction to layback, and combination spins with camel and layback (and sit spin). This is a continuation of this lesson. Starting with camel, Charyl focuses on keeping the skating side arm in front longer during the entrance. She then focuses on the […] Continue reading →

Figure skating spin specialist Charyl Brusch continues a lesson with a young skater. In the previous part of this lesson, the focus was on the forward upright scratch spin, while this video focuses on the forward sit spin. As discussed in the previous video, this skater struggles with stepping back into the circle and this […] Continue reading →

Figure skating spin specialist Charyl Brusch works with a skater on improving a forward upright scratch spin. Charyl addresses several important points throughout the video, including entrance step direction, head position during the spin, free foot movement, and overall alignment during the spin. This skater is clearly confused by the concept of “stepping where you […] Continue reading →

Figure skating spin specialist Charyl Brusch works with a young skater on the beginner backspin. This short video is a continuation of a beginner spin video focused on basic forward upright scratch spin, sit spin, and camel spin (see Part 1 here). The skater already knows the back pivot entrance to the upright backspin and […] Continue reading →

Figure skating spin specialist Charyl Brusch works with a young skater on basic spins, including the basic forward upright scratch spin, sit spin, and camel spin.  Charyl notes that, “It took forever to get this one to spin, but it’s coming together.” For the upright spin, the focus is on posture and keeping the free […] Continue reading →

Figure skating spin specialist Charyl Brusch gives a spin lesson, focusing on upright scratch spin and sit spin. For very calm and gentle skaters, coaches often struggle to get strong pushes and aggressive edges. The primary solution is to keep asking for it, and to do exercises that train more aggressiveness in general. The main […] Continue reading →

Figure skating spin specialist Charyl Brusch works with a skater who has learned the basics of a sit spin and a camel spin but is working on improving them.  (The previous part of this lesson focused on the backspin.) This skater has very common spin errors for skaters at this level, so this is a […] Continue reading →

Figure skating spin specialist Charyl Brusch works with a skater who has learned the basics of a backspin but is focusing on improving it. The errors seen at this level are nearly universal, with common struggles being rocking on the blade, timing errors on the three turn, lack of tension or structure in the upper […] Continue reading →

Spin specialist Charyl Brusch shares some helpful tips for skaters working on sit-change sit combo spins.  She begins by focusing on free leg positions and movement of the arms during the entry to maximize rotational energy for the initial sit spin. By keeping the free leg back and over the tracing during the majority of […] Continue reading →

Spin specialist Charyl Brusch shares some helpful upright spin tips during a spin lesson. The lesson starts with a forward upright spin, and the skater is not waiting long enough on the entrance edge so the spin is traveling. Charyl tells the skater to wait a little longer on the entrance edge and then have […] Continue reading →

Spin specialist Charyl Brusch continues a spin lesson with a young skater. In the previous part of the lesson, Charyl focused on the upright forward and back spins. In this part of the lesson, Charyl starts with the sit spin. This skater really struggles with sit spins. It’s not always clear why skaters like this […] Continue reading →

Spin specialist Charyl Brusch gives one of her skaters a lesson on improving a forward upright scratch spin as well as a backspin. This kind of lesson is important because once a skater develops some competence with these spins, the typical coaching philosophy is to simply ask them to practice it more without additional coaching […] Continue reading →

Spin specialist Charyl Brusch continues her thorough discussion of the sit spin. In Part 1 she talked at length about important fundamentals of the sit spin. In this video she shares tons of tips and insights and problem solutions. Charyl begins this video by explaining that she wants skaters to bring the free foot and […] Continue reading →

Spin specialist Charyl Brusch shares important details and tips for the sit spin. This is a great summary of common teaching errors, and how Charyl thinks about this spin. The sit spin is still often taught to skaters with the analogy of sitting in a chair. As Charyl notes, that is not how a sit […] Continue reading →