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- Feb 13, 2012
Hi!
So I landed my axel last summer for the first time, after just over a year of off-ice training to build up to landing my axel. Thing is, my 'axel' was from stand still off of a line in the ice, and underrotated. Now I'm trying to focus on landing it from backward crosscuts and doing it with speed, i'm having alot of trouble getting speed but I can't seem to get the edge I need. Usually off ice I will do two hops and then pop up into the air, which lead to inconsistently landing it on ice. My best attempts now from backward crosscuts but coming to almost a stand still and just cheating the jump.
My question is, is there any tips on how I could get better speed, more height (will help with the underrotating.. i'm about 2cm off the ground) and more consistent (as much as I work on it off-ice... i get the feeling that doing it off ice kinda killed learning to get that edge)
So I landed my axel last summer for the first time, after just over a year of off-ice training to build up to landing my axel. Thing is, my 'axel' was from stand still off of a line in the ice, and underrotated. Now I'm trying to focus on landing it from backward crosscuts and doing it with speed, i'm having alot of trouble getting speed but I can't seem to get the edge I need. Usually off ice I will do two hops and then pop up into the air, which lead to inconsistently landing it on ice. My best attempts now from backward crosscuts but coming to almost a stand still and just cheating the jump.
My question is, is there any tips on how I could get better speed, more height (will help with the underrotating.. i'm about 2cm off the ground) and more consistent (as much as I work on it off-ice... i get the feeling that doing it off ice kinda killed learning to get that edge)