Amy Brolsma teaches backward outside rockers. This is a continuation of Amy’s presentation on rockers that began with forward outside rockers and forward inside rockers. For the backward outside rocker, Amy emphasizes the importance of the knee action of the skating foot as well as the up-down movement of the free knee. The free foot starts behind in a toe-to-heel position, it raises up (pointed down the long axis) during the turn, and presses back down to a toe-to-heel position after the turn.
Amy offers a helpful tip of trying to put the free knee “on top of” the skating knee after the turn. This helps keep the free hip in front and the skater on the proper edge. It’s important to keep rotation into the new circle after the turn and placing the free knee in the proper position helps reverse the natural rotation from the entry edge. The back shoulder should also press back “really hard” after the turn.
Blade usage for backward outside rockers is start on the ball, rock to the heel, and finish on the middle of the blade.
Amy address the need for extension in the moves in the field patterns and she comments that she does not teach any extension when first teaching the rocker. She adds it later after the skater can execute a proper turn with everything compact and under control.
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