Backward Crossovers in Ice Skating

Part of the Video Series Advanced Figure Skating Moves

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Ice skating trick moves. Learn how to become a better ice skater in this free video lesson, including how to correctly do backward crossovers in figure skating.

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Posted by Elldas on Thursday, 17 July, 2008 at 4:50 PM

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Very helpful video. Thank you for demonstrating backward crossovers so clearly.

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Backward Crossovers in Ice Skating
Hello my name is Dmitri Olympiev and I teach at Pines Ice Arena in Pembroke, Florida. You can reach us on the web at www.www.pinesicearena.com. Now this time I’m going to show you how to do backwards crossovers. This exercise teaches us how to move backwards on the ice around the circle. I’m going to put my arms, twisted again they’re not straight, I’m going to bend my knees, make a swizzle keep my foot up, cross. See it. Swizzle, up, cross. When I skate backwards, I always look backwards to the inside of the circle, this way I can see where I’m going better. Now one thing to keep in mind is when you start learning this you have to get the cross, for that, you must pick your foot up and then down. Now later on the crossover becomes more advanced, you don’t have to pick your foot up anymore. We’ll be right back.

About the Expert

Expert: Dmitri Olympiev was born in Moscow, Russia, and has been skating since he was 4 years old. During his 26 years of skating, he has had an extensive professional competitive career under the supervision Read More