hey guys I'm Mary welcome back to my channel today we're going to work on
beginner back spins part 1 of my back spin series hope you guys are ready for
this one let's start off with an exercise we are going to try a 2 foot
spin get nice and balanced on the ball good foot and pick up
the left foot or the right foot if you're a lefty try to go for
just 1 revolution we're going to slowly build it up we are
spinning on a back outside edge
for beginners think of a hoop holding a basketball slightly over
our right side over the right hip
but keep practicing that until you feel comfortable the backspin can be a little
scary just aim for one revolution then two or
three our position knees tight together toe next to the heel
our next exercise will be practicing from a back pivot
arms in the hoop beginner position and just try to aim for 1 revolution
or a one second hold to get comfortable
with balancing on the blade let's step it up a notch we're gonna try
to cross our feet so to cross our feet in the back spin think about the flexing
the foot pushing the heel down you don't want to push the toe down because
you're gonna hit the ice and trip we don't want that nice back spin
position knees facing forward thighs and legs glued together
heel pushing down the foot is flexed
if you spin with a toe pointing down you may either a trip or face plant and we don't
want or we're going to have a little bit of a gap in our legs if we point the toe
down which will slow down our spin
for beginners I like the spin in a good position we don't want to go from zero
to 100 and spin too fast so spinning them the position will slow
us down a little bit so we keep that comfortable balancing on the blade and
being nice and square in the hips the shoulders and finding that tight
backspin position the hoop position keeps us over a nice axis so we spin just
like a top one last exercise is doing the back spin with your legs open this
will help us practice to be nice and centered before we learn the advanced
back spin or the back scratch I'm thinking about
my left arm follows our legs and let's try to aim to hold that for three revolutions
once that open position is nice and strong must practice passing the hips
into a nice landing position
that's a great exercise to learn how to use your edge to obtain power we do not
want to swing our arms around to go faster focus on using your edges and
your legs the goal in spins is always to find the
sweet spot typically located on the ball of our
foot once we find that really focus on bearing the weight on the bottom foot we
are pushing that blade into the ice we're sticking and freezing ourselves in
that position so we can spin forever
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next time and happy skating