How to do Forward Crossovers on Figure Skates PT 1, Basic Figure Skating Tutorial
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- čas přidán 2. 03. 2019
- This is the first of two videos about how to do forward crossovers. We start with three exercises that lead up to a very basic crossover. Be sure to check back for my more advanced crossover lesson!
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These are by far the best skating videos on CZcams. Everyone else says "Today I'm going to teach you how to do crossovers", then does some crossovers, then says "And that's how you do crossovers". End of video… Thanks so much, and please keep going!
Thank you so much! I’ve got quite a lot planned. 😁
Haha. Exactly!
I know!! People say it's better to see someone in person but she helped me SOOO much
Can we talk about the girl in the background that fell. Bless her soul.
I had to go back and watch to see what you were taking about. I hadn’t even noticed that before! 😆 she is trying so hard.
She was trying to do a double loop jump. It takes a few falls to learn that one!
It looked pretty cool tho!!
I look down my screen and this is the first thing I see. I'm wheezing
I saw that just as I read the comment 🙈🙊
I really like how you're breaking this down into simpler steps. When I was first taught crossovers in my lesson, the instructor was basically like, "here's what it looks like. Now you try." While this move is learned early on and therefore considered elementary, it's still quite difficult and I feel like a lot of people forget that. So thank you for this video
I am so glad you liked the breakdown. I have so many really young students that I feel just wouldn’t grasp it if I tried having them do it all in one shot. Plus they often lack the muscle control to do a proper crossover and I don’t want them creating bad habits that I will just have to fix later.
lol that's a problem I'm facing a lot. When I first started (I was taking public lessons), my teacher would simply perform the moves and ask us to copy. It was extremely difficult for me to get the basics down. We were never told about posture or the breaking down of even simple strokes. Even now, I still struggle with basics because of these bad foundations.
It always amazes me when I hear about instructors NOT INSTRUCTING! It's crazy to assume that a student will improve by purely copying or by repetition. Moves need to be broken down so that a skater understands the mechanics. 😬
Yea! I take lessons and they shove atleast 100+ skaters on one side of the rink, do something and make us copy!
I am not taking lessons just copying people at the rink and watching these videos, so far so good. Ty Coach Julia!
I did my first crossovers today thanks in part to this step by step video. My first crossovers are hardly beautiful but I am 56 and there were no horrible wipeouts.
Oh I am so happy to hear that! Keep it up!
Pls donate some talent to ones in need
I wanna do it!!!
1:48
The kid in the back is a perfect example of things people who just view figure skating from afar _don’t_ see
As someone who doesn’t actually figure skate but is learning, I’ve learned that everything I watched isn’t _just_ what figure skating is, there’s falling, there’s getting hurt, but there’s also getting back up and trying again
You are absolutely right. Skating takes a lot of unseen perseverance and resilience and the girl in the background certainly is a good example of just that.
My ballet teacher says that taking some ice skating lessons will help me strengthen my muscles
and it definitely did
That’s great! I took ballet when I was young and can definitely say there are benefits to both.
i dont know why im watching this, i literally learned how to do cross overs like 7 years ago, lol. but this is a very good tutorial for people who dont know how to!
Lol. Well I appreciate the positive feedback. 😁
samee here
😁 thanks for watching!!
I’m 51yrs old and just purchased my first pair of skates. I’m so grateful for you and your generous video lessons.
That is awesome! Good luck with your practice!
Dear Julia, I started skating again after 20 years off ice in December, and thanks to your super helpful step-by-step videos now I can do a snowplow stop, skate backwards, and I've done my first ever crossover steps this week! Thank you!
Oh my gosh, that is awesome! Good for you and welcome back to the ice!!
props to the camera man oh my god
That is my student Sam. They are awesome.
True! Really clear and smooth shots. Thanks Sam, and Julia's students.
I used to skate decades ago and am at it again. I was ill in the last few years and need to rebuild muscles, flexibility, balance, and I am also older, much older. I am watching this because in my adult beginner class, we went from pumping in a circle to crossovers in 5 minutes without explanation, just a demonstration (!) and no drills in between. I can do the half swizzle, not the full crossover. The teachers are clueless! They show us something they can do and assume we will just copy them. Little to no explanation, and no building of the skills needed to go from one to the other. I was so disappointed this week… I suddenly wondered if I was in the wrong group. Some people could do it, most either did not do it or did it very clumsily. Teaching skills needed! Thank goodness for Coach Julia! I need to find public skating hours to go practice now.
