Debbie Warne-Jacobsen

Debbie Warne-Jacobsen is a National level figure skating coach who currently teaches in the Twin Cities area in Minnesota, USA. Debbie has a special interest in developmental coaching to create solid foundational skills and strong technique for competitive figure skaters at all levels. She has coached Regional, Sectional and Minnesota State champions and medalists, U.S. National competitors, and U.S. Figure Skating Gold Medalists.

As a skater, Debbie trained under Olympic coaches Carlo and Christa Fassi. She coaches primarily freestyle and moves in the field, as well as electric spinner, off ice jump technique, conditioning, and off ice jump harness in private and group settings. She works with all levels from beginners through Senior competitors, ranging from tots to adults.

Most recent videos at the top…

Sets of Jumps to Begin Program Integration (Debbie Warne-Jacobsen)

National level coach Debbie Warne-Jacobsen continues a series of videos covering a lesson for an adult skater who is working on her USFS Senior Free Skating test. In the first part of this lesson, the focus was on the double salchow-Euler-double salchow combination jump. In the second part of this lesson, they worked on a […] Continue reading →
Double Lutz Lesson (Debbie Warne-Jacobsen)

National level coach Debbie Warne-Jacobsen continues a series of videos covering a lesson for an adult skater who is working on her USFS Senior Free Skating test. In the first part of this lesson, the focus was on the double salchow-Euler-double salchow combination jump. In the second part of this lesson, they are worked on […] Continue reading →
Single and Double Lutz Drills (Debbie Warne-Jacobsen)

National level coach Debbie Warne-Jacobsen continues a series of videos covering a lesson for an adult skater who is working on her USFS Senior Free Skating test. In the first part of this lesson, the focus was on the double salchow-Euler-double salchow combination jump. In the second part of this lesson, they are worked on […] Continue reading →
Double Loop Double Loop Combination (Debbie Warne-Jacobsen)

National level coach Debbie Warne-Jacobsen continues a series of videos covering a lesson for an adult skater who is working on her USFS Senior Free Skating test. In the first part of this lesson, the focus was on the double salchow-Euler-double salchow combination jump. In this short video, they are working on a double loop […] Continue reading →
Salchow-Euler-Salchow Combination (Debbie Warne-Jacobsen)

National level coach Debbie Warne-Jacobsen begins a series of videos covering a lesson for an adult skater who is working on her USFS Senior Free Skating test. The focus in this video is on the double salchow-Euler-double salchow combination jump. After warming up the double salchow, Debbie reminds the skater to focus on jump direction, […] Continue reading →
Jump Warm-Up Exercises: Bubble Jumps (Debbie Warne-Jacobsen)

National level coach Debbie Warne-Jacobsen continues a short series of videos where she shares ideas for a well-balanced warm-up intended to be skated to begin the first on-ice session of the day. See Part 1 here. See Part 2 here. See Part 3 here. In this video, Debbie teaches a drill she calls “bubble jumps.” […] Continue reading →
Double Loop Combinations (Debbie Warne-Jacobsen)

National level coach Debbie Warne-Jacobsen offers insights and drills for improving double loop in combination. She begins by having the students do single loop double loop combinations, which is one of the most common ways of training a double loop in combination. Debbie focuses on pressing up with the non-axis knee at take-off, partly as […] Continue reading →
Valuable Double Loop Drills (Debbie Warne-Jacobsen)

National level coach Debbie Warne-Jacobsen shares two important exercises for developing the double loop. These exercises are also valuable for learning double loop double loop combinations. The first exercise is performed at the wall, starting facing the wall with b0th feet in the setup position (two outside edges) and then turning up a quarter turn […] Continue reading →
Double Toe Loop Combination Drills (Debbie Warne-Jacobsen)

National level coach Debbie Warne-Jacobsen offers exercises for working on two jump combinations where the second jump is a double toe loop. A great way to improve double double combos is to work on single double combinations. Debbie has the skaters to single lutz double toe loop, single flip double toe loop, and single loop […] Continue reading →
Toe Loop Exercises (Debbie Warne-Jacobsen)

National level coach Debbie Warne-Jacobsen shares exercises and insights for toe loop development, including toe loops in combination. She begins with a “toe drill from the wall” which is a drill to work the pivot of the take-off for the toe loop. She draws the desired tracing with a marker on the ice and the […] Continue reading →
Waltz Jump Game (Debbie Warne-Jacobsen)

National level coach Debbie Warne-Jacobsen shares an exercise that she calls The Waltz Jump Game. The purpose of this game is to help skaters who are working on axel or double axel to jump higher and create more jump distance in order to improve the overall jump direction. The idea is to have a skater […] Continue reading →
Jump Warm-Up Exercises (Debbie Warne-Jacobsen)

National level coach Debbie Warne-Jacobsen continues a short series of videos where she shares ideas for a well-balanced warm-up intended to be skated to begin the first on-ice session of the day. See Part 1 here. See Part 2 here. In this video, Debbie focuses on classic jump axis drills. The first drill is backspin […] Continue reading →
Jump Warm-Up Drill: Loop Steps (Debbie Warne-Jacobsen)

National level coach Debbie Warne-Jacobsen continues a short series of videos where she shares ideas for a well-balanced warm-up intended to be skated to begin the first on-ice session of the day. See Part 1 here. In this video, the focus is on a drill Debbie calls “loop steps.” Loop steps are basically a walk-through […] Continue reading →
Morning Warm Up – Part 1 (Debbie Warne-Jacobsen)

National level coach Debbie Warne-Jacobsen begins a short series of videos where she shares ideas for a well-balanced warm-up intended to be skated to begin the first on-ice session of the day. The purpose of this kind of warm-up is to get the skaters’ bodies moving and to improve foundational skills. Debbie begins with simply […] Continue reading →