Hey Experiences fellow skaters, could someone record like a coupla examples of going into the back spin, The way that I am learning it from my coach is to go from and Insde 3 to do it

Thanks Guys

No video, but here are a few tips: Do your backspin entrance on one of the lines on the ice. Stand right on the line, with the line between your feet. Push off onto the left inside edge, starting on the line, going to the left of the line and coming back to the line. Then push off onto your right inside edge, starting on the line curving the the right of the line, then coming back to the line. Hold that right inside edge until you've actually crossed over the line, and only then start the backspin.

Also, stay over your hips on that right inside edge. Don't let your torso lean forward. Keep your torso as one unit with your hips; don't ever twist it. And think of making your inside edges small and round so you're just making a circle rather than actually covering any distance on the ice. "Your spin will only travel if you're going somewhere" as they say!

Once you begin the turn, stay right behind the toepick. Never let the heel come down until you're done with the spin.

I wrote about the back camel in another thread. Actually, nothing improved my upright bspin more than learning the back camel. One former coach told me to pretend I am doing a bcamel. As my free leg moves behind the body, instead of attaining the camel pose, stand up and snap the hip closed. It worked instantly. You can also get a great backspin as a conclusion to a bcamel. This is due to the hip snapping action I mentioned in the pretend exercise above. It works very well. If you have a good camel, learn a back camel. Another benefit is that doing a bcamel unintentionally on an inside edge is virtually impossible. As a consequence, doing a bcamel gets you on the proper (outside) edge w/o difficulty.

Kay

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Take a look at the sit-sit spin on Dan Korte's web site. The change of foot puts the skater into a back spin, and you can see a very nice exit from it too.

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rf3ray, I posted this in your other thread!

http://users.adelphia.net/~jdelmar/v...cwbackspin.wmv

Here's mine

John