Figure Skating | The Secret To Building A Better Sit Spin
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Have you been trying for months or maybe even years to get your sit spin on the ice? No matter what you do, or how much you practice, it still doesn't work. You can never get low enough and always end up falling over. Well you have been going about it all wrong! The secret to having a great sit spin....you have to build that balance and strength off the ice first!
In this lesson we are off the ice and focusing on three different exercises to help you build better balance in a sit spin. By building better balance (plus strength) off the ice, we’re able to take our time and get more comfortable with sitting down low. Once that sit spin position becomes second nature, we can easily take it to the ice where we can see the big improvements.
If you don’t believe us yet, try out these exercises and see the results for yourself.
In this lesson you'll learn:
- The 3 different sit spin exercises we recommend
- How you can alter the exercises to suit you
- How these exercises will help your sit spin on the ice
Happy Skating!
- Mitch & Stace
These videos are like taking private lessons. Really really helpful. Thanks ever so much.
You're very welcome!💜💜💜
Thank you!! Have been struggling with not able to sit down low enough, will try these exercises. Love all your videos!
You're so welcome! Definitely give it a go 👏❤️❤️
Even that 1st exercise, I’m only able to balance with my heels raised, not flat. Suspect I need to work on my ankle mobility before I can get that low!
When you're on the ice your heel is raised as well, so it should be easier to squat down like that. If you have low ankle mobility like me you should look into getting weightlifting shoes which have their heel raised a bit or you can try putting a small block of wood under your heel. It will make practicing the first exercise a lot easier.
@@pierreadeikalam1086that advice is extremely helpful. I usually have zero drop shoes on in the gym but that extra bit of support in the heel makes all the difference. Have also been incorporating ankle strength & mobility into my routine and already seeing improvement
Just keep practicing and you will get it 👍💜
That is great exercise. It is really hard for me to go down and get kne leg straight. I feel this si great for me to get strength and better sit spins. Thank you
Very welcome ❤️
Thank you so much for these, my son is skating on quad rollers and I have been trying to help him get to this balance & searching for exercises has been a pain. I am really grateful for the channel.
You are so welcome! Tell your son to keep up the great work 👍💜💜
This is very useful thank youuu
You're welcome 😊
Excellent and motivating
So happy it helped 👏
I really appreciate the progression here. Folks have been telling me "just do a bunch of pistol squats" but I can't really do them in a way that's safe for my knees yet!
So happy you like the progression ❤️❤️ you got this
I'm actually a 60 year old quad skater trying to improve shoot the duck, (ha) for limbo. Just can't let all those youngins have all the fun. I have watched many tutorials on this move. Your video came up in my feed. I'm glad it did. I have never seen the exercise where you sit down on your tush, bend one leg, keeping that foot on the floor, other leg straight out, then come back up on the one bent leg, keep the other leg off the floor and straight. Gee I can't even type the exercise. Lol ....challenging exercise and is interesting. Will give it a go. Thank you.
Definitely give it a go and so happy to help 💕💕
I can do it on one side, but the other side hasn't been there since I keep getting cramps in my spinalis / rotatores /multifidus and then I'm out for a bit. Did you find that skating makes your back uneven?
Yes but definitely keep practicing both 😉👍❤️
ahh i have no problem with balancing, i just cant get back up😖 do you have any tips?
Just keep working on these exercises 😉especially the first exercises
I can hold my balance but I'm having real trouble with coming back up on one leg. So basically doing a one legged squat. My coach tells me to practice it off ice but I feel like nothing works 🥲
Just keep doing these exercises and it will help 👍 you got this 💜💜💜
I can do a knees together squat on ice, but when I try to pull my leg out it hurts and shakes violently if I have it anything close so to straight. Any tips?
Just take it nice and easy with the exercise. ❤️❤️
might be a flexibility issue on the straightened leg?
thanks for these videos and exercises, they're really helpful 🤍
You're so welcome!