Figure Skating Development?

Question

I am having great skating sessions at the moment and I am improving + very happy with progress.

I want to keep on getting better and better and better :) Do any of you skaters feel this way?

I want to improve my single toe loop I don't get much height and I want to do it so it goes higher and longer.. Any tips

I have just learned a scratch spin (learned basic one foot ages ago) and I can do this, now I'm attempting the sit spin. Any tips for this :)

Camel spin tips? Might attempt this...

I want to make my inside spread eagle better. Make the circle bigger and smoother. Also I want to learn how to an outside spread eagle they are so much prettier!

Any tips of just skating :) Sorry I am obsessed.

Happy Skating!

Answer 1

K is right, it is better to slow down and make sure you have the basics really good until you move on, but I doubt that's what you want to hear so here are my tips:

Toe loop- To get higher you probably have to go into it faster. That can help you get more height on jumps. Other than that, I don't really know. I'm not that good at toe loops.

Sit spin- Sit spins are my favorite spin ever!!! I have a ton of tips. First of all make sure you have a lot of speed going into it because you will need it. When you are going down, go down slowly. If you drop down too fast, you will probably fall. That is the most important tip that helped me the most!!!! Turn your foot out and make sure your legs stay together. Try and get as low as you can and if you fall it doesn't matter, just get up and try it again. Also, it takes a lot of leg strength to do a sit spin, so work on wall sits and lunges and stuff. On the ice you can practice shoot the ducks, but don't worry if you can't do them. Some people can do great sit spins but never can do a shoot the duck.

Camel spin- If I were you I wouldn't try these until you can do sit spins, but if you want to I have some tips. Get a really fast start, and keep your back mostly straight but arch it a little bit. Make sure your leg is straight and high enough, and point your toe or else your spin will look terrible. Keep your head up, and do NOT not not lean forward! I have done a lot of camel spins that turned into nose dives because I leaned forward too much. Keep your body in a straight line!

Backspin- Back spins are kind of hard for me for some reason, I can do them really fast and long but I don't always stay on the outside edge. Make sure you turn out your hip!! That is a pretty important tip. It's a good idea to go into the spin with a forward inside three turn, because you will end your three turn on the outside edge. What helped me a lot on my back spin was to spin for a few rotations without pulling in, and then pulling in really fast. That and turning out your hip will help you stay on the outside edge. What helped me get my back spin fast and long was my spinner! You should really get one, it has helped me a lot on all of my spins. They are $28 on the skate spinner Canada website.

That's all the tips I have, I don't have anything for spread eagle since I have never actually tried one. Good luck skating!!!!!

Answer 2

For toeloop, make sure you get that pop up from the take off, pick you right toe pick straight onto the ice then drag your body to the picking leg and kick your free leg up to the jump. Getting Good speed into the jump is the key to make them bigger and higher.



For sit spin, do lots of shoot the duck where you glide sitting down and hold one leg up, you should feel your inner thigh muscles working to hold the free leg up.

Getting into the spin make sure u really end your knee and lower your body as you get into the position. When you star spinning pull the free leg from the back around to the front and snap it , stay in the position.



For camel spin you really need a good spiral you should feel your lower back muscles working to hold the position.

A good deep edge is the key. Make sure that you don't rush the spin you should get one rev of prep spiral and that slowly rising up into the camel spin, holding position as strong as possible, this is the hardest part, once u get into it u gotta hold it.



For back spin, enter from left inside edge switch to deep right inside edge.

Make sure the edges are really deep bend you knees a lot.

Once on the right inside edge make a half circle; at the end of the circle(which is really deep edge) you should start spinning make sure to flip your hip when starting to spin and push your weight on your right pinkie.

Answer 3

well as for the toe-loop you have to make sure u see the wall u did the three turn towards before u jump as for the camel depending on which way u spin if u spin left make sure u keep ur left arm infront and then snap it back once the spin is centered if u spin the other way just reverse it I hope I helped

Answer 4

Settle down, settle down. I get that you're excited. But please don't go racing ahead. Just work on what you're doing now. Your coach will move on to the next element when he or she thinks you're ready.



It's better to have slow progress and beautiful basics, than to have speedy progress and sloppy basics. Think about that. Wouldn't you rather work on making your backspin perfect, than develop a sloppy camel AND sloppy backspin for which you'd lose marks on both?



Take a deep breath. Speed in figure skating isn't everything. Even the greatest skaters took their time to learn.



EDIT:



Just quietly, the title "USFSA gold medallist", used in such a way that Anne is using it below, is often a way of trying to make the other person think she is more qualified than she is.



A USFSA gold medal is for passing all of your tests in one type - Freestyle, MITF, or figures. It does NOT mean that they are a national champion or anything like that. Someone may be a gold medallist in figures, but only be Preliminary or Juvenile in Freestyle or MITF.



Having a USFSA gold medal does not automatically make you more of an expert than anyone else, either.