This video was soo helpful! I used to be too scared to attempt skating backwards. Then I watched this a few times and actually did it! Thank you, please keep the videos coming!
Thanks so much for this video! I am 71 years old and am going to try figure skating again. I wanted to take figure skating lessons when I was young, but my parents could not afford them. I think I can do the Forward Swizzle with practice!
Backward stroking is where I'm at right now, the struggle is real!! (but I say that about everything 😆) I got my forward crossovers so I'm sure I'll get this too ... eventually! 🤞🏼 Your videos are the best out there 👌🏼
Awe, thanks so much! I am glad you are liking them. Everything in skating takes patience and practice, keep at it and I am sure the backward stroking will come!
my ice skating teacher did show me how to do backward stroking ages ago but i never felt really confident with it and this video has been so helpful with it
Your videos are so helpful. I started figure skating again (or lets say trying to) after not having skates on for 42 years. I constantly watch your videos to learn what I am doing wrong. I live in Canada and am taking skating lessons again as this was a sport that I loved but life somehow got in the way. Thank you for your videos.
I love your videos! My daughter and I watch together as we are trying to grow our techniques and you do a great job on breaking out the moves and make them accessible.
Same here! My daughter and I started ice skating classes and it’s become “our thing” so great that we are sharing a (new) passion. I hope you and your daughter have as much fun as we do!
This video (and couple of other videos from you channel) kept me sane through my lessons. My teacher is good, she always picks the best exercises for the day. But she never explains them so I can really understand how to keep balance or move my arms. I found you channel around a month ago, and it helped me to keep up with my lessons soooo much! Thank you!
With everything closed due to the lockdown, and luckily living next to a couple of outdoor rinks, I decided to make this winter the one when I’d learn how to ice skate properly. Your videos have been very useful! I have a gymnastics background, which probably helps, but I’m amazed at how fast I’m getting the hang of it, thanks to your explanations and exercises! Thank you 🤗
Thank you! I skated for the first time in decades this afternoon. I had never really skated much before. Your video is the perfect length and I’m looking forward to trying out new skills. I’m using hockey skates for this season. I’m wary of toe picks because on a high school field trip I tripped over a toe pick and someone skated over my fingers. But I have a dance background, so with the help of TH-cam, I might just get figure skates next year. We’re in lockdown in Ontario, Canada and the only community recreation activity is outdoor ice skating. No lessons are being given, just 45 min/day/person open ice time with masks on.
Oh my gosh, how horrible about your fingers. I have seen accidents like that (usually with crazy teenagers for some reason 😆). I would encourage you to give toepicks another try though. So much fun to be had once you get the hang of them. I truly look forward to the day that these lockdowns disappear to a part of distant memory.
@@CoachJulia Hi Julia, thank you so much for replying. :-) I passed your channel on to a couple I met while skating. Given all the restrictions there's not much use for toe picks this season even if I wasn't just getting used to skating. I found out this week that only thing we're allowed to do on ice in Toronto is skate forward in a circle around the rink - no backwards skating, no turns, just skating around the rink (but at least the rinks are still open). I've started to find my balance (thank you dance background!), and am looking forward next year to skates that fit better (especially around the ankles) than plastic hockey skates, and taking some figure skating lessons.
Hi! Thanks for answering. I have problems with backward one foot gliding. Off ice I can run and jump on one foot backwards. But on the ice... I don't know whether it is a problem of balance or a problem of fear. Would you have some suggestions for me?
Often it is a confidence issue, but you can also work on core strength so that it is easier to keep your torso stable over your lower body as you glide, as well as keeping in mind that your weight needs to shift so that you are lined up over your gliding foot. Try lifting through your torso and your free hip so that you are engaging those muscles as well as stacking yourself up over your gliding leg. 🙂
@@CoachJulia Hi! Thank you for your advices. Actually, the exercices you showed (back swizzles, half back swizzles with lifting foot) helped a lot. I feel more confident now when skating backwords. I am really gratefull. Would that be possible for you to make a video on three turns? I skate in a team with more advanced people and the trainer hasn't always the time to explain basic mouvements to me. Thank you in advance.
