Thank you for giving me better lessons than the lessons I had at my local skating rink. You break down the movements slowly enough for me to follow, unlike my teachers who would just do it quickly without explaining. You’re great and I’m donating to your channel as a thank you.
I agree with this! I paid for TWO adult group sessions-- 16 weeks total. Just for the coach to tell us during a practice that we were all skating wrong-- pushing with our toes. But we had not once been taught how to properly forward skate during any of our lessons. When I started, I had never stepped foot on ice and they saw me struggling on the wall and not one coach helped. A girl joined our group later and same thing. I had to personally ask a chatting coach to go help her. It didn't reallt feel that the coaches cared and that was really disappointing. Waste of money. These videos are going to help me so so much. Thank you Coach Julia!
Thank you for breaking down the forward stroking, I've been looking all over TH-cam for a breakdown of it because it's really confusing to me and no one else has explained it like you have! 😊
Thank you for you detailed explanation on pushing away when doing ‘lemons’.I do lemons to warm up.I am going to apply your hints. Your advice is helpful because it aims at being more precise in movement. Thanks from France.
tried to do the forward swizzle on ice today.. and you make it look so easy when in reality it's really really hard😩 weirdly enough I'm better at backward swizzle than the forward one.. either way, thanks for your tutorial! The way you explain is easy to understand, I like it very much!
Hello hello! Me again! I had to stop my adult skating lessons last year due to knee pains. After more than a year of combinations of exploring physical therapy and other somatic educations about posture and better use of our body, I realized that this year I just finally learned how to properly activate and strengthen my glute muscles. These muscles are super important for balancing and hence important for skating. For someone like me, a couch potato, to start learning skating, it is super hard and the glute is so important for me! I am excited to get back to learn skating from the beginning again! Thanks so much for your videos and help before!
I am 34 and today I stepped on ice first time. I was rollerblading 5 years ago, since than no practice at all. Today was a bit scary, but I am quite enthusiastic. I started to do lemons, but my problem was that I did not have the speed and at one point I stopped. Now I see what was wrong, thank you for explaining.
I faceplanted the other day trying to do forward stroking, I have good hip rotation normally but I haven't figured out how to reach the T position while gliding. Damn those ice picks!
I just started lessons, and this almost all you do for 8 weeks in Learn to Skate 1. Move forward and swizzles, plus one or two other things. If you can master this from TH-cam - and you probably can - you are saving your parents a lot. :)
I have a similar problem where my rink is in another city across the other side of the state, transport times are incompatible with when lessons are. It put me off for a while because I really wanted lessons, but I decided just to go down and watch tonnes of videos like this to teach myself. We can do it 😁😜
@@CoachJulia hi I’m Caitlin I’ve always wanted to figure skate to oh and I live in South Africa I hope you don’t not like me for being in a different country you are amazing I love your lessons please answer me 🥰
@@caitlincooper7340 Hi Caitlin! I don’t know if Coach Julia said hi to you, but I’m going to. I live in the USA and I like people from all countries. Most Americans are very friendly people and love to get to know people from around the world. I hope you are getting a chance to figure skate. I am learning for the first time at age 57. So if I can do it, I know you can! Have fun!!
Wow! You are such a beautiful skater! I just started skating, and I need help with my swizzles, and my stroking. My coach just had me start on stroking. But this video was very helpful 👍
Ur lessons r simple, I'm definitely gonna practice that. U broke down many rules of skating for me. I have been practicing the wrong way for so long. Thanks for the videos
Great and simple explanation. My daughter goes to a local figure skating school and for some unknown to me reason the teachers do not teach the kids how to correctly do that basic strokes. All the kids just push with the tips.
Hi! I know im late but i hope you see this!! I have a question about the forward swizzles, i have no idea where to place my weight and I keep stopping when i try to close my feet back in :(
Thank you for your videos! They are immensely helpful, and I sometimes come back to the super basic beginning like this one just to ensure I always keep technique on point. Do you have a Patreon? Also, could you possibly do a few videos on Off Ice workout returns recommended for beginners, intermediate, etc?
I am so glad you like my videos! I appreciate your interest in my patreon, I do have an account but I don't do much with it. Instead I have been working on the youtube channel memberships, if that is something that interests you. I will take your suggestion for more off ice videos!
