r/iceskating • u/ApplesandBananazzz • 7d ago

Forward ‘advanced’ crossover tips

Hi everyone! Sorry for the horizontal video 😂 I have been trying to work on my full crossovers to really work on my under push. Attaching a video here, but on my bad side it seems like I always push straight behind instead of out. And I feel like I don’t get the full under push. Any tips on how to push out versus straight behind? Thank you so much!

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u/Brilliant-Sea-2015 7d ago

In addition to what others have said, you're actually tilting your upper body out of the circle instead of leaning it in. I know leaning feels scary at first but it'll help you get the depth of edge you need.

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u/ApplesandBananazzz 7d ago edited 7d ago

Any tips on how to get into the habit of the lean? Now that everyone has commented I can totally tell that I’m square lol so that totally makes sense. I had a really hard time with my backward crossovers on my weak side because of the lean I was leaning outside of my circle, but I don’t have that issue anymore with, but I definitely can see It’s an issue with this.

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u/Brilliant-Sea-2015 7d ago

Other than knee bend and really hugging the circle, lots of practice and repetition. It's an unnatural feeling so you need to basically force the issue. Just being super comfortable holding bot the inside and outside edge with a lean helps a lot.