from How To Inline Skate on 9 Jan 2017
* Freestyle Ice Skating: 180, 360, 540 Tutorial
** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRgD9-KI87Q
* Ice Skating: Long Jump Contest
** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mncOHDNe9E
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Six Jump Exercises (180°, 360°, High, Far, Etc..)
In this video I’ll present six differen jump exercies. I do them here with ice hockey skates on a frozen lake but on rollerblades they work just as well.
1) 180 Degrees
Try to do it both ways. Clockwise and counter clockwise.
2) Backward 180 Degrees
Backward is a little bit more difficult. Both in terms of balance and timing.
3) 360 Degrees
Hmmp … I’m still working on this one. See a link to a proper tutorial in the description below.
4) One-leg
As with the 180, try to do it both ways. You should be able jump with your right leg and with your left leg.
5) High Jump
Six soda cans amount to 70 centimeters, and I’m happy I managed to jump over these so easily. I’d like to try even higher but they keep blowing over. These are empty cans with some stones and melted wax inside to add weight. Obviously more weight is needed to prevent them from blowing over. Next time I will fill them with water and that shall do the trick.
6) Long Jump
Technically, the long jump is similar to the high jump. Jump straight up. The higher you jump the longer you’re airborne, and the the higher the speed, the further you’ll travel before you hit the ice.
Sad to say, I failed to jump 3 meters. Be aware that landing on a t-shirt, like I do here, may cause you to slip, so you may think of a better way.
My longest jump was a meager 2.5 meters. In the description below I link to a video where some excellent freestyle ice skaters jump twice as far as I do.
But I’m optimistic. I will improve, and I think working on my sprint is the way to go. As my speed increases I will be able to jump at least 3, or hopefully 4, meters.
If you have tips to other jump exercises, or how to improve these that you just watched , then please let us know in the comments.