You're a wonderful skating instructor, probably the best explanations here on TH-cam... Great charisma! But to encourage any beginner skater in their first steps on the ice, make a short sequence how it will look like when trying the first time ;-) It looks so easy and the beginners get frustrated when they struggle and fall... encourage them tp practise, practise and even more practise...
@@CoachJulia I remember when I got on the ice the first time... I was 20 y/o and barely could stand upright on the ice. Nevertheless it felt so great and I just wished to be able doing forward crossovers someday. While watching the good skaters at the rink and on videos, I got really frustrated and thought I will never be able to do that, but after many hours of practising I succeeded. Many (adult) beginner skaters give up too early because they don't believe it's possible... so the perfect coach will always tell'em that it is normal to struggle on the ice, be afraid of falling, acutally will falling and et up again :-)
Hi Coach Julia, learning Fwd stroking, and I pretty sure if I'm not mistaken, I heard you say not to put your extended leg straight back but to put more at a slight angle. I may be confused a little as I watch a lot if your videos. My coach tells me to go straight back. Both you and my ice coach have amazing credentials....and lots of years of experience coaching. Am I getting this confused with something else? Lol. I had my lesson today, and I feel like I'm back on my first day. Coach Julia, please help 😔. Btw, can't wait for your app to come out....anytime soon. 🙏🏻. Happy skating!!! 😊
I've always wanted to figure skate ever scince I saw it but my mom said It would be really hard and I wouldn't make much money but I might go ice skating and I hope this might help 😊
Hi coach julia I’m learning to skate , I’m learning crossover now but keep going back to stroking forward because my coach says I keep using my toe pick, and I’m not fast enough when stroking forward. Any tips to increase speed and how to not use the toe pick ? It’s like automatic to me I don’t even know I do that.
Coach Julia - when our weight is over our gliding leg, how is the weight distributed through the gliding foot? Should we think of the weight as evenly distributed through the foot? Over the arches? In our heels? Thank you in advance.
When you are gliding forward on one foot in this position, you will want the weight over the arches. You have a longer section of blade on the ice this way as the front has more of a curve.
Thank you for these. So basically my skating instruction is all over the place. In the past 26 years or so, I have had to start and stop my training no less than a dozen times. According to American ISI, I am Beta level. But everytime I restart my training, I'm practically Pre-Alpha level. It's annoying. And I will be retesting myself when I find a rink I can frequently skate at. Most of the rinks here have competitive trainers, and I am more recreational. But I love having solid techniques. Your videos are basically a godsend. But I was hoping you could do a video on a good beginner/intermediate on-ice warm-ups! You also responded to my other comments. I will give those a try. Thank you for your diligence. :D
Thanks a lot for the video! Look forward for more! I am an 30+ adult just taking class! Watching lots of videos on TH-cam. Really like how you break steps down to smaller chunks. I am still confused though about forward stroking in many ways. For example on my class coach says to push back not side, but that’s hard and one of my side goes more side than the other. Any suggestions? Another important message I got from is that it is at the same time of pushing you shift weight to the skating leg, is that right? This exact weight shifting tune is still something I am trying very hard to figure out after 3 classes. Some people seem to suggest the weight shift already a bit to skating leg and then shift further when pushing. Also as a beginner, I find it hard to shift my weight, likely just because I am afraid and always want to keep Center of gravity in the middle. Thank you very much again and look forward to your reply!
So glad you found the video helpful. As to your first question about the pushing angle, you want to push at a diagonal angle away from your body. So not straight back, and not directly to the side, but away from your hip at a diagonal. For shifting the weight, you can start out with shifting then pushing, and then as you progress you will want to make it a more fluid motion with the shifting and the push happening almost simotaniously. It is a good idea to practice one foot glides, both with your free knee bent and free foot beside your skating leg, and with your free knee straight and foot extended behind you. Let me know if you have any more questions!
Thank you! I am slowly learning to apply your suggestions. But I had a great workout! Even though I am super slow. lol. I think as you said it takes time to build up skills. I will do my best and keep learning and practice!! Feeling so luckly that there are nice and kind people here like you to ask for advice!
