Figure Skating Spiral

[anne91276]

Very elegant! I think your daughter is such an exceptional figure skater!

[hoverkrazy]

@anne91276 Thank you for the kind words!

[CamOfficialMusic]

her spirals are like sasha cohen's!

[purplepixiepower]

omg i wish i had her spiral!!

[CrustofCreation]

Beautiful position!

[kamwrites]

Sasha Cohen eat your heart out!

[EmmikaYU]

how to do it?

Bunny hop

when i kicking my right leg my left leg keep moving backward

answer please

[jfluter]

@EmmikaYU I just started learning these, so I'll try to explain it. You have to use both toe picks. In terms of the leg motion, you start on one foot (such as a one foot glide), and kick through using a swinging/stepping motion (think of going up some step) with the free leg. This motion should cause you to go on your toe pick on your skating leg. However, it doesn't have to be super far forward. About a split second later, the toe pick from your free leg should touch the ice.

[jfluter]

@EmmikaYU With that in mind, you sorta hop from the toepick of the original skating leg, to the other leg that just hit the ice. With the leg that just hit the ice, you actually "hop" off of that foot, so that you are temporarily airbourne (yay!), and then land on the flat of the blade of the opposite foot. Basically, it sorta looks like a skip, with the extra thought of landing back onto the skating leg. Arm wise, it's an "opposite arm/opposite leg" idea.

[jfluter]

@EmmikaYU So, if you're starting with your left leg as the skating leg, you will have your right arm in front. As you kick through, you switch the position (right leg will be in front, so left arm is out, right is behind). Then, you switch them BACK to the original position when you land on the original free leg. The momentum of the arms and getting a decent "hop" off the legs should prevent you from moving backwards. Keeping the knees bent helps as well. I hope this helps.

[kamwrites]

@EmmikaYU Push off with your left toe when jumping to your right toe. I teach my students to hop over the hockey lines. Skate with your left to the line, hop over it onto your right toe, push off on your left. The push off your left toe is more important than your swing-through.

[Jessicanofear]

That is an absolutley positvley fantastic spiral!!! you have the sasha cohen spiral!!! i love your dress and good job :D :D



[lovemycatcyrus]

bunny hops??

[hoverkrazy]

@lovemycatcyrus yes, bunny hops. She was skating ISI FS1 at the time.

[chapstickgurl1]

AMAZING spiral! how did she get it so high?

[figuresk8r1217dawsme]

wow, thats an amazing spiral

[jmpotterfan]

Wow! This is amazing!!! Her flexibility is AMAZING!

[limegreengirl1299]

that was an awesome spiral!! just wondering, what level was she competing at when the video was taken? im just interested because she looks awesome!!

[hoverkrazy]

@limegreengirl1299 Thanks. She was competing at ISI FS1 when this was taken.

[tutledupp]

Beautiful!

[briggyjudith]

Oh my gosh that was AMAZING!!

[iluvtoiceskate]

Good job!! :) don't listen to these people,it was beyond "EXCELLENT" keep up the good work :-)

[sherpanen]

Exellent! :) Great job!

[xNEONlOSERx]

The next caroline zhang..... This girl is one of my inspirations right now..(:

[x3fiigureSKATING]

..mine used to be like that until i got new skates && blades with a bigassss toepick and faceplanted on my first try..

[strawberrykiwi20a]

It's a mini Sasha Cohen!

How can people stay so balanced on spirals? I can only do mine backwards because i trip over my toe pick if i go forwards....

[AviyaFowler]

@strawberrykiwi20a Try to balance on the back of your skating foot when your doing a forwards spiral.

I'm not an expert but that's kinda what I do :P

[99skatingstar]

what rink does she go to?

[acadig123456789]

great spiral

[cmabuldit]

wow shes really good at her spirals! great job!

[camster19010]

wow thats amazing!! how do you get the spiral so high?

[abharo11]

Oh my goodness. O.O

[AviyaFowler]

One word. AMAZING.

