Position
Learn where your body, arms, legs and weight should be before adding skating movement.
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ONE ACADEMY · OFF-SKATES
Build the position
before you skate it.
Technique training for figure skaters away from the skating floor. Work through body positioning, edges, turns, transitions and jump mechanics without needing skating space.
Three classes. One Technique series. For all skaters.
Repeat
Practice the positions away from the skating floor until the movement begins to feel familiar.
Transfer
Take the same body positions and movement patterns back onto your skates.
TECHNIQUE
Three classes.
One progression.
Start with Body Positioning Class One, continue into Class Two, then use the Off-Skates Jump Class to work through jump mechanics away from the skating floor.
TECHNIQUE · CLASS 01
Body Positioning Class One
START HERE
Build the basic body positions used through forward skating, edges, chasses, crossovers and three turns.
IN THIS CLASS
01
Basic skating position
02
Forward Inside Edges
03
Forward Outside Edges
04
Forward Chasses
05
Forward Crossover positioning
06
Forward Outside Three Turn positioning
07
Forward Inside Three Turn positioning
HOW TO USE IT
Follow the class from the beginning. Work through the warm-up, then practice each skating position as it is demonstrated. You can complete the class off skates or use the positions while standing safely in your skates at home.
TECHNIQUE · CLASS 02
Body Positioning Class Two
CONTINUE THE SERIES
Take the positioning work further into backward skating, transitions and more advanced figure skating positions.
IN THIS CLASS
01
Backward Inside Edges
02
Backward Outside Edges
03
Backward Chasses
04
Backward Crossovers
05
Mohawks
06
Spiral positioning
07
Spread Eagle positioning
08
Bunny Hops
09
Cross Rolls
10
Twizzles
HOW TO USE IT
Complete Class One first. Then use Class Two to add backward positions, transitions and more demanding movement patterns while keeping the same focus on body control and clean positioning.
TECHNIQUE · CLASS 03
Off-Skates Jump Class
JUMP TECHNIQUE
Work through the movement patterns behind the six introductory figure skating jumps away from your skates.
JUMPS COVERED
01
Waltz Jump
02
Salchow
03
Toe Loop
04
Loop
05
Flip
06
Lutz
HOW TO USE IT
Work through the takeoff and rotation patterns without skates first. The goal is to understand what the feet, legs and body are doing before adding wheels or ice.
TECHNIQUE SERIES
Learn the position.
Then take it skating.
These classes are designed to support the skating you are already doing. Use them to understand positions and movement patterns away from the floor, then apply the same ideas when you return to your skates.
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