hey guys I'm Mary welcome back to my channel today we are going to master the
3 turn hope you guys are ready for this first we're starting off with two foot
turns in a standstill position note as I am turning my head I am turning my body
my knees are soft rising and falling as I turn if we are turning
counterclockwise we are having our right arm in front
clockwise left arm in front so focus on your body position arm and head position
on your stand still turns be sure your feet are right next to each other not
too wide like I'm doing here arms are nice and level time to learn about edges
woohoo Here I am on an outside edge the outside of my foot is slightly leaning
towards the ice now I'm going to switch to my inside edge or the inside of my
foot is slightly leaning towards the ice that's an easy way to remember
a different view here you can definitely see them on the inside edge see how my
edge is leaning towards the ice now and the outside edge my blade is really
leaning over on the outside edge here outside edge inside edge got it woohoo
time to step it up a notch now our goal on the three turn is to try this moving
it is easiest to do this on a straight line we are going to focus on momentum
our goal is to keep driving backwards after we remember to stay off your toe
picks and after your turn just focus on being on a simple two foot slide
backwards thing on about the front to middle of your blade you can also
practice at the wall to make yourself more comfortable gradually put less and
less weight on the wall starting off with your hands then balancing on your
fingertips and maybe even just two or one finger until you get the hang of it
extreme closeup whoa when we were doing a three-turn we are slightly lifting up
our heel and turning on the ball over foot as demonstrated here
once you master these try to do it on a circle we are going to start from a
standstill position and our goal is to hold a back edge for three seconds after
to focus on keeping your hips square they are going to freeze and not move at
all they're just going to simply trace the circle while your arms they're going
to shift and rotate into the circle the shoulders are going to move against the
hips assisting your turn
focus on good circle arms aka the arms perfectly trace the circle at
all times I think about hugging my favorite person or animal who is
standing at the center of my circle and three turn
let's focus on checking every turn we want to make sure our arms are nice and
steady our circle arms after Earth we turn that front arm is going to want to
creep on backwards fight this urge try to keep your shoulder and check and
preventing it from sliding backwards if so it's going to swing you off of that
perfect circle you were previously on here I corrected the three turn and
checked my movements almost ready for one foot three turns a nice exercise is
to start and two feet lift one foot at the top of the circle and practice that
last half which is the tricky part time to practice one foot three turns woohoo
we are going to start off on the tee position our back leg is perpendicular
to our front leg arms also in an L position mirroring our feet yay for one
foot three turns start off with a strong one foot glide push in a tee position
high five at the top of the circle I like to think of that right before I
turn four outside three turns we are on an outside edge easy way to remember our
outside foot is lifted up in the air for inside three turns our skimming flip is
leaning slightly into the circle our inside foot is up in the air quick recap
left for it outside the return skating on a left foot right foot up in the air
the outside foot for out right for it outside three turn skating on the right
foot our outside foot is up in the air left forward in side three turn skating
on our left foot our inside foot is up in the air right forward inside three
turns getting on a right foot our inside foot is up in the air
also note the edit I am on for three turns we also want to focus on turning
at the top of the circle
here we are turning way too late and here we are turning too early so we
can't make it back to the line always make sure your eyes are up and that you
are not looking down don't drop your shoulders don't drop your hips as well
have you free leg nice and relaxed adjacent to you free leg so it is easy
to perform your three turn remember to turn in a nice controlled manner and
skating we never want to forcefully whip our body anytime
never ever drop the shoulder or the hips it will make you lose your balance I
think about balancing two oranges on my shoulders amazing work everyone with
some practice you can add some pretty arms connect your three turns play
around with some fancy arms thanks so much for watching guys be sure to LIKE
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