Time Stamps: 0:10 Backward Swizzle 1:23 Posture 2:13 Half Swizzle 3:34 Backward Stroking 4:01Tip: Backward Glide (on one foot to improve balance during stroking)
I am so glad that I found your channel !! Been wanting to try out figure skating for a while now besides me being a stiff and overall not a flexible person !! By watching your videos I now think that I can learn to figure skate regardless my stiffnes !! Thank you for making these videos, keep them on coming.
They're very helpful for sure. They're a blessing. I always have to remember when the swizzle foot lifts off the ice that the toes are pointing down like in ballet.
Thanks so much, that is nice of you to say! Have you checked out my Forward skating and backward skating videos yet? th-cam.com/video/8vaZXbHHQxM/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/L1TSFCZLTMk/w-d-xo.html
very grateful for this account:) i figure skate but roller skating rather than ice skating and i want to learn how to do figures on ice as well. thank you for the helpful videos!
Good video....lots of good tips. The focus on shifting your head and hip over the weight bearing foot is helpful to me. I am a novice skater and I can skate backwards very well and I love it, but I am doing it exactly opposite of this, putting my weight on the foot that is swiveling rather than on the foot that is gliding. I will need a lot of practice with the technique taught here to break that bad habit. One question: Near the end of the video when you teach the full stroke, you don't explain what is the purpose of lifting that foot before moving on to the next stroke. What is the reason for learning to do that?
So grateful for your videos! I'm struggling with backward stroking though, and backward one foot glides in general - so wobbly! Should I have my gliding leg straight or bent at the knee? You always look so lovely and relaxed it's hard to tell! Thank you 😊
Hi, Julia, thanks for the clear and useful explanation. I tried backwards swizzle today with my local coach, and he said I have a weak power and control on my left leg, so it makes my backwards swizzle unbalanced. Do you have any daily off-ice exercise recommendation to strengthen my left leg muscle? Thank you.
3:09 How is that full swizzle is like eleven? 🤭 It's more like a circle 🤭. Anyway, I just watched your tutoria, the beginner tutorial, forward swizzle, this video, and the how to stop. I can't be patient to try that. Ready to fall again. Week ago, it was my first time trying to skate, but without proper knowledge at all. Oh, I missed that fall. I will try again. This time with your lesson learnt. 🤭
Really loving your videos!! Having just had my first lesson after ten years, it’s backwards skating I really struggle with, I just don’t seem to go anywhere and it feels so strange 🤣 More practice needed!! Any advice for starting out again as an adult? Thanks again!
Oh my gosh, well really my best advice is just to be patient with yourself. It is never to late to start, or start again. But as we get older, things might take longer to pick up, so I just encourage you to be patient and get lots of practice time.
Hi Coach Julia:) Thanks for your tutorials, Im learning how to figure skate and Ive started on backwards. I can do the backwards swizzle both feet ok but when I do just one, because the ball of the foot part is so slippery I guess, I find myself almost spinning around which I dont want to do. Any tips? Hope that makes sense what Im trying to say. Thanks again for all your videos!
Hi Julia I find I really speed up when doing the backward stroking and then the c-push part sort of disappears. Any suggestions for slowing the stroking down?Awesome video as they all are :-)
Well, my biggest suggestion is really just to get comfortable with speed. 😆 but honestly, as this skill improves, the c push does to end to become less noticeable so you are probably in the right track n
Able to do backwards swizzle, but still aiming for consistent posture. How long does it take to feel more confident about these? I feel nervous about these.
This is amazing! I've never skated before and I am kind of getting a hang of the forward swizzles. You break it down really good, which most TH-camrs fail to do. But I can't get enough momentum and most of the time I stop before my toes can meet again. Sometimes I can do it and even combine it with another forward swizzle but that's rare. One more thing is that I can't balance on one foot. Like as soon as I lift a foot I feel like I'm gonna tip over towards either the inside or outside edge and I freak out. I can march forward and glide on both feet but can't lift one for more than a second. Do you have any tips for that?
I am so glad you found this video helpful and congrats on getting started out on the ice! I do have a whole playlist of beginner skating tutorials, I have one just for one foot glides!
