Yesterday night was a very successful evening! We tried out some new cross over drills which gave a super good effect for both the freshies as well as the beginners and intermediates! And it was the first time for me since the operation that I coached while wearing skates again. Which sometimes was funny (can only maintain balance in cross overs to the left, but not to the right, can do backwards cross overs and tomahawk stops but not something as "simple" as a T-stop), but mostly just was good practice. I was dead tired by the end of the training (lots of postural and balance muscles finally get to learn how to work again) but also SO content.
The girls jumped forward in their cross over skills. Freshies started to make the actual cross and started lifting the inner foot without getting on their toestops while beginners and intermediates learned how to get deeper into the cross over and push even more with the inside foot on the outside stride. Inside- and outside edges were found and mental thresholds were dropped. Delicious!
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| This drill was loved by most as it gave them a good feeling of how to push (harder) with both legs and how to hang in the curves (sorry for the quality of the pic). |
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| Giving a short repetition of all the drills before the girls will take it all to the track and translate it to skating the "diamond" (sorry for the quality of the pic). |
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