I am rollerskating, but this translates to me. I had a little practice right now and I think my local skate park is getting a chalk circle.
I love roller skating. I actually began with roller as a kid before I switched to ice!
I don’t get how crossovers are easy... they’re so fricking hard without falling and me breaking my butt
Well, ‘easy’ is relative in Figure skating. It all depends on how much skating you have done. As you skate, you just keep learning harder and harder things so it never feels like you are learning easy things. 😁
I’m learning jumps and spins and crossovers are still so hard and scary
I tried ice skating for the very first time yesterday and my rollerblades helped me have a good time... hopefully I can do this next time but w/ my rollerblades first
It’s great to be able to get a hang of things on roller blades. Glad to hear it helped you.
Omg you're the instructor that I've been waiting for!!! I am so so grateful for you!!! I would love to see you teach how to do a one foot/ scratch spin? it's like my dream move to learn right now and I'm struggling so much haha. Thanks again!!
Awe, thanks so much! I am glad you like my videos and find them helpful. I will certainly try to get to a one foot spin video as soon as I can.
I'm an adult figure skater just getting back into it after a long hiatus. I love how you've broken down the steps of the crossovers. My old coach would just do them & have us copy. I love all the cues you give & the exercises. It's very helpful.
Detailed, explained.the best ever, thank you. Please make a video on snow plow stop.
Thanks so much! Glad you liked it. Here is my Snowplow stop tutorial, hope it helps! czcams.com/video/rhQY1_bTjVs/video.html
My 7 year old grand daughter just advanced from beginner to pre-alpha. This is one thing needed to move up to alpha 1. Your video is as helpful as her weekly lesson. Even more so as she can watch it over and over again. You keep it very simple. Well done and thanks.
Awe, thank you so much for the positive feedback. Glad to hear my videos are helping your grand daughter!
In my local rink there are only 2 “hockey circles” and their both actually semicircles as marker for goals lol
Ugh. That does make things tougher. It just means you have to do better at visualization that some others have to do.
I love you so much, Julia! You're literally my savior! I'm a student at uni and the only way I get money from is tutoring English & Korean (I'm from Russia) and so I barely could afford Jackson Excels and some basic equipment for ice skating. Sadly, I'm still not able to have a coach, it's too expensive. But luckily, I have you ❤ Even though you can't tell me what my mistakes are, your tutorials are so detailed and informative that I don't really need you to see my mistakes, I can just rewatch the tutorial and improve it myself. And the fact that I learned stroking, swizzles, backwards skating, one leg skating, toe tip jumps, bunny hops, pistol, backward & forward crossovers, two feet spin, different stops, bilman, one foot spin and some more in just about 6 hours is crazy! The only factors that also helped me were me roller skating frequently and doing it confidently enough & my determination with strong love for ice.
I just really wanted to tell you that you're like a fairy that makes people's dreams come true! Keep it up, please. Your work is worldwide helpful.
I just turned 20, tho, a reminder that it's never late to start figure skating. Just do it for fun, no need to become an Olympic champion.
This is a great two-part video. I'm currently trying to learn forward crossovers. Tbh, they're terrifying to me, but I know that I need to practice (especially facing my fear) and keep trying. Thanks so much. I will practice Part 1 first and then watch Part 2 later.
So glad you have found the video helpful and informative! Good luck with your practice!
I haven’t ice skated in decades but my son is learning to skate so I tried to do crossovers today but kept catching my toe pick and could not for the life of me figure out how to do it and was getting so frustrated!! I lived in the roller rink growing up so I know I can and this literally showed me what I was doing wrong!! Thank you!!
I'm starting my class from Basic Alpha tomorrow! And i'm 19 years old, I hope i don't late for skating at my age :( Thank you coach ! ur video making me want to learn skating and i always watched your video, tomorrow gonna be my first lesson with private coach!
how is your progress going?
