Tom Hickey describes and explains an “Organizational Drill with Multi-Jump Setups.” This drill provides for effective and efficient use of on-ice sessions. This drill is particularly helpful to skaters on crowded free skating sessions and those that are easily distracted by other skaters during practice. This drill is an excellent workout for the skater as well.
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20 responses to “Figure Skating Jump Exercises: Organizational Drill (Tom Hickey)”
Thank you for this great exercise. I have put it to use with my students and it has helped one of my ADHD students to focus. It is a great organization tool. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for this exercise….a wonderful way to organize the “fruit flies” !!
great idea!!! wish I had something like this when I was younger 🙁 it will really benefit my students though 🙂
This is great..it gives the skater’s brain a functional pattern to follow ,instead of trying to make choices in an instant. Thank you
Very nice way to keep the skater moving throughout lesson instead of start, jump, stop, instruction, restart. Also, teaches the skater how to re-focus quickly about second element… this can be helpful critical thinking during program runs as well!
Switching off using half and all of the rink space is a nice plan.
This is a great idea to build consistancy! I can really understand the benefit of this type of drill exercise during practice sessions and then transferring it to a competition warm-up. Thanks so much!!
Thanks for the great exercise and way of organizing. I’ll put this to good use!
Excellent drill for efficient use of time and keeping the skater organized while practicing. Also liked the way it lets the coach and skater know the percentage of jumps landed. Thanks fir sharing 🙂
This is one of those, “Now why didn’t I think of that” moments. What a great idea! Thank you!!
Younger skaters can do it and use a chart to take note of their results.
This is a wonderful exercise. I have used a variation of this for years to get my students to practice for a competition warmup but on a daily basis so that when they do go out to compete they do not have to return to me until their warmup is done. It’s great for singles through triples and really does promote good form and encourages the skater to understand what they are achieving. Thank you for taking the time to share this approach with others.
More…more…more, please Tom!
very good tip. will certainly use this. thnx a lot for your effort and time to share this with us.
Tom’s approach is logical and seems to be a very effective method to help skaters learn to be consistent and effective in their practice. I plan to use this drill. Thank you!
Tom, this will help me so much with my “circling” students!! Thank you so much for your time!
I am going to try this. It should save some time and give skaters more a plan what they are suppose to do when they are practicing.
Thank you for taking the time to make this video and share your knowledge.
This is very informative and very effectve.
Tom, Loved the drill you showed and so effective for a training session and for building strength. I would also like to see more video if you can on skaters jumping the opposite direction – right to left. Good visuals for that direction are hard to find for the skaters. I have two skaters working on doubles that jump that direction right now.