Olympic coach Michelle Leigh discusses how she introduces the toe loop to a skater for the first time.
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This totally fixed my 6 and 1/2 yr. old skater’s toe loop today! Now she does a beautiful toe loop instead of a toe waltz! I had been looking for some new ways to help her! THANK YOU Michelle!!
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fantastic exercises – will test them out on my skaters 🙂 thank you!!
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Double toe is my FAVORITE double! I’ve had success teaching it with your exercises using the plexi glass to see the alignment of their bodies before takeoff. In reviewing their video, I see I have skaters lifting into the ‘h’ position at takeoff. I will introduce the straight leg today and see if that helps! Thanks!
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Thanks for the info! This is such a help!!
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Very clear information! Thank you!
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Thanks for this video, Michelle. Double Toe was not my favorite as a skater and it is turning out to not be my favorite as a coach! I am going to try to put your tips to use so that my skaters don’t stress over the 2-T like I did.
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Fantastic! This is so helpful. Thank you so much Michelle!
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Thanks Michelle, you are my Guru!
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This is a great drill! I really like the breakdown. I spin and jump clockwise, so the nuts and bolts really help!
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[…] the ice to forward in the air. (An alternative to the skid is rocking to the back of the blade as discussed by Michelle Leigh here.) Notice the focus on keeping the overall movement in a straight line. This is very important […]
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[…] as opposed to a straight leg (which is what really happens on all triple and quad toe loops and is taught here by Michelle Leigh). Charlie also likes the idea of an h-position because it helps skaters at lower levels feel the […]
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[…] discussion of coming off the heel of the skate is very important. This is echoed by coaches like Michelle Leigh and Audrey Weisiger even though many coaches still teach the jump as stepping up into an […]
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[…] see a more complete description and demonstration of how Michelle teaches a toe loop, please see this […]
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Thank you so much!!! This is the best explanation and demonstration I have ever seen for toe loop take off! Thanks so much!
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[…] exercise” which we can’t really see in the video, but it’s just a walkthrough (much like this presentation) where the axis foot moves through the take-off. On the final single attempt Ryan says, […]
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