I've been skating for 3 lessons now, I learned the crossover in my second lesson, but I'm only good at it on my right foot, the left crossover is so hard
Isn’t it crazy how our bodies are lopsided in their abilities?! Keep practicing and it will get easier.
I’m watching this when I don’t even know how to skate without falling
Well keep practicing! We all fall, but with practice we fall less often.
The girl in the background got up like it was nothing! {1:47- 1:50} You go girl!
Amazing right?! 😁
Thank you for this video! I am currently struggling with forward crossovers. When I gain speed I get scared that I'll fall over and end up doing them all wrong and shaky😩
You are welcome! I am glad you liked it. My advice is to practice them with less speed and work on getting them smooth and steady. Then you can gradually increase the spread and your confidence together.
ThriveDiaries After watching your video that's exactly what I was doing today at the rink and it felt soooo much better and not scary at all. I think I've just been rushing too much :)
@@CoachJulia thank you for saying it’s ok to start with low speed! My coach pushes me for speed and it’s only my first lesson and im scared of getting hurt!!!
thanks for breaking it down step by step. my coach recommends gliding my foot over the inside foot, not picking it up to cross it over. I prefer your method and remember being taught this way when I was young (I'm 55 now and getting back into the sport).
Yeah, there are a few different methods people teach, they all have merit, this is just what I have found helps my students the most.
I can't wait to try this after 6 years of not skating. I don't have a private pair of skates so i'll see if the rental ones are good enough, maybe some sharpening will do it for now
Finally learned at the ripe young age of 30 how to do this. thanks to your very clear breakdown. I'm grateful that you made this guide. Thanks!
Glad it helped!
I'm a 71 year old male and would like to be a proficient recreational skater by the end of the year. Started taking 4- lesson series on Jan 8, 2020 and was practice skating 2-3 times a week till the virus shut down my rink. Now it feels like I'm starting all over again. My next series of lessons, the instructor had me skating the circle and lifting one foot but never said why. After I watched your video, now I know that the exercise is to prepare me for the cross-over. Thanks!!! Al T., Long Beach, CA
It is so hard to have to take a significant break like that. I hope you can make up for the lost time quickly!
I started learning how to ice skate this year and your videos have been so so helpful. Thank you :)
Great to hear!
So fun! I managed the half pumps in one direction, tried the other direction....nothing lol It's so fun to be able to progress a little bit every time. I'll try gliding on one skate today. Crossing over in standstill was very hard for me to do but what a great way to practice!
Love hearing about your progress! Keep practicing. 😁
@@CoachJulia Today the other direction of the circle practicing the half pumps went really well. :yeah: I really felt the edges while trying to glide on one skate, no balance yet. Next time ;)
I love your videos. I realize they are from 5 years ago, but I have learned so much THIS year. I can't wait to practice this lesson tomorrow!! Thank you!
I am so glad to know ow that I have been able to help you on your skating journey!
I did my frist crossover today. I feel happy like a 10-year old, I just can't help it. Can't wait to go again! It is thanks to you Julia :)
I can’t do a crossover to save my life
Awe. Keep trying!
Same omg I suck
I think we will eventually get it, it will click later on. Keep on ;o)
me too!! Something about crossing over! I attempted on my own without my coach 2 Fridays ago, then again last Wednesday. Since then I haven't been able to cross. UUUGG, I was on the verge of tears at the rink.
Absolute gold! I’m glad you’re such an amazing coach and person. I’m loving taking classes with you around.
I appreciate that!
Thank you for the beautiful video
This was so helpful for giving me ideas how to teach crossovers! Been 15 years since I learned them myself and don't normally coach this level, so this was super awesome :D
That’s great! Glad I could help,
The best crossover explanation.
Thank you so much! Glad you liked it.
Reached the point in lessons where i need this 💪🏻
This was very helpful. I’m very “clunky” but I think I’m getting the hang of it! Thank you!
