Get Coached - S&C for Figure Skating w/c 5/1/2015

Welcome to my first Blog post of 2015 and a  Happy New Year to you all!
Although the festive season now feels as if it was more than just a month ago!
We are now deep into the winter/off season training and it is going well overall. An injury and school exams have had an impact on attendance for some whilst there have been some good personal best lifts for my senior skaters and some very good progress with my junior, advanced and basic novice level skaters.

We have covered the back squat in a previous blog http://getcoached1.blogspot and as such I am only going to discuss it's variations and benefits.

It is common knowledge that a squat done well along with it's appropriate warm up exercises can improve hip, knee and ankle range of movement as well as strength and this has certainly been the case for some of the skaters I work with. This includes body weight squats, BB front and back squats, overhead and overhead split squats, kettlebell goblet squats and single leg or pistol squats.
This is in no way all the squats covered as there are many more variations to be found. However, the above squats are ones that I regularly use for my skaters and clients. These exercises will also build a foundation of whole body strength that will transfer well into the competitive arena as well as improving functional movement for everyday life.
Any and every athlete competing at any and every level will benefit from good coaching of these exercises in their training regime.
Once again thank you for reading this far, all relevant suggestions and comments are welcome here and on my Get Coached FB page.