Fantastic lesson! First time ever someone has explained this to me. I can do all single jumps, and single combo jumps but axel remains a distant dream.
i don’t have an ice rink near me anymore so i’ve spent TONS of time researching off ice jumps and tbh this is the best tutorial i’ve seen online that’s not from a paid program! so much more detail than the standard “jump, land on the other foot, and check out” tutorials lol. kudos!!!
Hi Shelly, For the last two weeks, I have been practicing step by step the exercises from your videos about the Axel. It really help me immensely. Love 😍 your instructions. I'm getting more control & also higher thanks 🙏 to you. Thank You 😊 for all your work for helping us. Appreciate from my heart! You are the Best‼️ Lise 🎼 ⛸ 🦋 🤗
I am so happy I am able to help. I figured a video breaking each thing down for this jump will help everyone see why we do certain exercises. Sometimes with so many exercises, we get lost and then in turn we don't know what exactly to work on.
When it comes to axel there are soooo many things that can go wrong and sometimes we dont know where things are going wrong and we dont know where to start. Or we might not understand a certain area. I am glad I was able to help! :)
Thank you. These are great pointers and a very well detailed and filmed video ❤🥺🫶❤ I am no longer with a coach but continue to skate and use the training my coach gave me before retiring. I appreciate the effort you put into this video trying to help skaters land it. 😢 Thank you!!! ❤
Thank you Shelly! This is super helpful to me as the rinks keep closing in my city. I'm new to axel and insufficient rotation is quite a struggle for me. Love from Hong Kong
It's such a great breakdown! But why nobody tells that you must also rotate your stepping left foot slightly to the left? :) makes huuuuuge difference because it naturally causes your body to rotate. The author is doing it on the video herself. Perhaps would be a great additional step to include 🤔
Yes! I was so close to my axel and then it went to hell. I followed the instructions given in your video and my axel felt better than it ever had. The BEST advice…not putting my weight over my left leg until jumping up to the right hip rotation. It was amazing how much faster I spun without even trying! Thank you!!
really great video !!! thanks a lot really as I can at last understand the prep and launch of my waltz jump , and then the weight transfer. thanks very much :)
I just wonder, is axel has to be done to the left? For some reason I’ve never seen someone jump an axel to the right and for me personally when I work on my axel I find it easier to kick to the right.
Axel can be done either way depending on what kind of skater you are. Most skaters skate righty so that’s the direction you most commonly see. Lefty skaters rotate clockwise and they will jump the opposite way. Great example of a lefty skater is Ashley Wagner
Yes! When it comes to adding a rotation to a jump it’s pretty much the same just with increasing quickness to get a good snap for the rotation and plenty of height!
Fantastic lesson! First time ever someone has explained this to me. I can do all single jumps, and single combo jumps but axel remains a distant dream.
You can do it!
i don’t have an ice rink near me anymore so i’ve spent TONS of time researching off ice jumps and tbh this is the best tutorial i’ve seen online that’s not from a paid program! so much more detail than the standard “jump, land on the other foot, and check out” tutorials lol. kudos!!!
thank you so much for this, Shelly! I watch half a dozen of off-ice walkthroughs today, this is by far the clearest!
Hi Shelly, For the last two weeks, I have been practicing step by step the exercises from your videos about the Axel. It really help me immensely. Love 😍 your instructions. I'm getting more control & also higher thanks 🙏 to you. Thank You 😊 for all your work for helping us. Appreciate from my heart! You are the Best‼️ Lise 🎼 ⛸ 🦋 🤗
I am so happy I am able to help. I figured a video breaking each thing down for this jump will help everyone see why we do certain exercises. Sometimes with so many exercises, we get lost and then in turn we don't know what exactly to work on.
This is an AWESOME lesson! I really appreciate how you’ve broken it down into sections, I finally understand 😃😃
When it comes to axel there are soooo many things that can go wrong and sometimes we dont know where things are going wrong and we dont know where to start. Or we might not understand a certain area. I am glad I was able to help! :)
Thank you. These are great pointers and a very well detailed and filmed video ❤🥺🫶❤ I am no longer with a coach but continue to skate and use the training my coach gave me before retiring. I appreciate the effort you put into this video trying to help skaters land it. 😢 Thank you!!! ❤
Thank you Shelly! This is super helpful to me as the rinks keep closing in my city.
I'm new to axel and insufficient rotation is quite a struggle for me.
Love from Hong Kong
You will get the rotation! It takes time but once you get all the steps and your body get used to it, you will have it!
Your videos are great! Love it :)
Thank you so much! Love yours too! :)
So incredibly helpful! You are an axel scientist! 💡❤️👍💯
Thank you! :)
Thank you for the breakdown, as this is very helpful ❤
It's such a great breakdown! But why nobody tells that you must also rotate your stepping left foot slightly to the left? :) makes huuuuuge difference because it naturally causes your body to rotate. The author is doing it on the video herself. Perhaps would be a great additional step to include 🤔
I LOVE THIS!!! This is absolute incredible! Nobody has ever told me this before, and I got my Axel off ice!! 😊😊
The details are truly helpful! Can’t wait to practice this!
So glad! :) Let me know how it goes!
I’m a kid and I’m watching this and I’m only seven years old and I’m in freestyle two so I’m trying to do it 5:34 😊😅❤
Thanks for helping me with my axels
Yes! I was so close to my axel and then it went to hell. I followed the instructions given in your video and my axel felt better than it ever had. The BEST advice…not putting my weight over my left leg until jumping up to the right hip rotation. It was amazing how much faster I spun without even trying! Thank you!!
Thank you! I hope I could achieve it one day❤️🙌🏻
You can do it!
You shoud win a medal at teaching
Aweome video!!! It all make sense!!!
Very helpful video! Looking forwards to more videos.
I haven’t learned my axel yet in fact I still can’t do salchow jump but I really want to learn the axel
So I’m gonna do this :)
THank you Kelly your basic session
really great video !!! thanks a lot really as I can at last understand the prep and launch of my waltz jump , and then the weight transfer. thanks very much :)
Glad it helped!!!
So helpful, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Woah this is really helpful, you really explained the science and concepts behind it which makes me understand how it works. Thanks for this!!!
Thank you!
Okay but I keep falling in front when attempting an axel, but once I follow these steps I don’t tend to fall and even went to 1 and 1/4 turns
This is great can you do one for off ice double salchow and off ice double cherry(some people call it toe loop)x
Yes that’s a great suggestion!
Shelly Skates thanks 😊
I just wonder, is axel has to be done to the left? For some reason I’ve never seen someone jump an axel to the right and for me personally when I work on my axel I find it easier to kick to the right.
Axel can be done either way depending on what kind of skater you are. Most skaters skate righty so that’s the direction you most commonly see. Lefty skaters rotate clockwise and they will jump the opposite way. Great example of a lefty skater is Ashley Wagner
Any tips on “jumping through” and not having my foot tucked ?
How can I do a zoom lesson, that if you are still offering one??
Gosh. Can you be my coach??
Yes! Haha!
❤🎉❤
I am confused.... i jump left and my arabesque is on my right so I dont understand the landing or take off
If you jump lefty then everything will be opposite. So the kick through leg will be the left and you would step over from the right to the left.
Shelly Skates, does all this apply with the triple axel too?
Yes! When it comes to adding a rotation to a jump it’s pretty much the same just with increasing quickness to get a good snap for the rotation and plenty of height!
Why are you turning the same amount of times for a 2A when you are talking about a 1A?
I always fall on my landing. Anyone else?