Thanks for this video! I like your calm energy and the fact that you move slowly on the ice and your camera is steady. I've been dizzy from other ice skating tutorials 😅😅
Coach Julia, I can't tell you how much I appreciate your content and channel!! I've skated over the years (just for a bit when I was very little, and briefly again as a adult) but I was recently inspired to begin.....again. Before I ever hit the ice I ran across your channel and I've been captivated by it ever since. After skating, I began to identify some challenges - then I would quickly consult your videos and search for clues - and your explanations have really helped me to uncover some missteps and balance issues I never before realized! Thank you!
Working on these right now but I’m worse than everyone else in my class 😂 the hip/leg muscle that runs under (or over? idk) my IT band seems to be too weak. I will say that I seem to be better than others at keeping my upper body positioned properly so at least I’m not completely a disaster… growing up in dance was good for something lol
I'm attempting to learn inline figure skating due to the lack of ice rink on the island where I live. I have medea overture boots and snow white plates. This video helped me so much in getting the basics of this!!
Thanks for your tutorials! I learnd a lot this season ❤️
So glad to hear that.
My goodness I love your videos already!! Thank you so much for these
I'm so glad! 😁
Agreed, these are some of the best instruction videos. And I've watched a lot. She does more to break down the preliminary steps than most, and offers key learning tips that others skip. I also think the vidiography of the skating examples (moving camera) lends to better understanding of movements.
great lesson!
Glad you liked it!
These are great tips
Glad you think so!
Thanks for all your videos! I'm really enjoying them, you are a really amazing teacher!
Thank you! 😃
Thank you for such detailed instructions, really helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
I forgot about the half pumps in between and did two crossovers in a row, and fell on my knees and bruised them 😢 the steps are really helpful and I can’t wait to go practise them more!
The video I have been looking for for years. Thank you so much! Brilliant!
Oh you are so welcome!
This is very good, thank you.
I am so glad you think so.
Great videos! Thanks!
Thank you!
So helpful and well explained, thank you so much and looking forward to more videos.
So glad you found it helpful!!
Thank you for all your videos! I'm just starting out with skating and your explanations are very helpful!
Glad you like them!
You are a very good teacher! Thanks for the vids!
You're very welcome!
This is so helpful and perfectly broken down. Thank you!!
Glad it was helpful!
Wonderful teaching ~ Thank you sooo much 🙇♀️ wanna gonna practice now!!!
Have fun!
Thank you very much This video helped me to understand what my problem was and I fixed it
love you so much 😍❤
Awe, I am glad to hear that.
thank you! this is very helpful!!
Glad it was helpful!
I could do it yesterday in great part thanks to this video! Thank you so much! It is really step by step, so I could understand exactly how to progress!
That is awesome! I love getting to help people progress, all around the world.
Very clear presentation. Thank you very much! I will keep practicing.
I am glad you liked it! Good luck with your practice.
Julia ,thank you so much for your brillant videos
So glad you enjoy them!
Great coach
Thank you!
I am ready to try this, I practiced the pumps and one leg. So next time I hit the ice I am going to move forward to try this. I can see myself hitting the ice already - and quite literally! Haven't had many falls, so I think the time has come for me to have some.
Very educational video keep up the good work
Thank you!
I loved the way you simplified and demonstrated it. Thank you
Glad you found it helpful.
Thank you so much, I went back to practice the basics you showed, gained so much confidence.
That is just Wonderful!
Omg this really help I could not understand it in my head now I get it
Oh yay! So glad I was able to help you understand.
Very helpful. I will try it tonight! Thank you
Best of luck!
I like the way you teaching....you good coach..can’t wait try what I learn from you..thank you..
Awe, thanks so much!
Very useful video thank you👍⛸
So glad you enjoyed it.
Wonderful!
Glad you think so!
Yes, these are the best skating videos. I followed the steps and watched three times this video. Now I'm confident to do forward crossover soon. Thank you the Great Coach Julia!
Great to hear!
Thank You. Very high standard of communication and examples. Will recommend You to some new skaters here in australia! )
That’s awesome, thanks! I wish I could travel to all the places where my videos are seen. 😁
@@CoachJulia I can imagine! Not enough time realistically ) Thats why I pick a few of something and grateful for that. I just booked to go to England and Your country to meet some great doctors and skaters of course ! Today I witnessed the first ice competition I have ever seen! OH MY GOODNESS!! COURAGE !!. ThankYou to You all for the inspiration )
very helpful！thanks😘
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you Julia for the clear instruction, I'm planning to start skating with your instruction next week.