Well then at least you won’t get stuck down there. 😆. I’ve got some stretch tutorials coming up though so stay tuned and perhaps you will be able to do the splits soon.
Hi, I am having trouble with these, at the end of the movement I'm loosing my balance - as I am touching the ice with the toe pick while finishing the movement.. To me it seems my weight is too much in front but duno why. Could it be that my blades aren't flat - they are my mum 1960s :-)
Well, you actually don’t want your blades to be flat, figure skate blades should have a curve going under the ball of the foot up to the toe pick. This curve is called the rocker. This is super important for jumping and spinning. Most likely you. Just need to get used to standing a little farther back on your blade, nearer to the arch of your foot. Good luck!!
Hi, tx, finally I have worked it out -once I've found the place. I was leaning too forward. For me it is rather very still position with the weight rather at the lateral arch-almost bellow the ankle - than boll of the foot and not as much of bending knee exercise (as I thought from you movie) than inside thigh and surae muscles. If I find the place it qoes easily.
Loved your video :) When I do backward stroking, i notice that when I lift my foot forward my shoulders kind of crunch forward also a little like I am doing a mini ab crunch. It must have something to do with where my weight is in my blade. Also, it looks like my posture is leaning a little forward like I am sticking my bottom out but I cant seem yet to get comfortable leaning back a little more to become comfortable with my balance on the blade. Any tips for how to get better posture and stop the little ab crunch thing my shoulders are doing when lifting my leg?
Hey! So sorry I didn’t see this before! I am glad you enjoyed the video. Instead of thinking of leaning back, try engaging your core and the muscles between your shoulder blade, to keep your back straight, and then bend in the knees more to help with balance. Skaters often bend in the hips (sticking the butt out) instead of bending at the knees which allows for better posture. Hope that helps!
This video was soo helpful! I used to be too scared to attempt skating backwards. Then I watched this a few times and actually did it! Thank you, please keep the videos coming!
So glad to hear it helped! It always feels so good to finally be able to do a new skating move. 😁
Thanks so much for this video! I am 71 years old and am going to try figure skating again. I wanted to take figure skating lessons when I was young, but my parents could not afford them. I think I can do the Forward Swizzle with practice!
I am 67 and going back. Ice skating makes your bones hard as nails. you will have very tough ankles and knees
Im 50 and I just got so happy you are into it, because you just motivated me more
Backward stroking is where I'm at right now, the struggle is real!! (but I say that about everything 😆) I got my forward crossovers so I'm sure I'll get this too ... eventually! 🤞🏼 Your videos are the best out there 👌🏼
Awe, thanks so much! I am glad you are liking them. Everything in skating takes patience and practice, keep at it and I am sure the backward stroking will come!
Great video......thank you for making this so clear - can't wait to work on my backward skating!
Glad you enjoyed it! Good luck with your skating goals. 😁
Learning the full backward stroke at 3:50 really helped me with my balance when going backwards. Thanks
That’s awesome to hear!
my ice skating teacher did show me how to do backward stroking ages ago but i never felt really confident with it and this video has been so helpful with it
I am so glad you found it helpful!
Your videos are so helpful. I started figure skating again (or lets say trying to) after not having skates on for 42 years. I constantly watch your videos to learn what I am doing wrong. I live in Canada and am taking skating lessons again as this was a sport that I loved but life somehow got in the way. Thank you for your videos.
What a nice tutorial, explanations and demo and all. Thank you.
Thank you! I am glad you liked it.
I love your videos! My daughter and I watch together as we are trying to grow our techniques and you do a great job on breaking out the moves and make them accessible.
Thank you so much! I am glad they are a help. It’s also so fun to hear you are skating with your daughter!
Same here! My daughter and I started ice skating classes and it’s become “our thing” so great that we are sharing a (new) passion. I hope you and your daughter have as much fun as we do!
This video (and couple of other videos from you channel) kept me sane through my lessons. My teacher is good, she always picks the best exercises for the day. But she never explains them so I can really understand how to keep balance or move my arms. I found you channel around a month ago, and it helped me to keep up with my lessons soooo much! Thank you!
I am so glad I can fill in the gaps for you!
