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How can I advance faster in figure skating?

How do I remember to keep my posture upright while figure skating?

  • The posture and looking like a figure skater thing is tough for me. I can do toe loops very well, along with sit spins, one foot spins, and slowly getting the scratch spin. However, now I'm having troubles of looking like a good skater at the rink. I hope you can guys can offer some useful tips I can use today to better my posture while skating, along with remembering to keep my posture upright. Thanks in advance!

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    Just make a conscious decision to improve your posture. Assuming that your posture is good off of the ice, when you are on the ice, roll back your shoulders and put them down to make you stand up straight. Also, keeping your head up really improves your posture. The more that you're on the ice, the more comfortable that you will get and your posture will slowly improve. If you want drastic improvements, I suggest that you take ballet. This also helps with flexibility, strength, grace, and artistry. Good luck!

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My solo dance coach always says 'squeeze your chicken wings!' meaning squeeze your shoulder blades together. This pulls your shoulders up and back. It's annoying to remember and it hurts at first, but if you make yourself do it all the time, then you'll get used to it and it won't hurt. Also, you can't force yourself to look like a 'good skater'. The 'good skaters' look like that because they've been doing it for years and years. People who try to look better than they are usually look silly. Just focus on keeping your shoulder blades squeezed and your head up!

Riley♥

Ihad the same problem when I was younger my addvise would to buy a rubber strech band (you can at walmart in where the work out stuff is) and when you skate hold it in you hands and strech your arms out (keep it behind your back it will help more). If you can't find a strech band you could try a skipping rope and try using it the same way as a strech band. :) hope this helps

Skatergal6

I always think about acting like your the best and the world! standing tall and ready to hit right on with what ever is in front of you! hope i helped! :)

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