tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679510245284968389.post6571234106765658207..comments2024-03-20T05:41:12.410-04:00Comments on The Ice Doesn't Care: Call Me Troika GirlUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679510245284968389.post-46172380370156641502012-09-11T01:20:28.452-04:002012-09-11T01:20:28.452-04:00And don't forget the backwards ones! And the ...And don't forget the backwards ones! And the Waltz Three, where your free leg is extended going into the turn, then brought to the skating foot at the point of the turn, and then extended again on the glide out of the turn. Who comes up with all these? But I think the arms never switch positions--otherwise you woldn't be able to check your rotation. They just seem to do that when you rotate upper body against the lower and your head turns with your shoulders and directs your gaze to your back arm, which has npw become the leading arm in your new direction of travel. My coach absolutely hates busy arms. He will take his gloves off and set them on top of my extended arms at the tops of my hands, then I have to skate an element (fill in the blank here--crossover, three-turn, stroking--you name it) without losing the gloves. If he wants arms to move, they have to be "Graceful, Fluid Arms". That's when I get handed a blade guard. I have to then skate an element while creating arm positions (usually the ballet positions) and simultaneously pass the blade guard from hand to hand, and front to back and vice-versa while doing so. I must say these exercises have really improved my posture as well as make me skate with better body awareness and control. I look like a nut on the ice, but I do them on my own now as part of warm-up, just as my coach wants me to do. Now if only I could do decent backward three-turns!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com