Skating question?

Question

im having trouble landing my axel. what is the proper way of landing one. if theres a youtube vid of one in slomo plz send it to me. thnx!!!

Answer 1

heres a few you tube videos with some key points to remember but i think buttons has it right on with things to remember!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RCjPGzEn...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hw1bYP0f...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l50XoBqC6...

Answer 2

Here's the Axel described :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RCjPGzEn...

Answer 3

An Axel takes off on a forward edge. Start on the left forward outside edge, rotates one and a half turns an the air and lands on the back outside edge.

Answer 4

If u like school and math there is a mathematical equation for it! You skate that cool! I used to skate! I love it! I might pick up on it again soon!  I watched the couples world championship yesterday on tv! It was great! Canada was my favorite!

Answer 5

i helped somebody on a previous question about axels....heres what i said "this jump is reliant on muscle memory. you need to do it thousands of times in practice before you will land it. it takes most up to a year to learn it and even then it may not be consistant. the best thing is to just 'do it' and not over think it although there is so much to be thinking about. work on it in parts...the entrance, the take off, pulling in tight (practice doing a waltz into a backspin as quick as you can) and last but not least, checking out. watch your arms/shoulder positions and try not to twist. take off straight out and up and then begin rotating in the air (not on the ice).

throwing yourself into the air is a scary thing. ask your coach to use a harneess with you, then you wont have to worry about falling onto the ice. also being video taped will help you figure out whats going wrong in the jump. if you can do it on the ground...the idea is that you should be able to do it on the ice even though it is different. but thats what they say. practice on the ground as much as you can..the more comfortable you are with it on the ground the more you will be comfortable with it on ice"

i hope this can help you too! she said she was able to land it the  very next day!!

Good luck!!

Answer 6

I've only started Axel Exercises: Waltz Jump to backspin......... but here is a Video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neHWadV7i...

Answer 7

feet forward, arms back.