hey guys it's Mary welcome back to my channel today we are working on camel
spins hope you guys are ready for this role let's start off by practicing our
camel position at the wall first we are going to think about our belly button
being parallel to the ice so our belly button is parallel to the ice our chest
is up with a slight arch in our back as our belly button is parallel to the ice think about even
the bottom of your nostrils being parallel to the ice too with a nice
arch in our back head pulled up just a bit like someone's having a little string
pulling your head up that's just gonna give you a notch more speed for beginners I
like to think about keeping the arms parallel if you're a little bit more
advanced feel free to be a little fancier with your arms you can turn them
out to the sides so at the wall we want our leg to be at least parallel to the
ice I prefer if you have the flexibility to be a couple inches higher just to get
that nice little soft U arch we're here our toe is turned out
it's not here but it's turned out to the side my knee is completely locked and
same with my skating knee I think about my free hip stacking over my skating hip my
hip is facing down just like my left
there are two stages to the camel spin the first position we're slightly bent
the entrance edge pulling to a camel space is a slight 3turn so before
we hit that 3turn we're going to be slightly bent that's position one to
position two we are going to lock up we hit position two after we pick the
3turn in our camel spin
position 1 bent knee position 2 locked knee that we practiced both of those positions let's
get into the camel spin when we enter the spin I think same arm same leg
some coaches teach opposite arm opposite leg and others teach both arms together
but either way choose what is most comfortable for you once we feel our 3turn in our entrance
we're going to pop up our left arm should be back in our airplane position
the arm travels back another camel spin exercise is to do a backward
spiral focus on stacking your right hip over the skating hip finding that nice
camel spin position and keeping your arms parallel to the ice get some speed
going backwards
you can also do this going forwards to make it a little easier
let's put it all together and try a camel spin to get a little bit more
speed we can also think about pulling your head up ever so slightly slightly
looking up at the ceiling to kick up the speed a notch
the first common mistake is dropping your shoulder if you enter the camel spin
you should be keeping your shoulders level if you enter like this you will
lose your balance from the beginning
another common mistake is kicking your leg up too high which will also make you
lose your balance
another common mistake is rushing the 3turn entrance so make sure you
feel that free turn on position one then rise up if you rise up too soon you will
not get your maximum potential spin you can also do the camel spin from inside
three turn entrance but be sure to check your arm back before entering
hope you guys all like my camel spin tutorial stay tuned for laybacks back sits
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