How To Ice Skate: Forward Pivot To Backwards Skating Video

Ice skating is a fundamental skill in playing ice hockey. Learn ice hockey skills and moves in this sports video on how to ice skate.

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Transfer weight from one leg to other
Keep knees bent
Pivot as you shift your weight

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Angie is currently with the Youth Hockey Foundation of Austin and the Chaparral Ice Center located in Austin TX. A native of Canada, Angie has been playing hockey for nearly 30 years. Angie enjoys instructing children and adults, and is passionate about passing her knowledge of the game on to others. She has lived in Austin for the last ten years.

ANGIE SCHNEIDER: Hi. I am Angie with the Youth Hockey Foundation of Austin and we are going to show how to pivot from forward to backward to get into your proper backward skating position. When you are skating forward and preparing to turn, you are going to transfer your weight from the inside edge of one leg to the inside edge of the other leg while shifting your hips in motion. Let us watch Jim so we can make sense of that. He is skating forward, he is got his weight on his inside left foot and he transfers it to his right. And now he is in his proper backward skating position. Let us see it one more time. He is gliding, his feet are wide, knees are bent, the weight transfer and now he is going backwards. Let us see Jim do his proper backward skating as well. He is going forwards, pivots to backwards and now he is doing big [INDISCERNIBLE] pushes from his legs using his arms to help accelerate him down the ice. Let us see that one more time. He is skating forward, getting ready to do his turn, weight shifts to the opposite inside edge and now he pushes the inside edges against the ice to excel backwards.

How to Ice Skate: Forward Pivot to Backwards Skating Video

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