Hi Coach Julia! I think in a different video/post, I wrote having challenges gliding on one skate. I try to balance myself while doing things at home but how can I avoid hitting my toe pick, am I doing it by accident as a beginner? I'm not back in US yet but usually on ice Mon-Fri 1.5 hrs.
Where exactly is your weight supposed to be for the swizzles? Like on what part of the foot? Inside edge or flat? I have no Problem with the stroking but i just cant manage to move without lifting my feet.
Hi! It’s quite difficult for me to touch the point of my skates when I try lemons. Does this get better over time? I feel like I have no muscle strength
It should get better over time as your legs get stronger. But, if you want to do something to speed that process up, think about exercise you can do to strengthen your adductors, those squeezing muscles on the inside of your thighs. Skating demands a lot out of those muscles, so if you strengthen them, it will only help your skating.
when i watch ISU womens skaters, their knees are bent most of the time (always when skating backwards, often when skating forwards- even during the Stsq). how important is it to have your legs go straight after the glide and work on that skill? do your legs go back to being straight with backwards stroking too?
Hey! So in my public lessons now that I can do many basic 1 stuff my coach wants me to do a one foot glide! I can only hold my foot up for .5-1 seconds. Any tips to find my balance and keep my foot up for 4 seconds? One more question: about the strokes; I can only push with my left foot. I can’t seem to push with my right. Any tips on that too? Sorry kinda long comment/question
I'm a total beginner, but teach yoga and would recommend trying to balance at home, in and out of skates, in the same way. That way you built muscle memory and today I was able to do a 1 foot glide. :) I also have the issue with only pushing with the left foot. I think it's normal if you're right handed, and just takes a lot of practice. (Like marching across the ice is much easier for me on right foot than left, too.)
ThriveDiaries so I can kind of balance on one foot without moving on ice but not long enough. I still can’t get the one foot glide though. I think I can hold it for maybe one second but that’s it
Hello, I am one of your subscribers from China. Your tutorial videos are so clear and useful for skating learner, and really help me a lot. You know, it is not easy for Chinese skating learners to log on TH-cam. Do you mind I repost your video with Chinese subtitles to a Chinese video website(www.bilibili.com)? There are so many ice skater learners in China, but I hardly find good Chinese TH-camrs on ice skating. I just do this for fun. If someday I got some income from your video, I would let you know for sure.
Thank you for the positive feedback. I am glad you like my channel. I am ok with having my videos posted to bilinili, but please be sure to credit the original source. Thanks.
Dear Coach Julia, I emailed you but haven't get your response. I am hoping to be able to get your permission to share your video on a Chinese video site. I will act within all the laws and restrictions and my sharing will not involve monetization. I wanted to do this because I recently found a group of Chinese skaters. They are very eager to learn but they have limited access to TH-cam. I will also likely help to add translation either in the video or as separate documents when I share them. Your original link and credit will be specified as well.
Thank you for reaching out to me. I did get you email but can’t seem to find it again. You may share my videos, with credit on the site you mentioned in your email.
@@CoachJulia Thank you so much! I will be very serious about your copyright and credit your video as well as adding your patreon class info and other social media. I will keep in touch after I made the subtitle videos! I am so excited!
Hello hello! Me again! I had to stop my adult skating lessons last year due to knee pains. After more than a year of combinations of exploring physical therapy and other somatic educations about posture and better use of our body, I realized that this year I just finally learned how to properly activate and strengthen my glute muscles. These muscles are super important for balancing and hence important for skating. For someone like me, a couch potato, to start learning skating, it is super hard and the glute is so important for me! I am excited to get back to learn skating from the beginning again! Thanks so much for your videos and help before!
Thank you for giving me better lessons than the lessons I had at my local skating rink. You break down the movements slowly enough for me to follow, unlike my teachers who would just do it quickly without explaining. You’re great and I’m donating to your channel as a thank you.
Awe, that makes me feel awesome! Thanks for the uplifting comment.
