How to ice skate: Spiral positions: Spiral positions help/tips/breakdown

[IAMLOVABLE2001]

nice accent i luv it thumbs up if u agree

[XxDressagex]

I love the Y spiral! I do it in the last hour of every practice and people are like :O

[ImmaAmazing]

How are you so flexible??????

[ch9707]

Hi, I have been watching your videos and I find them really helpful, you are such a great skater! I have been skating for almost 5 months and am doing my bronze but I have been practising my one foot spin as well. I find it so difficult , I can't even stay on the correct part of the blade, how long does it usually take to get the one foot spin? Should I be worried I haven't improved yet? Do you think an off ice spinner would help? I'm really worried this will hold me back , it's like me everes

[iamawesome3121]

@ch9707 I am working on a one foot spin as well. The trick is to practice just spinning on two feet first, then as you're bringing the arms in, lift your leg up to your shin. The quicker you bring your arms in, the longer you will spin. Finally, land.

[diver3star]

you are so great

amazing......

^_^

[BloodyHell379]

ur Australian??? omg i thought u were british lolll

[Gina10179202]

@BloodyHell379 I am British! I moved to Australia a few months ago. :)

[xxxglamourbabexx]

@Gina10179202 no way! For good? :O

[Gina10179202]

@xxxglamourbabexx For a couple years at least, but I might go somewhere else after that for university. :)

[cammyj3]

iight kwl kwll...

[cammyj3]

aaahhh i went to australia last yer..really nice.. reminded me alot of south afrika just without the crime. wer did u go wen u went t afrika georgie??

[Gina10179202]

@cammyj3 I went to Cape Town.

[cammyj3]

u shuld come nottingham ice rink sometym. we have a skate off.... figure skating v ice hockey! :)

[Gina10179202]

@cammyj3 That would be lovely, except I live in Australia.

[cammyj3]

eyy dats wonderful den babes... u skate..i skate.. i think ths is fate hey :) haha..

[Gina10179202]

@cammyj3 If you say so. :)

[cammyj3]

heyyy ughh do u have a boyfriend ?! :b

[Gina10179202]

@cammyj3 No. :)

[foxeybingo]

thanks so much for this i started skating today and i couldnt really stand up but like five mins later mi leg was at my hips and i wanna go in to ice skating more so i can do the spiral so thnxs for tips

[josymusic]

wow! How long have you been skating?

Becouse you re a truly awsome skater!!!

I m impressed and thankx for the tips....

x

[bbj5678]

I have a question. uhhh...... Do you HAVE to be able to do a split to do those?????  Plz answer me back!!!

:)

[skatelate2000]

oh not at all. as long as you can get it at hip hight you can do a basic spiral. for the charlot spiral you need to be able to do a split. this is my signature move

[italianjen29]

Usually, otherwise you won't really be able to get your leg up high.

[Gina10179202]

Nope, a split isn't necessary to do a spiral. As skatelate2000 said, a spiral will count if it reaches your hip or higher. Being able to do a split will make your spirals much better, and will make things such as charlotte spirals easier.

[kermittherabbit]

whats this number 10179202 in your name, is it your spiral count til now or is it your phone number???

ps: you look like an angel, its so hard to concentrating on what you re saying when looking at your hypnotizing eyes...

[Gina10179202]

Well thank you, I'm flattered. 10179202 is a completely random number, actually.

[gr8rsktr42]

my coach calls the birdcage spiral a chinese spiral...

[sayomsskiver]

It's usually called A cross-grab Bielmann or just cross Bielmann, but bird cage is cool. The last one, I dunno either, I call it the cross upright.

[ItsEmmalicious]

the bird cage spiral i was always taught was called a oppisite hand catch foot but i like bird cage better :) the y spiral & other spiral like the y spiral are both side catch spirals

your spirals are soo good! im horrible at spirals lol

[Gina10179202]

Thanks!

[abharo11]

wow just WOW! 0:30 =O

[Gina10179202]

lol, thank you.

[jonassearcher3708]

you have like a sasha cohen move right there

[lucylikeslollies]

isnt there a spiral called a fan spiral or something? sasha cohen does them, id love to learn how to do one lol

[Gina10179202]

Yep, there is.

[lucylikeslollies]

I can do the splits- finally- but i still cant do a y-spiral so have you got any tips i could use because i really want to be able to do the spiral. oh and thankyou for the splits tips on your other video because now i can do the splits :)

[Gina10179202]

All the tips are in the video. :)

[Ouranlover8]

Call spirals "Zweef" (lit. "Float"). And the captured spiral we call "Haak" (lit. "Hook") 'cause be grap our blade ^^ And the captured spiral with opposite arm we call that "Gekruiste Haak" (lit. "Crossed Hook").

