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Summary: Practicing ice skating exercises can help any skater achieve better balance. Learn a balancing knee exercise from our ice skating expert in this free video clip.
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About the Expert
Akos Kertesz Akos Kertesz has been skating since he was 6 years old and is an experienced skating teacher from Hungary, Budapest. He studied for 7 years at Piruett skatin... read more
O.K. step on the ice and skate and lift your knees and cross with the arms. Touch and cross with the arms. Lift your knees and touch cross the knees. Lift and touch with the open end. Touch with the opened arms, touch and if you can hold that, if you can hold that for one or seconds you can hold that. Not so easy, but you have to do this and cross and cross and the other hand you can hold by side; just the right balance with the holding arms. It's a simple, very, very simple exercise. If you have done previous exercise it's very quick, it's easy, and then it is easy.