I agree with this! I paid for TWO adult group sessions-- 16 weeks total. Just for the coach to tell us during a practice that we were all skating wrong-- pushing with our toes. But we had not once been taught how to properly forward skate during any of our lessons. When I started, I had never stepped foot on ice and they saw me struggling on the wall and not one coach helped. A girl joined our group later and same thing. I had to personally ask a chatting coach to go help her. It didn't reallt feel that the coaches cared and that was really disappointing. Waste of money. These videos are going to help me so so much. Thank you Coach Julia!
I've been using the toe pick this entire time, I never realized your until now that it's not meant for pushing 😅😂
lol
I thought that’s how you stopped help 😭
Thank you for breaking down the forward stroking, I've been looking all over TH-cam for a breakdown of it because it's really confusing to me and no one else has explained it like you have! 😊
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for you detailed explanation on pushing away when doing ‘lemons’.I do lemons to warm up.I am going to apply your hints. Your advice is helpful because it aims at being more precise in movement. Thanks from France.
I am glad you have enjoyed my tutorial! And greetings to you in France!
tried to do the forward swizzle on ice today.. and you make it look so easy when in reality it's really really hard😩 weirdly enough I'm better at backward swizzle than the forward one.. either way, thanks for your tutorial! The way you explain is easy to understand, I like it very much!
I am so glad you find my explanations helpful!
Hello hello! Me again! I had to stop my adult skating lessons last year due to knee pains. After more than a year of combinations of exploring physical therapy and other somatic educations about posture and better use of our body, I realized that this year I just finally learned how to properly activate and strengthen my glute muscles. These muscles are super important for balancing and hence important for skating. For someone like me, a couch potato, to start learning skating, it is super hard and the glute is so important for me! I am excited to get back to learn skating from the beginning again! Thanks so much for your videos and help before!
Very interesting. Well, I am glad you are able to come back to the ice and try again!
Im learning on my own to ice skate and now that I have the balance i'm learning to to the swizzles this is very helpful to understand. Thanks Coach!!
so glad you found my video helpful!
Great explanation! Especially usufull repetitions. Thanks a lot.
You break down each movement so nicely and clearly! Thank you!
Glad you think so!
Watching this half an hour before my first skating session! 😁
You got this!
Watching a few hours before mine!
Julia you're the best
I have trouble in teaching my cousin how to skate :)) and your course helps a lot, thanks you very very much :">
So glad to help!
I am 34 and today I stepped on ice first time. I was rollerblading 5 years ago, since than no practice at all. Today was a bit scary, but I am quite enthusiastic. I started to do lemons, but my problem was that I did not have the speed and at one point I stopped. Now I see what was wrong, thank you for explaining.
Thank you so much for this video im trying to teach my little sister!
Glad it was helpful!
I faceplanted the other day trying to do forward stroking, I have good hip rotation normally but I haven't figured out how to reach the T position while gliding. Damn those ice picks!
You are amazing! I’m teaching myself how to skate and your explanations are so good that today I finally did the lemons in one lesson 🥳
Awesome! Congratulations!
@@CoachJulia thank you 💜
Hi, Coach Julia! We love your channel! Do you have a video that shows forward half swizzle pumps? Thanks! :)
Hi! I've always wanted to figure skate, but my family can not afford lessons, so can these videos help teach me?
Absolutely! Watch the videos carefully, try and be patient and get lots of practice.
I just started lessons, and this almost all you do for 8 weeks in Learn to Skate 1. Move forward and swizzles, plus one or two other things. If you can master this from TH-cam - and you probably can - you are saving your parents a lot. :)
I have a similar problem where my rink is in another city across the other side of the state, transport times are incompatible with when lessons are. It put me off for a while because I really wanted lessons, but I decided just to go down and watch tonnes of videos like this to teach myself. We can do it 😁😜
@@CoachJulia hi I’m Caitlin I’ve always wanted to figure skate to oh and I live in South Africa I hope you don’t not like me for being in a different country you are amazing I love your lessons please answer me 🥰
@@caitlincooper7340 Hi Caitlin! I don’t know if Coach Julia said hi to you, but I’m going to. I live in the USA and I like people from all countries. Most Americans are very friendly people and love to get to know people from around the world. I hope you are getting a chance to figure skate. I am learning for the first time at age 57. So if I can do it, I know you can! Have fun!!
I bought the Jackson ELLE skates. Thanks for posting your skating lessons.
