cazzie
05-15-2010, 09:23 AM
Its the bane of my daughters life.... and - even the coaches say they are struggling to understand why her doubles are so good and her axel is so bad. She's now consistently landing double sal, double loop, with double toe and double flip being landed about 50% of the time. (And they say good doubles technique).
At one point she had problem axel technique (don't know enough about skating to know what) but this was improved. I know one of the junior coaches tells me her take off is about perfect for a double axel and that once she reaches this level she'll be reallly good - but - right now what she needs is a single axel. When she tries to rotate it less the jump seems to go wrong more... (And sometimes although over-rotated and nearly a double it does work better with jumps added at the end).
She is having to hold off tests -not because her coaches think she can't compete at higher level (they think she'd do better - good footwork, ready for higher level spins and could happily do the doubles) but because they're worried she might not pass axel in an elements test.
Today I was annoyed because she came from a jump class where she said they'd been working double axel off ice and said she's just about managed these.
My first thought is what the hell did they think they were doing with double axel off ice! What do others think?
Any axel hints welcome.
Most of her coaching is in a group (which may be one of the problems) with quite a few skaters being higher level so hopefully the coach and I (with her) can put together some training goals where her axel can be more a focus on the group classes. (My daughters main coach is a university studen so its a bad time of year for private lessons although part of my discussion may be about somebody else helping her one to one specifically with axel).
At one point she had problem axel technique (don't know enough about skating to know what) but this was improved. I know one of the junior coaches tells me her take off is about perfect for a double axel and that once she reaches this level she'll be reallly good - but - right now what she needs is a single axel. When she tries to rotate it less the jump seems to go wrong more... (And sometimes although over-rotated and nearly a double it does work better with jumps added at the end).
She is having to hold off tests -not because her coaches think she can't compete at higher level (they think she'd do better - good footwork, ready for higher level spins and could happily do the doubles) but because they're worried she might not pass axel in an elements test.
Today I was annoyed because she came from a jump class where she said they'd been working double axel off ice and said she's just about managed these.
My first thought is what the hell did they think they were doing with double axel off ice! What do others think?
Any axel hints welcome.
Most of her coaching is in a group (which may be one of the problems) with quite a few skaters being higher level so hopefully the coach and I (with her) can put together some training goals where her axel can be more a focus on the group classes. (My daughters main coach is a university studen so its a bad time of year for private lessons although part of my discussion may be about somebody else helping her one to one specifically with axel).