[acofeniks]

how long you train ice skating

[Gina10179202]

2 years. :)

[xxaiidaxx]

youre good at balancing.. and youre so flexible haha... i didnt even know some of those spirals lol thanks :)

[Gina10179202]

You're welcome!

[road2gold]

it's call a charlotte because charlotte something invented it. "bird cage spiral" is actually called a cross foot catch foot (that's whta my coach calls it, i'm sures there's other names) the one that kinda looks like a y-spiral is calld a fan-spiral (it kinda looks like a fan openning when your on a back outside edge). there's also an open fan spiral where you do a y-spiral with your leg in front of you and without your hands holding on your boot.

[Gina10179202]

Thank you for that information!

[HabboDJScarlett]

Well , Im thinking Doing Sprials With My iPod In Walmart When We Shop Pays Off , I ALMOST Have a Split in The Sprial , Its awesome (:

[antblack1903]

please could you do a vid on a beillmann spin? thnx

[Gina10179202]

I'm sorry, but I don't think my technique for the beillmann is solid enough to do a help video on it yet. I've only taught myself that spin, so my technique probably isn't that good.

[SexySiberian]

Thanks. You're very flexible. Did you ever have to do strength training for your balancing leg?

[Gina10179202]

Yeah, I did quite a lot of strength training. The free leg also requires a lot of strength because, once the boot is on, it's quite difficult to lift up and hold there (especially when your legs are as long as mine!)

[SexySiberian]

What kind of strength training did you do for your legs? Weights? Or just balancing a lot?

[Gina10179202]

I definitely did a lot of balance work, but I also did leg lifts with weights on my ankles.

[GlitteringGirl65]

Hi there.

The Charlotte Spiral is named after the skater who invented it. Charlotte was a famous skater, even before Sonja Henie's time who made the move famous.

[Sk8rlayday]

ur so flexible people say that my spirals r like yours but i dont thin so ur amazing

[Gina10179202]

Thanks!

[fastandflexiblesk8er]

I love your hair like that, and your new beginning for your video!

[Gina10179202]

Thanks! My hair is naturally curly, I just didn't straighten it properly for this vid. :P

[arina152]

georgie, can you make a help video for the split jump?

[Gina10179202]

I'm afraid I've never done a split jump, so I won't be much help. :P

[arina152]

oh haha, that's alright. thanks anyways.

[SpiralGirl17]

I love the little beginning bit :) Ooh we have the same problem though - slightly bent knees on a clasic spiral. It's incredibly hard to get straight....

[Gina10179202]

LOL, yeah. I actually bought the pants that I'm wearing in this video to help that, because they have straight lines down them, so my coach can see that my leg is bent when those lines aren't straight. :P

[SpiralGirl17]

haha really? I also wear black pants (erm I think I mean trousers :P) with a purple line down the side. I've never really thought that the stripe would highlight the bent knee but maybe that's why I've noticed it. Thanks!

[pointeskatecybunny]

Thank you, this really helps:)

I love the beginning of the new vids:)

[Gina10179202]

Thanks!

[hackeem]

your hot marry me LOL =p jkjkjk but seriuously hhaha jk jk

[Gina10179202]

haha, well, marriage isn't on my agenda right now. :P But thanks.

[hackeem]

well its gonna be ur agenda later..and when that happens i am here for you..heheh

[lovergfs4ever]

very nice! =)

btw, wt's clap waltz?

[Gina10179202]

A clap waltz is when you do a waltz jump, and while you are in the air, you clap the insides of your boots together.

[iv4etoK]

that sounds hard :D i guess you would need to practice this off ice too in order to do it right

[nightfairy12]

cool intro!!

[Gina10179202]

Thanks!

[I7emon]

Called a charlotte spiral because the girl who made this up was called charlotte hah :p

[Gina10179202]

:D lol, possibly!

[bob327699]

What kind of routine do you go through to keep yourself limber?

[Gina10179202]

Most days I tend to do all the basic stretches, stretch my splits, and practice these spiral positions. I don't do as much as some people, but it seems to work.

[iv4etoK]

on your previuos videos the list said that the simple/complex footwork video was next...is it changing somehow or....

[Gina10179202]

Sometimes I deviate from the order slightly if I have the skating clips for one video and not the other. I have recorded the instructions for the footwork video/1 footed spin video, but as I don't have clips of me doing these things, I'll need to wait until I get back from the rink tomorrow (when I will record the skating) in order to put the actual video together.

[iv4etoK]

thanks :) not that i'm in a hurry or something. We don't have a rink anymore so :( :( :(

[Gina10179202]

Aw, that really sucks. I'm sorry. :(

[acofeniks]

cooool

[Gina10179202]

Thanks.