I am glad you liked my instruction! I hope you enjoy your skating experience!
This genuinely looks so fun! there isnt ice where i live so its nearly impossible for me to go to a rink and there are some artificial ones which are way to expensive! but i do have my inline skates imma try this out on those! thankyou so much, the explaination is so clear. you are amazing!!!!
Have fun! This should all work on your inlines as well!
Hi! I'm a beginner skater and just found your channel! Your lessons have helped me *SO* much-!! It's really clear to understand, and teaches without getting me confused. Sending hugs and hearts your way! 🤎🤗
Awe, I'm so glad I could help you learn!
This feels like that scene in Karate kid where he keeps putting the jacket on the post
I had no Idea something that comes easy to me on one side, can put me on my rear end in no time on the other lol. Thank you for breaking these down into small steps
Glad to help
Really good tutorial, especially step3 with picking the toes up. Can’t wait to practice. :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you very much... Your videos very helpful for me 👍🏼😍😍💐💐
You are welcome 😊
This is amazIng! You are the first coach to talk about 'lifting the left toe' after the push before bring it back and start again. As you said, without lifting the left toe, the toe pick slows down or catch the ice. Excellent explanation.
It’s funny the things that I just imagine are standard teaching practice but turn out to be a unique perspective. 😆. But really, thanks for the positive feedback!
@@CoachJulia For some odd reasons, surprisingly many coaches lost chance when to insert toe lift instruction. In real life around me and youtubes, it is hard to hear toe lift. That is why I think yours are different and better. Same with toe pick landing in my case. Thank you for the perfect instruction. 😁
You are welcome!!
You are amazing!
Awe, thanks!!
Thanks and kisses from Italy!
Awe, thank you! Hello to you in Italy!
Hi ;) greetings from Poland. I live in small town but we have ice rink. Thanks to You Coach Julia (and our shiny star Yuzuru Hanyu - my idol) now I can start to learn something more than skating forward. I am in love with this chanel and I can not wait to skate again this winter. Sorry for my english, is it more rusty than my blades ;)
I am so glad you found my channel! I am happy I can help skaters all over the world to pursue this beautiful sport.
These are excellent detailed lessons with great breakdown exercises. Thank you ! I would like more info on skating edges. When you lift your outside leg on a circle, does that automatically (due to balance adjustments or you would fall) put you on the outside edge of your inside foot, or are you doing that consciously? or is that a practice issue?
Very helpful. I had passed bronze moves and was nearing completion of silver moves when I was forced to stop skating for a while due to unrelated neck injury. So after seven years crossovers on my "bad side," (clockwise rotation" seemed like I almost a beginner. This video extremely beneficial!
Welcome back to skating!!
Thank you thank you thank you thank you 😊❤️😊
You are welcome!
@@CoachJulia this will help me so much 🖤🖤🖤♥️♥️
I'm only in basic 2 right now but these seem intimidating so I'm gonna start practicing them now lol. I've gotta get comfortable with my outside edges. This video will be super helpful! You explain things so well, bless you.
Glad I could help!
How’s ice skating going?
Another great video! I enjoyed the simple explanations. I'm currently in Beta, where backward crossovers are the main skills. Will you be able to create a video about it? 💞🤗
I am glad you enjoyed the video! I will certainly try to work a backward crossover tutorial into the mix soon.
Thanks for the advice,I will put this in to practice. I used to roller skate about 15 yrs ago and thought I'd transition in to ice skating easy😂😂 you can tell I used to skate but I've forgotten more than I remember,plus is it sad I'm sat in my kitchen bedding my new ice skates in😂😂
Glad my videos could be of help!
I don't understand why there are any thumbs down comments. as a former compeditive skater of another decade (LOL) your teaching is so on point!
Awe, thanks so much for the positive feedback!
OK this I really want to learn and I felt pretty good on the ice today. so it looks like maybe I could practice in my skates in my living room just crossing my feet over ,?before I do it on the ice what do you think about that? I have a skiing backround so I think it helps. 🤞
Danke!
Oh my goodness, thank you so much!