Thank you. I literally follow Julia's video learning skating. Will see how far I can go.
You can do it!
Just great I will try next time I am in the rink. Thank you very much.
You are welcome! Let me know how it goes. :)
You very welcome I am sure you will enjoy it.
With everything closed due to the lockdown, and luckily living next to a couple of outdoor rinks, I decided to make this winter the one when I’d learn how to ice skate properly. Your videos have been very useful! I have a gymnastics background, which probably helps, but I’m amazed at how fast I’m getting the hang of it, thanks to your explanations and exercises! Thank you 🤗
Thank you! I skated for the first time in decades this afternoon. I had never really skated much before. Your video is the perfect length and I’m looking forward to trying out new skills. I’m using hockey skates for this season. I’m wary of toe picks because on a high school field trip I tripped over a toe pick and someone skated over my fingers. But I have a dance background, so with the help of TH-cam, I might just get figure skates next year.
We’re in lockdown in Ontario, Canada and the only community recreation activity is outdoor ice skating. No lessons are being given, just 45 min/day/person open ice time with masks on.
Oh my gosh, how horrible about your fingers. I have seen accidents like that (usually with crazy teenagers for some reason 😆). I would encourage you to give toepicks another try though. So much fun to be had once you get the hang of them. I truly look forward to the day that these lockdowns disappear to a part of distant memory.
@@CoachJulia Hi Julia, thank you so much for replying. :-) I passed your channel on to a couple I met while skating.
Given all the restrictions there's not much use for toe picks this season even if I wasn't just getting used to skating. I found out this week that only thing we're allowed to do on ice in Toronto is skate forward in a circle around the rink - no backwards skating, no turns, just skating around the rink (but at least the rinks are still open). I've started to find my balance (thank you dance background!), and am looking forward next year to skates that fit better (especially around the ankles) than plastic hockey skates, and taking some figure skating lessons.
These vids are awesome! I can’t afford lessons so I use these, so far, so good!😊
Thanks! Glad you have found them helpful!
Thank you for the video. Please, do more lessons on ice skating! You explain the movements so well.
Hey, thanks for the comment! I am glad you enjoyed the video. I am working on a basic lesson on spinning so you can keep an eye out for that!
Hi! Thanks for answering. I have problems with backward one foot gliding. Off ice I can run and jump on one foot backwards. But on the ice... I don't know whether it is a problem of balance or a problem of fear. Would you have some suggestions for me?
Often it is a confidence issue, but you can also work on core strength so that it is easier to keep your torso stable over your lower body as you glide, as well as keeping in mind that your weight needs to shift so that you are lined up over your gliding foot. Try lifting through your torso and your free hip so that you are engaging those muscles as well as stacking yourself up over your gliding leg. 🙂
@@CoachJulia Hi! Thank you for your advices. Actually, the exercices you showed (back swizzles, half back swizzles with lifting foot) helped a lot. I feel more confident now when skating backwords. I am really gratefull. Would that be possible for you to make a video on three turns? I skate in a team with more advanced people and the trainer hasn't always the time to explain basic mouvements to me. Thank you in advance.
excellent video coach Julia!
Time Stamps:
0:10 Backward Swizzle
1:23 Posture
2:13 Half Swizzle
3:34 Backward Stroking
4:01Tip: Backward Glide (on one foot to improve balance during stroking)
I am so glad that I found your channel !! Been wanting to try out figure skating for a while now besides me being a stiff and overall not a flexible person !! By watching your videos I now think that I can learn to figure skate regardless my stiffnes !! Thank you for making these videos, keep them on coming.
They're very helpful for sure. They're a blessing. I always have to remember when the swizzle foot lifts off the ice that the toes are pointing down like in ballet.
I've made so much progress ice skating because of you!
I am so glad to hear it!
Coach Julia you make it look so easy 🫣🫣
How does this video have only 60.000 views? You are literally great teaching us how to skate, and it’s free 😳
I’m returning to skating after injury and your videos are helping so much ❤️
sasha King glad I can help!!
Lift you leg through.What good advice. I will try it next time I go skating. Thank you from France.
You are welcome! Glad you enjoyed the video. And hello to you in France!
