Forward Crossovers: Video lesson Instructions
Forward Crossovers Video mini lesson by Instructor Team Leader Alan Noble.
A video mini lesson showing the technique of the forward crossover. An important note on technique: a good way to test your technique on forward crossovers is to skate a circle slowly while listening to your pushes. The more powerful the push, the louder the push will sound, so naturally practice this until both pushes sound exactly the same in terms of loudness and duration of the push. When done correctly the stride push and the x-push generate exactly the same power.
The first thing of importance are the edges. To have strong edges, is to make sure they are under 45 degrees angle to the ice.
The second X-push is more difficult, because it is often not practiced enough. It is unnatural.
In order order to have a good balance, you have to lean your upper body out of the circle. A lot of people believe, if you lean you entire body in you'll have stronger edges, but as we mentioned earlier, strong edges are from your ankles, leaning those ankles on a 45 degree angle.
To get balance you have to counter-lean and lean your upper body out. The lower body is already in, now you have to balance this out. And the way to do this is by kipping your shoulders leveled to the ice. Lift your inside shoulder up. If you're doing good job, then you inside shoulder will be slightly higher then the outside shoulder.
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