Forward Stokes in Ice Skating

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Summary: Figure skating moves. Learn how to become a better ice skater in this free video, including practicing forward stroking in figure skating.

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By Dmitri Olympiev
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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

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on 8/2/2008 I just wanted to say a few things about the negative comments to your videos. I've posted this same comment under all of your videos since the haters have done the same thing, too. The negative comments seem to be coming from a small group of people--in fact, I say it's coming from just one person posting under different screen names. I would probably pay attention to the criticism if it were actually objective, coherent or constructive--but it's none of these things. Its only purpose is to slander you. Whoever is trying to paint you as a bad guy has done quite the opposite. He/she is full of vindictiveness and pettiness and clearly has a personal grudge against you. Whatever you've done to warrant this kind of treatment, whether you deserve it or not, is completely irrelevant and is none of my business. All that really matters is if your videos are useful and helpful or not. In my humble opinion, your videos have been a great help to me and I applaud you for that.

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on 11/30/2008 Дмитрий, Спасибо за серию клипов! Научились кататься всей семьей. Еще раз спасибо.

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on 8/2/2008 Does anyone know how to copy these videos so that they can be put in a power point presentation?

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on 8/2/2008 I personally have found these videos quite helpful. I like how he breaks the moves down and shows them slowly, so you can actually see what is going on. His descriptions are quite good as well. At the very least, it will get you started in the right direction. I have always skated but mainly for power and leg/hip conditioning. Recently I started trying to learn some tricks. I watched 3 of the videos on skills I was trying to learn, went to the ice, and could actually do them. I still have alot of work to do, but now I have some skills to work on - it always takes a while to get the feel of things. These video tips help with a good mechanical understanding of how to do these tricks.

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on 8/2/2008 Shoot me now........I think I wanna barf...

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"Hi 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 the next advanced exercise is called “Forward-Stroking.” This is one of the most important exercises that skater practices everyday. We’re going to keep the arms straight as always, head up and now we’re going to sit down on both knees we’re going to push, extend our free leg in the back and keep the skating leg bended. And hold, and hold. Now this exercise is very important because it teaches us the balance of skating on one foot. It teaches us how to hold the free leg position up too, which is very important after we’ve completed the jump and spin, which is going to be called “Landing Position.” We’ll be right back. "

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