Olympic coach Michelle Leigh explains her approach to teaching the salchow. This video is packed with very important information that is easy to overlook.
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Add to “My Favorites” (Beta testing)I tried this numerous times at the the rink. Looking at yourself in the mirror or window really helps..Thank you Michelle !!!
Very helpful! Thank you for sharing these exercises.
Hey Timcoach, that is certainly one approach and probably the most popular. But as I mentioned, many top coaches really want the skater to become COMPLETELY still on the back edge just like Michelle explains. They do not want their skaters to “wind-up” but rather be in a fully controlled position so they can push on the edge in a controlled manner rather than having uncontrolled coiling and uncoiling going on (with a brief moment of stillness). I don’t think there is one right or wrong way regarding this topic. I just made the observation based on what I see from my travels and discussions with top coaches (and my subsequent experiences with my skaters). Of course, this does not address the concept of rhythm which is so important to many skaters, and for them a “wind up” is often necessary. If I get a chance I’ll shoot some video of a skater doing a double salchow off a completely still back inside edge.
Rebecca and Trevor, I don’t think the goal should be to fully check the 3 turn, but to minimize the rotation of the 3 turn or mohawk, then the check holds the rotation back for a moment just like a wind up toy.
Thank you for the great tips! Very helpful!
Great info and love the exercises by the wall.
I agree that rhythm is important, and a well-executed preparation is attractive too. If nothing else, the audience will have more trouble identifying jumps if we abandon standard preps! On another note, I have to say that these videos always give me a tremendous itch to get out on the ice and see if I’m already doing what’s suggested, or could benefit from adopting the advice. Thanks to all of you for putting it out there.
Hey Rebecca – more and more top coaches are exploring exactly this issue. There’s tons of different ways to get to the back inside edge including just reaching back into the position. Most skaters rely on some form of rhythm and find it hard to simply step on a back inside edge and do the jump. But I can state from personal experience with my skaters that it is possible (and a great exercise)
Great presentation, but here’s a question for you–something that first puzzled me as a kid, and I’ve never found a satisfactory answer to it: if the goal is to fully check the 3-turn, and be completely still on that final LBI entrance edge, why are we such sticklers about how we get there? What does all that preparatory turning achieve? It seems to me that I could just skate backwards any old way and reach back with my free foot/arm and nail that position, yet I know that in practice I’d probably find it difficult to do a sal that way.
Thank you for great tips, It is helping to skaters.
great tips and drills!! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge Michelle!!
Thanks for all your tips on double jump technique, it is helping my skaters!
fantastic drills! thank you as I will test these out on my skater who is learning the double salchow
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