Glad you like them!
Wow! You are such a beautiful skater! I just started skating, and I need help with my swizzles, and my stroking. My coach just had me start on stroking. But this video was very helpful 👍
Hi there, I just saw this, sorry I did t respond earlier! Congrats on getting started with skating! I am glad you found my video helpful. 🙂
Going on date today iceskating.. Been watching all of your videos. Thank you! 😅
Hope you enjoy it!
Ur lessons r simple, I'm definitely gonna practice that. U broke down many rules of skating for me. I have been practicing the wrong way for so long. Thanks for the videos
Oh so glad to hear that you found my videos helpful.
Thank you so much for the video! Would you please share more tips on how to improve forward stroking? 🥰
Thank you so much Julia!
You are so welcome!
Hi Coach Julia, I start my lessons today, 1/20/2021, I've been watching your beginning videos, I will find out on my first day of private.
Thanks for watching my videos! I hope your lessons go well!
Great and simple explanation. My daughter goes to a local figure skating school and for some unknown to me reason the teachers do not teach the kids how to correctly do that basic strokes. All the kids just push with the tips.
I am often dumbfounded by what other instructors and skating programs teach. 😳
love your simple explanations!
Glad you like them!
Hi! I know im late but i hope you see this!! I have a question about the forward swizzles, i have no idea where to place my weight and I keep stopping when i try to close my feet back in :(
This is very helpful! Any chance you could also do a video on one foot glide (both forward and backwards) please?
Would be great to see particularly the backward one foot glide, yes!
I will try and make one as soon as I can. 😊
My coach left and I am going to follow you coach to develop myself until hopefully we get another coach .. if ever hehehe
Thank you for your videos! They are immensely helpful, and I sometimes come back to the super basic beginning like this one just to ensure I always keep technique on point. Do you have a Patreon? Also, could you possibly do a few videos on Off Ice workout returns recommended for beginners, intermediate, etc?
I am so glad you like my videos! I appreciate your interest in my patreon, I do have an account but I don't do much with it. Instead I have been working on the youtube channel memberships, if that is something that interests you. I will take your suggestion for more off ice videos!
Thanks!
Welcome!
Awesome! Great tip! 😊⛸👍🏽⛸👍🏽
Glad you liked it!
This is excellent! I’d only ask for a side view of the moment when you’re on one leg, because I am a potato 🥔 and would likely overshift my weight
You're a wonderful skating instructor, probably the best explanations here on TH-cam... Great charisma! But to encourage any beginner skater in their first steps on the ice, make a short sequence how it will look like when trying the first time ;-) It looks so easy and the beginners get frustrated when they struggle and fall... encourage them tp practise, practise and even more practise...
Thank you so much, and I love this idea! I will try and make a ‘first time skater’ video very soon.
@@CoachJulia I remember when I got on the ice the first time... I was 20 y/o and barely could stand upright on the ice. Nevertheless it felt so great and I just wished to be able doing forward crossovers someday. While watching the good skaters at the rink and on videos, I got really frustrated and thought I will never be able to do that, but after many hours of practising I succeeded. Many (adult) beginner skaters give up too early because they don't believe it's possible... so the perfect coach will always tell'em that it is normal to struggle on the ice, be afraid of falling, acutally will falling and et up again :-)
I love how you teach! Wish you were my coach on the rink =‘)
I am so glad you like my teaching.
Hi Coach Julia, learning Fwd stroking, and I pretty sure if I'm not mistaken, I heard you say not to put your extended leg straight back but to put more at a slight angle. I may be confused a little as I watch a lot if your videos. My coach tells me to go straight back. Both you and my ice coach have amazing credentials....and lots of years of experience coaching. Am I getting this confused with something else? Lol. I had my lesson today, and I feel like I'm back on my first day. Coach Julia, please help 😔. Btw, can't wait for your app to come out....anytime soon. 🙏🏻. Happy skating!!! 😊
Great stuff, thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you!!
You're welcome!
in forward stroking do i push on inside edge on the whole blade or does it have to be on the rocker?
Your videos are Soo helpful! Thank you so much 💕
Awe, thank you so much! I appreciate that!
