Have you had to learn the double 3-turn pattern yet? It is one of the most well recognised patterns that figure skaters from around the world tend to learn. Forwards and backwards 3-turns,...
Have you ever seen a metal/plastic spinner for figure skating and wondered how it could help your jumps? You see other skaters using it, but weren't quite sure where to begin and didn't want to...
Spirals are one of the most well known and recognised moves in figure skating. Balancing on one leg, the other leg reaching up as high as possible and the beautiful lines that almost make it look...
Finding your balance on the ice is a challenge that every figure skater will be faced with on their figure skating journey. You will fall over more times than you can count and hopefully keep...
When it comes to figure skating jumps, the loop jump might just be our favorite!
It has a smooth edge take off and can be added on as a combination to any other jump. It often gets overlooked for...
If you have just begun figure skating, you have probably started to learn some new exciting elements. While they were probably fun at the start, you are starting to get a little bored skating up...
Do you remember the first time you ever felt your legs burning because you did your program from beginning all the way to the end? You may have felt it at the end of your program, or even worse...
Back spins are one of the most important elements in skating and for good reason! It is a core position on our back spinning leg and is a great way to check air position for our jumps. It is a...
Figure skating transitions (the in-between skating from element to element) use to be quite plain and boring. Simple crossovers and pushes to get you from one element to the other. Well in recent...
If you're just starting out on your figure skating journey, the idea of having edges can be really confusing. What are they used for? Which edge is which? How do I practice them? Lot's of...
We all know that ice rinks are cold. But on those cold, early, winter mornings it can be a real struggle to get warm and get moving. Whether it is your coordination system still sleeping or you...