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Lesson 9:
1-foot glide forward and backward
In this video I am going to show you how to do 1-foot glide forward and backward. To practice the backwards one foot glide you need to gain some speed with either backward skating (backward swizzles or backward wiggles). Your aim is to get enough backwards speed so you can do a backwards 2-foot glide with confidence, with your feet close together, knees bent, back straight, head up looking at some distant point, arms out to the side at just below waist level, hands just forward of your waist. When you can do the 2-foot glide, you can then progress to lifting one your foot off the ice, just a small lift will suffice to start with, try to keep your foot horizontal and just slide it up your skating leg to start with.
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Hi, I am Victoria! I am a professional figure skating coach with 10 years teaching experience in Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom. I teach online lessons for skaters from all over the world, helping them improve their jumping skills from the comfort of their own homes. I have experience teaching skaters as young as 3 years old up to their 50s. My students all have different goal...