I've always wanted to figure skate ever scince I saw it but my mom said It would be really hard and I wouldn't make much money but I might go ice skating and I hope this might help 😊
Do what you believe you're made to do😊
I can't go to a skating rink any time soon so can I learn how to do this with my liner skates?
Hi coach julia I’m learning to skate , I’m learning crossover now but keep going back to stroking forward because my coach says I keep using my toe pick, and I’m not fast enough when stroking forward. Any tips to increase speed and how to not use the toe pick ? It’s like automatic to me I don’t even know I do that.
Very nice. Just what I needed (y)
Glaf you found it helpful.
Coach Julia - when our weight is over our gliding leg, how is the weight distributed through the gliding foot? Should we think of the weight as evenly distributed through the foot? Over the arches? In our heels? Thank you in advance.
When you are gliding forward on one foot in this position, you will want the weight over the arches. You have a longer section of blade on the ice this way as the front has more of a curve.
For swizzles are we using certain edges or??
Hi Julia, do you have a tutirial on how to fall and get up please? Especially in how to fall.
I don’t have one yet, but I am planning on making one soon.
Well when you fall make sure to fall on your side and when u get up it should look like your doing a lung lemme try to find a vid for ya
any tips on how to properly shift weight? im stuck on that part ;(
Thank you for these. So basically my skating instruction is all over the place. In the past 26 years or so, I have had to start and stop my training no less than a dozen times. According to American ISI, I am Beta level. But everytime I restart my training, I'm practically Pre-Alpha level. It's annoying. And I will be retesting myself when I find a rink I can frequently skate at. Most of the rinks here have competitive trainers, and I am more recreational. But I love having solid techniques. Your videos are basically a godsend. But I was hoping you could do a video on a good beginner/intermediate on-ice warm-ups!
You also responded to my other comments. I will give those a try. Thank you for your diligence. :D
Hey! I am so glad to hear you are enjoying my videos and finding them helpful. I love the suggestion of some on-ice warm ups!
Thanks a lot for the video! Look forward for more! I am an 30+ adult just taking class! Watching lots of videos on TH-cam. Really like how you break steps down to smaller chunks. I am still confused though about forward stroking in many ways. For example on my class coach says to push back not side, but that’s hard and one of my side goes more side than the other. Any suggestions? Another important message I got from is that it is at the same time of pushing you shift weight to the skating leg, is that right? This exact weight shifting tune is still something I am trying very hard to figure out after 3 classes. Some people seem to suggest the weight shift already a bit to skating leg and then shift further when pushing. Also as a beginner, I find it hard to shift my weight, likely just because I am afraid and always want to keep Center of gravity in the middle. Thank you very much again and look forward to your reply!
So glad you found the video helpful. As to your first question about the pushing angle, you want to push at a diagonal angle away from your body. So not straight back, and not directly to the side, but away from your hip at a diagonal. For shifting the weight, you can start out with shifting then pushing, and then as you progress you will want to make it a more fluid motion with the shifting and the push happening almost simotaniously. It is a good idea to practice one foot glides, both with your free knee bent and free foot beside your skating leg, and with your free knee straight and foot extended behind you. Let me know if you have any more questions!
ThriveDiaries Thank you so much for such quick and insightful reply! I am heading out to my local rink to practice! Feeling so grateful!
Have a great time!
Thank you! I am slowly learning to apply your suggestions. But I had a great workout! Even though I am super slow. lol. I think as you said it takes time to build up skills. I will do my best and keep learning and practice!! Feeling so luckly that there are nice and kind people here like you to ask for advice!
I also printed out your answer and pasted it into my little skating learning journal. XD
Hi Coach Julia! I think in a different video/post, I wrote having challenges gliding on one skate. I try to balance myself while doing things at home but how can I avoid hitting my toe pick, am I doing it by accident as a beginner? I'm not back in US yet but usually on ice Mon-Fri 1.5 hrs.
Where exactly is your weight supposed to be for the swizzles? Like on what part of the foot? Inside edge or flat? I have no Problem with the stroking but i just cant manage to move without lifting my feet.
