Skate jumps
Category: Agility
15m (Or 8-12 reps on the spot)
- Soft bend at knees and hips
- Knees stacked over ankle
- Absorb each landing from the ball of the foot to the heel
- Hips stay square/level
- Arm opposite to the standing leg should be in front, acting as a counter-balance
- When jumping from one leg to the other, swing arms from the shoulder to switch their positions
- Knee collapsing inward at takeoff and/or landing
- Cue "Drive knee out towards pinky toe"
- Cue “Squeeze glutes”
- Straight, locked knee
- Cue “Soft knee bend”
- Cue “Sit back slightly”
- Not fully absorbing landing back to heels
- Cue “Land softly and quietly”
- Free leg reaching behind standing leg
- Cue “Hips face forward”
- Cue “Avoid crossing behind”
- Arm is forward from same side as standing leg
- Cue “Think of using your arm as a counter-balance”
- Knee control
- Reinforces soft landing technique
- Weight transfer from one leg to the other
- Develops arm/leg coordination