You’re an awesome teacher! Can you do a tutorial video on backwards one foot glides??
Thanks so much, that is nice of you to say! Have you checked out my Forward skating and backward skating videos yet?
th-cam.com/video/8vaZXbHHQxM/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/L1TSFCZLTMk/w-d-xo.html
Thank you so much!! You are very helpful. Just got my own pair of figure skates
Oh how exciting! What kind of skates did you get?
very grateful for this account:)
i figure skate but roller skating rather than ice skating and i want to learn how to do figures on ice as well. thank you for the helpful videos!
I am glad you enjoy my account! Good Luck!
Please post more videos hun they have helped me so much as a beginner ✨😊
I am definitely working on it! Thanks for letting me know that you have found them helpful! 😊
@@CoachJulia Yes they are beyond! & your welcome!
I love you girl😊 you are amazing. I’ll try all of your tips tomorrow 😊
Thank you! All your videos are so helpful.
Glad you like them!
Good video....lots of good tips. The focus on shifting your head and hip over the weight bearing foot is helpful to me. I am a novice skater and I can skate backwards very well and I love it, but I am doing it exactly opposite of this, putting my weight on the foot that is swiveling rather than on the foot that is gliding. I will need a lot of practice with the technique taught here to break that bad habit. One question: Near the end of the video when you teach the full stroke, you don't explain what is the purpose of lifting that foot before moving on to the next stroke. What is the reason for learning to do that?
It’s fun to learn how to ice skate and your videos help!
I am so glad they are helping!
Love your videos and how you break it down to keep it as simple as possible
I appreciate that!
Thank you very much for a perfect teaching🎉❤❤❤
You are so welcome. Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for this it really helped me get better
Glad it helped
You are very clear and concise
Thanks! Glad you liked the video!
So grateful for your videos! I'm struggling with backward stroking though, and backward one foot glides in general - so wobbly! Should I have my gliding leg straight or bent at the knee? You always look so lovely and relaxed it's hard to tell! Thank you 😊
Very nice explanations in your videos!
Thank you!
Love your videos
this is excellent
@@samjohn7109 thank you!
Excellent video, going to try this out tonight thank you!
Thank you! Would love to hear how it goes.
My coach started backward swizzle with me. Had to run to you to checkout the technique xD
I am glad I could help!
Great videos thank you so much!
Glad you like them!
Good video, it is understandable without English.
Nice video, hope there are more to come.
Thanks Karen! I’ve got lots more on the way!
Excellent video...keep them coming :)
Thank you! I’ve got many more on the way.
@@CoachJulia excellent :)
Great Video!
Thank you Cyndi! It’s fun getting this page started.
Please can you make more ice skating videos ? I’ve become a better skater because of you!
I will be making more as soon as possible! I’ve got a whole list I am planning to make.
Hi, Julia, thanks for the clear and useful explanation. I tried backwards swizzle today with my local coach, and he said I have a weak power and control on my left leg, so it makes my backwards swizzle unbalanced. Do you have any daily off-ice exercise recommendation to strengthen my left leg muscle? Thank you.
Practicing my backwards one foot glides. My main issue is balance of my non dominant foot
I haven't been ice skating because of my bad health so I've been watching your videos do when I go back I won't bee rusty lol
I hope your health improves soon so you can skate again!!
3:09
How is that full swizzle is like eleven? 🤭 It's more like a circle 🤭.
Anyway, I just watched your tutoria, the beginner tutorial, forward swizzle, this video, and the how to stop.
I can't be patient to try that.
Ready to fall again.
Week ago, it was my first time trying to skate, but without proper knowledge at all.
Oh, I missed that fall.
I will try again.
This time with your lesson learnt.
🤭
Really loving your videos!! Having just had my first lesson after ten years, it’s backwards skating I really struggle with, I just don’t seem to go anywhere and it feels so strange 🤣 More practice needed!! Any advice for starting out again as an adult? Thanks again!
Oh my gosh, well really my best advice is just to be patient with yourself. It is never to late to start, or start again. But as we get older, things might take longer to pick up, so I just encourage you to be patient and get lots of practice time.
Thank youuu
You are welcome!!