Hi! It’s quite difficult for me to touch the point of my skates when I try lemons. Does this get better over time? I feel like I have no muscle strength
It should get better over time as your legs get stronger. But, if you want to do something to speed that process up, think about exercise you can do to strengthen your adductors, those squeezing muscles on the inside of your thighs. Skating demands a lot out of those muscles, so if you strengthen them, it will only help your skating.
Where can I get a pair of skates like yours? I don't like white figure skates. Like beige or your colour. Thanks
These were custom made for me by Harlick Boot company in San Mateo. They can make skates just about any color.
when i watch ISU womens skaters, their knees are bent most of the time (always when skating backwards, often when skating forwards- even during the Stsq). how important is it to have your legs go straight after the glide and work on that skill? do your legs go back to being straight with backwards stroking too?
I think i officially graduated from this lesson yay xD
Congratulations!
Thank you for having a silent background while you are talking.
Glad you find it helpful!
having problems pushing off on non dominant foot! :(
I think my problem is not using inside edge, but using flat side of the blade! My coach didn’t mention it when i told her I can’t push off =(
This is definitely the video to help you push off better!
Hey! So in my public lessons now that I can do many basic 1 stuff my coach wants me to do a one foot glide! I can only hold my foot up for .5-1 seconds. Any tips to find my balance and keep my foot up for 4 seconds?
One more question: about the strokes; I can only push with my left foot. I can’t seem to push with my right. Any tips on that too? Sorry kinda long comment/question
I'm a total beginner, but teach yoga and would recommend trying to balance at home, in and out of skates, in the same way. That way you built muscle memory and today I was able to do a 1 foot glide. :) I also have the issue with only pushing with the left foot. I think it's normal if you're right handed, and just takes a lot of practice. (Like marching across the ice is much easier for me on right foot than left, too.)
Thanks great, good for you! Thanks for the ideas as well.
Sorry it took me so long to respond, have you made any progress?
Marian Klatt I can balance for YEARS on one foot without skates, still working on glide though
ThriveDiaries so I can kind of balance on one foot without moving on ice but not long enough. I still can’t get the one foot glide though. I think I can hold it for maybe one second but that’s it
Hello, I am one of your subscribers from China. Your tutorial videos are so clear and useful for skating learner, and really help me a lot. You know, it is not easy for Chinese skating learners to log on TH-cam. Do you mind I repost your video with Chinese subtitles to a Chinese video website(www.bilibili.com)? There are so many ice skater learners in China, but I hardly find good Chinese TH-camrs on ice skating. I just do this for fun. If someday I got some income from your video, I would let you know for sure.
Thank you for the positive feedback. I am glad you like my channel. I am ok with having my videos posted to bilinili, but please be sure to credit the original source. Thanks.
Im having difficulty completing the swizzle. My skates get stuck as i try to squeeze my legs back together. Help?
Try thinking about actually turning the toes in towards each other, rather than relying on your adductor muscles to squeeze them in.
I get terrible ankle pain while skating and don't know why
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Dear Coach Julia, I emailed you but haven't get your response. I am hoping to be able to get your permission to share your video on a Chinese video site. I will act within all the laws and restrictions and my sharing will not involve monetization. I wanted to do this because I recently found a group of Chinese skaters. They are very eager to learn but they have limited access to TH-cam. I will also likely help to add translation either in the video or as separate documents when I share them. Your original link and credit will be specified as well.
Thank you for reaching out to me. I did get you email but can’t seem to find it again. You may share my videos, with credit on the site you mentioned in your email.
@@CoachJulia Thank you so much! I will be very serious about your copyright and credit your video as well as adding your patreon class info and other social media. I will keep in touch after I made the subtitle videos! I am so excited!
Such a pretty young lady.
Thanks!
Hello hello! Me again! I had to stop my adult skating lessons last year due to knee pains. After more than a year of combinations of exploring physical therapy and other somatic educations about posture and better use of our body, I realized that this year I just finally learned how to properly activate and strengthen my glute muscles. These muscles are super important for balancing and hence important for skating. For someone like me, a couch potato, to start learning skating, it is super hard and the glute is so important for me! I am excited to get back to learn skating from the beginning again! Thanks so much for your videos and help before!
So interesting! It’s amazing how each of our bodies works so differently dependent on how we have become accustomed to using it.
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Thanks so much!