[Tinkerbird]

HOLY CROW!!! That was an a amazing spiral!!

[iceskaterlondy12]

wow amaizing that must take sooo much stretching !v

[waddleduckie1]

Wow, That is a spiral as good as Sasha's! Very nice and dazzling spiral!!!

[TheFigrsk8er]

really good!

[IceSkatingMadi]

WOW!!!!!!

[ericaemily98]

wow that was an amazing airplane i cant do that and i do alot of figure skating and i strech alot

[AviyaFowler]

Lmao! Airplane? xD

[SofijaDot]

aw she's adorable!

she'll go far with a spiral like that.

[CompleteRandomness22]

oh m gosh! she is so flexible!!!!

[hereisMEGAN]

WOW that spiral is amazing!!! I wish mine was that good. btw, what song is this? :)

[hoverkrazy]

Thank you. The song is Kokomo by the Beach Boys.

[IceSkatingMadi]

OMG are u serious??? that is a stunnning spiral for that age!!! she should be so proud of her self!!

[ilovfigurs8ing]

i have a dress just like that

[WhiteCargo]

aha! WOW

[YESSITSANGELA]

gosh..... that is like almost UPRIGHT :]

[jaypz10]

How old is she?....WONDERFUL EXTENSION...what kind of training does she do for flexibility?

[hoverkrazy]

She was 7 when this video was taken last year. She just stretches by pulling her legs up beside her torso, splits and curling her back until she touches the ground behind her.

[DiamondsOnIce]

Totally beautiful!

[magazinely]

i skated there!

[GoFigureSkating]

Nice extension!

[fadstar14]

She will probably have a bright future, but only if she continues to push herself like shes doing now, and maybe push herself a little bit harder when shes in her early teens, then she may be the next Sasha, but we never know what might happen so we'll just have to wait and see....

[2lilmermaids]

and i thought i had agood one

[hoverkrazy]

I watched yours and indeed, it is good!

[2lilmermaids]

thanks thats really nice

[niknvik]

she's amazing i'll subscibe you!

[jnskateva]

Beautiful spiral - great for a 7 yr old! I was inspired by Michelle Kwan's spiral but I haven't gotten there (yet!).

[jmburry]

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL ARABESQUE on that Spiral! I bet she's getting a Biellman pretty soon!

[YuNaKimIsNumbr1]

that's awesome!!!!! sasha spiral!

[ebbysmebby]

wat level btw How did she get her spiral like that its beautiful!

[hoverkrazy]

This video was taken when she was skating at level ISI Freestyle 1. She is now FS5. How did she get her spiral like that? She watched Michelle Kwan and Sasha Cohen skate on TV and wanted to try to get her spirals to look as beautiful as theirs. She's still got a long way to go, but doing great for a 7 year old. Everybody, thanks for the wonderful comments.

[callumleach]

she will be amazing when shes older

xxxxx

[everythingrocksgirl]

WOW

[2lilmermaids]

holy moly =D

[sammywright07]

woah, thats incredible! how old is she?  x

[hoverkrazy]

Thank you. She is 7 years old.

[J0Br0mANce94]

wow!

thats so beautiful@

wish i could do that!

[Figask8aforlyf]

OMG that is sooo good!

[ravflooring]

Nice Spiral! That is incredibly good!

[LanaFan]

Her spirals are beautiful no no no abasalutly stunning!!!

[EmoSkate4Eva]

omg thats sooo good!

[Iceandbladez]

WOW ! Her spiral is like Sasha Cohen ! My leg looks like that, but the left leg :D

[Sumeow]

i wish my spiral is like that o.o

[IchigoChibby]

holy crow shes really good !!

[Skittl1321]

Amazing!

[mayamishal]

OMG.

[Emma7639]

that's one insane spiral for such a little girl!

[camiheartzacnskating]

It's soooooo beautiful.

[LutzGoSkate]

Woooow.