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Summary: Glide like a figure skater. Learn how to become a better skater in this free online video lesson, including how to do the one-foot glide in figure skating.
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...read more
"Hi my name is Dmitri Olympiev and I am from Pines Ice Arena, in Pembroke, Florida. You can reach us on the web at www.www.pinesicearena.com. Now when you’re skating on the ice, everything you do is pretty much on one foot, that’s why our next lesson will be dedicated to “One-Foot-Glide.” How to skate on one foot and keep your balance. Now this is the exercise where there is a lot of body parts and both. I have to think about my head, my shoulders, my back, my hips, my knees, and yes my ankles. I’m going to put my arms out, feet together. Keep the body very stiff, keep the leg up. The other foot, keep the leg up. Keep in mind, my ankles and knees are together. One, two, three, up. One, two, three, up. I always think about keeping my back straight and the arms. We’ll be right back."
eHow Article: One-Foot Glides in Ice Skating
Comments
koko1 said
on 10/22/2008 Thank you for your very helpful videos. I have just started lessons as an adult and viewing your videos has helped be with my technique quite a bit. Thank you.
As for the nasty people who have posted before me, you should be ashamed of yourselves. I am sure that when Mr. Olympiev made these videos, he was only trying to be helpful not open himself up to your foolishness.
anastasiya said
on 8/2/2008 Why you are saying that this guy is no good?! First of all, before judging his English, you should have at least some intelligence and don't say: "this guy", because "this guy" has a name, and his name is Mr. Olympiev. Secondly, you can't judge this coach just by looking at these video clips. All these video clips helped my cousin, and helped a lot, even her coach were so surprised. I want to thank you Mr. Olympiev for sharing these lessons with other people, and your English is excellent, you explaining very clear and very professional. Thank you so much!
girlygirl1915 said
on 8/2/2008 lol i dunno i like this site for other things but for ice/figure skating, this guy is no good. i watch skating and take lessons in the OC ( cali ) and he just looks like he skates weird !!! he looks really funny im gonna tell my friends from skating class about him so they can see too hahahha
sk84eva said
on 8/2/2008 Anyone who would subject themselves or their child to this kind of person is very stupid, he looks like a child molester.
skatingpro said
on 8/2/2008 He cannot say the letter W