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- Jun 27, 2018
Hi all and sorry for yet another axel help post lol.
I was wondering if anyone had any tips and advise to help me correct my axel technique.
At the minute, my jump is mostly 1/4 UR (sometimes a 1/2 on a bad jump) and although this may count if I manage to land it my technique is nothing short of abysmal.
My two main problems are:
1) My hips go back when I jump, so i kinda look like I jump with my butt out and my body forwards. This doesnt happen on my off ice axels, nor does it happen on any other jumps. My coach and I have been trying to fix it, but no matter how many times I get told to keep my hips under me I can't seem to control it.
2) I can't cross my legs. I can do it fine off ice, but on ice my legs are parallel to eachother instead of crossed. My coach says if I sort problem number 1 out, this problem will mostly fix itself.
I can do axels off ice and practice them regularly, as well as practice waltz-loop and waltz-backspin, backspin-loop, and back twizzles on a circle exercise. I don't seem to have this issue with any of the exercises.
Does anyone have any tips on how to fix this?
(Also, I know its difficult to give advice without a video but my rink has a ban on phones in busy sessions so unfortunately I couldn't take one)
I was wondering if anyone had any tips and advise to help me correct my axel technique.
At the minute, my jump is mostly 1/4 UR (sometimes a 1/2 on a bad jump) and although this may count if I manage to land it my technique is nothing short of abysmal.
My two main problems are:
1) My hips go back when I jump, so i kinda look like I jump with my butt out and my body forwards. This doesnt happen on my off ice axels, nor does it happen on any other jumps. My coach and I have been trying to fix it, but no matter how many times I get told to keep my hips under me I can't seem to control it.
2) I can't cross my legs. I can do it fine off ice, but on ice my legs are parallel to eachother instead of crossed. My coach says if I sort problem number 1 out, this problem will mostly fix itself.
I can do axels off ice and practice them regularly, as well as practice waltz-loop and waltz-backspin, backspin-loop, and back twizzles on a circle exercise. I don't seem to have this issue with any of the exercises.
Does anyone have any tips on how to fix this?
(Also, I know its difficult to give advice without a video but my rink has a ban on phones in busy sessions so unfortunately I couldn't take one)