Hi there,
I am an adult skater for more than 15 years. I can do all spins except a good camel. The problem is feet tend to come to the side when I got into the hook. I can do a spiral position without any problem, but I don't get the holding of that position in the spin. Some coaches teach going into the spin with left arm in front, some said you need to change the arm before going into the spin ( right arm in front ). I then tend to concentrate too much on the arms and not sure where my leg is. Some said hips need to be stacked, is this correct? My problem number one my free foot tend to flow to the side and not at the back. Also, My spin tend to be slow and also the camel position seem to be not parallel to the ice. I just don't get the camel spin. Where are the speed and momentum coming from to keep the camel going?
Also I can't do a back camel... there is no speed at all, because I don't know where the momentum is coming from to generate that speed that makes the back camel going.
Thanks so much for all help..
Peter
I am an adult skater for more than 15 years. I can do all spins except a good camel. The problem is feet tend to come to the side when I got into the hook. I can do a spiral position without any problem, but I don't get the holding of that position in the spin. Some coaches teach going into the spin with left arm in front, some said you need to change the arm before going into the spin ( right arm in front ). I then tend to concentrate too much on the arms and not sure where my leg is. Some said hips need to be stacked, is this correct? My problem number one my free foot tend to flow to the side and not at the back. Also, My spin tend to be slow and also the camel position seem to be not parallel to the ice. I just don't get the camel spin. Where are the speed and momentum coming from to keep the camel going?
Also I can't do a back camel... there is no speed at all, because I don't know where the momentum is coming from to generate that speed that makes the back camel going.
Thanks so much for all help..
Peter