Sean Donellan is also one of the off ice professionals and director of the Strength & Conditioning Program. Sean said that core conditioning involves toning of the part of the body from just below the chest to the top of the knees. His class was excellent and showed innovative ways to do push-ups using a balance ball while showing most warm up exercises need no equipment at all. Kim Murphy and Wendy Weston pulled everything together in their off ice jumps class. This is where conditioning meets technique as we went through a series of plyometrics including long jumping and skips to help improve the height as well as quality of our jumps. The class was held outdoors in the fresh open air in the park and gave us the chance to try multiple rotation jumps landed, (or not), on soft, lush grass!
Top level coaches included Robin Wagner, Silvia Fontana, John Zimmerman, Artur Dmitriev and Peter Tchernychev. Robin taught an on ice body movement program that was fantastic as it encouraged us to include emotion and dancability in our skating. “You have been given a gift. Not everyone can do what you do on the ice. Use that gift!” were her words. “You all can be champions in your own right”. We were all truly inspired and had a great time doing dance movements on ice and just letting go. All of the sessions were well planned according to the level of the skaters while keeping the groups relatively small. Hand outs were also provided to reinforce what was covered in class. You can FAX your order for Off-Ice Training Videos direct from the USFSA for $10.00 each: Reach for the Stars (Juvenile, Intermediate) or Team 2010 Off Ice Video (Novice, Junior) Att: Nichole Stoker FAX # 719-635-9548
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