What will I learn next?

Question

I have been skating recreationally for a long time and just started 15 minute private lessons every week. I am working on forward and backward swizzles and wiggles, which I have down, one-foot hockey stop, and stroking. In a list, could you give me what I will learn next up until... maybe an axel? I know that it'll be a long list, but I would really like to know so I could search the internet about it so I have an idea of what the move is before I learn it in my lesson. It would help me sooo much! Thanks!

Answer 1

well you're not going to start your axel for about a year, to the minimum of nine months. so the order is:

crossovers

edges

three turns

lunge

bunny hop

power pulls

spiral

then jumps, according to your coach

Answer 2

how to fall

rocking horse

skating backwards

reg. spin

1 foot spin

edges

forward crossovers

3 turn

lunge

shoot the duck

spiral

backward crossovers

inside edge

outside edge

bunny hop.

waltz jump

toe loop

half flip

salchow

loop prep

flip prep

half lutz

loop

flip

lutz prep

lutz

axel!!!

it will take about a year to master this stuff

so dont be too anxious and push yourself too hard.  it might not be in the right order but thats mostly what you normally learn!!!! have fun skating!!!!!

Answer 3

crossovers, backward crossovers, 3 turn, mohawk, 1 foot glide,spirals on a straidgt edge, curved and backwards, waltz jump, sol chow, toe loop, loop, half flip, flip, 2 foot spin, 1 foot spin, forwards and backwards pivot, scratch spin, sit spin.

That is all i can think of. If i halped pick me as ur beat answer pleez.

Answer 4

Yeah, you are not ready for an axel for a while.....at the min. 10 months.  You have to master everything from a waltz jump-lutz jump before you will be able to get close to an axel.  I don't have a list because each coach does it different.  If you are on swizzles and stuff, you still have to learn all of your 1/2 revolution jumps.  Sorry to sound harsh, but you are no where close to an axel.

Answer 5

Beginner 1 (Pre-Alpha equivalent)  

Two foot glide

One-foot glide/ right foot/ left foot

Forward Swizzle

Backward Wiggle

Backward Swizzle

Forward Pumps



  

Beginner 2 (Alpha equivalent)  

Forward Stroking

Forward Crossovers     left over right

Forward Crossovers     right over left

One foot snowplow stop

Two foot turn



  

Beginner 3 (Beta equivalent)  

Backward Crossovers     right over left

Backward Crossovers     left over right

Backward Stroking

Right T-Stop

Left T-Stop

Introduction to Forward Edges



  

Intermediate 1 (Gamma equivalent)  

Left Forward Outside 3-Turn

Right Forward Outside 3-Turn

Left Forward Inside Mohawk

Right Forward Inside Mohawk

Hockey Stop

Introduction to Backward Edges



  

Intermediate 2 (Delta equivalent)  

Left Forward Inside 3-Turn

Right Forward Inside 3-Turn

Forward Outside Edges

Forward Inside Edges

Lunge or Shoot the Duck

One-half Flip



  

Intermediate 3 (Freestyle 1 equivalent)  

Backward outside edges

Backward inside edges

Two-foot spin

Forward spiral

Forward inside pivot

Waltz jump



  

Advanced 1 (Freestyle 2 equivalent)  

Forward outside spirals

Forward inside spirals

One-half lutz

One-half Toe Walley

One foot spin

Ballet jump



  

Advanced 2 (Freestyle 3 equivalent)  

Backward outside pivot

Change foot spin

Backward spiral

Salchow jump

Toe Loop jump

Backward outside three turns



  

Advanced 3 (Freestyle 4 equivalent)  

Flip jump

Loop jump

Sit spin

One-half loop jump

Backward inside three-turns

Backward inside spirals

Backward outside spirals



  

Advanced 4 (Freestyle 5 equivalent)  

Lutz jump

Axel jump

Back scratch spin

Combination spin

Forward Choctaw     outside/inside

Forward Bracket     outside/inside

Answer 6

Ah, so your wiggles are doing fine so quickly eeh? Nice, it took me about 2-3 weeks to learn them. However, the easy basic stuff can be learned real fast. The higher the difficulty of a figure, it seems to be usually you need much more time and practise to learn them.

The Axel isn't a petty jump, it's the fine divisory line between those that move up to doubles and harder and those that stay as single jumpers forever for whatever reason.

I still can't land it with consistency on the ice but I do the jump very well on the floor and I've been working on it for like 5 years (though half of that time I've only skated a handful of times during some of those years). I find doubles to be easier to do for some odd reason.

The basic figures (spirals, lunges, shoot the duck, etc..) have already been stated very well here. You will need to have good edges (swingroles are a nice exercise that aren't requested on tests but it's very good to learn them). The Moves in the field tests feature a good list of most steps to you have to learn before even imagining to land a clean Axel. Look for the MITF requirements of the first 3 levels here:

http://www.usfsa.org/membernews.asp?id=2...

Not expected to master all 8 forms of them (with few exceptions, nearly all steps in the sport are done in 8 different ways), but you will at least need to do some of the 3-turns and mohawks which are the standard steps in the lower levels.

You need a 1 foot spin, sit spin, camel spin, the beginning of a layback spin, upright back spin, back sit spin and a change of foot on the uprigt spin with 5 revs.

Learning the back upright spin is essential to the Axel because it emulates the way the jump feels but touching the ground.

And even if you will be able to do these things (1 year is doable for most of this stuff), your skating will not look polished until you've been skating for at least 3 years; so in essence, good to work with the basics and push your level up while you can move up fast (and basically be as knowledgeable about the technical things in the sport because d**n, there's so many skaters that don't even know they are actually doing a choctaw, I just want to smash my head against a wall sometimes), but if you rush things too fast, you could get bad habits and they are really hard to get rid of.

Answer 7

depending on if your doing ISI or USFSA you will follow the levels until the end of freeskate 6, then you will learn your axel,

Ask your coach if you could look at the next few levels and what they contain so you can look them up and 'prelearn' them. which I've done a lot.

theres a lot in between what I've said and Axel, such as: Lunge/drag, spirals, crossovers, 3turns, mohawks, edges and other stuff also.

I'm going to tell you the jumps and spins. I'm not positive about footwork.

spins: two-foot spin, one foot spin, one foot spin from backwards crossovers, scratch spin, back scratch spin also called back spin, sitspin, camel, (although you might learn axel before sitspin and camel, but they come before axel in the levels)

Jumps: bunny hop, ballet jump,

1/2 revolution jumps: waltz Jump, half flip, half lutz

1 revolution jumps: toe loop, salchow, loop, flip, flip-loop combo, lutz,

1 1/2 revolution jumps: Axel

It takes most people 1-2 years to get to Axel, so don't try to move two fast, but going ahead to something new is always fun.