To continue the spiral journey, let’s check back in with
@gaellevanengelant from
@teamphoenix_belgium to learn how to do a changing position spiral on the ice. In case you missed it… check out last weeks reel where Gaëlle and her teammates shared some great off ice exercises! 🇧🇪⛸🤩
On Ice:
First practice without changing positions so you get the feeling of holding the spiral in a line.
Once you fell confident in your spiral, start by trying the change of position in couples. Start on an inside edge and change to outside. Before changing position the second skater follows the first skater. When changing position the arms must change at the same time. The edge after changing position is different depending your position in the line. The first skater has a slightly larger curve than the last skater, but most importantly each skater follows their own track so that the skaters can hold their line after the change of position.
Once you get the feeling, try in lines of 4 and with or witho...