I just got enough confidence to do a one foot glide forward but it’s was easier backwards and idk why
Hi Coach Julia:) Thanks for your tutorials, Im learning how to figure skate and Ive started on backwards. I can do the backwards swizzle both feet ok but when I do just one, because the ball of the foot part is so slippery I guess, I find myself almost spinning around which I dont want to do. Any tips? Hope that makes sense what Im trying to say. Thanks again for all your videos!
Hi Julia
I find I really speed up when doing the backward stroking and then the c-push part sort of disappears. Any suggestions for slowing the stroking down?Awesome video as they all are :-)
Well, my biggest suggestion is really just to get comfortable with speed. 😆 but honestly, as this skill improves, the c push does to end to become less noticeable so you are probably in the right track n
Please make a Slalom video for beginners, thank you
Noted!
Able to do backwards swizzle, but still aiming for consistent posture. How long does it take to feel more confident about these? I feel nervous about these.
This is amazing! I've never skated before and I am kind of getting a hang of the forward swizzles. You break it down really good, which most TH-camrs fail to do.
But I can't get enough momentum and most of the time I stop before my toes can meet again. Sometimes I can do it and even combine it with another forward swizzle but that's rare. One more thing is that I can't balance on one foot. Like as soon as I lift a foot I feel like I'm gonna tip over towards either the inside or outside edge and I freak out. I can march forward and glide on both feet but can't lift one for more than a second. Do you have any tips for that?
I am so glad you found this video helpful and congrats on getting started out on the ice! I do have a whole playlist of beginner skating tutorials, I have one just for one foot glides!
Nice videos
Thanks.
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I can go down in the splits!!
Well then at least you won’t get stuck down there. 😆. I’ve got some stretch tutorials coming up though so stay tuned and perhaps you will be able to do the splits soon.
Hi, I am having trouble with these, at the end of the movement I'm loosing my balance - as I am touching the ice with the toe pick while finishing the movement.. To me it seems my weight is too much in front but duno why. Could it be that my blades aren't flat - they are my mum 1960s :-)
Well, you actually don’t want your blades to be flat, figure skate blades should have a curve going under the ball of the foot up to the toe pick. This curve is called the rocker. This is super important for jumping and spinning. Most likely you. Just need to get used to standing a little farther back on your blade, nearer to the arch of your foot. Good luck!!
Hi, tx, finally I have worked it out -once I've found the place. I was leaning too forward. For me it is rather very still position with the weight rather at the lateral arch-almost bellow the ankle - than boll of the foot and not as much of bending knee exercise (as I thought from you movie) than inside thigh and surae muscles. If I find the place it qoes easily.
Loved your video :)
When I do backward stroking, i notice that when I lift my foot forward my shoulders kind of crunch forward also a little like I am doing a mini ab crunch. It must have something to do with where my weight is in my blade. Also, it looks like my posture is leaning a little forward like I am sticking my bottom out but I cant seem yet to get comfortable leaning back a little more to become comfortable with my balance on the blade. Any tips for how to get better posture and stop the little ab crunch thing my shoulders are doing when lifting my leg?
Hey! So sorry I didn’t see this before! I am glad you enjoyed the video. Instead of thinking of leaning back, try engaging your core and the muscles between your shoulder blade, to keep your back straight, and then bend in the knees more to help with balance. Skaters often bend in the hips (sticking the butt out) instead of bending at the knees which allows for better posture. Hope that helps!
@@CoachJulia oh, ok that makes sense!! Thanks!!
what kind of skates do you have?
I wear custom Harlicks with an MK Gold Star Revolution blade.
@@CoachJulia thanks for your answer. maybe my next skates. I just got freestyle boots and Aspire blades
03:36
pairs of skates shoes are so expensive in my country:(
That’s to bad. Maybe order some? These are the ones I recommend if you are starting out... amzn.to/3auPOJx
Weird thing, I've always found backwards slizzle(?) much harder than half slizzle(?) //ーつー//
Yeah, some people do! Probably because with a whole swizzle you don’t have either of your feet directly under you.
@@CoachJulia oh, That makes sense! I'll be more careful about that from now on!