Chris Conte describes his “Cat and Mouse” method of teaching a skater to snap into the rotational position. Chris is so creative and generally has way too much fun. See how he uses simple stickers to make a point and keep things simple for his skaters. Instead of talking about free side, or rotational side, or landing side, etc. which can be very confusing to skaters, he simplifies it to cat and mouse. Skaters will not forget these concepts.
Chris demonstrates the most common rotational problems and then works with his skater in the on-ice stationary harness (I’m jealous) to develop consistency with these ideas. It’s fun and helpful just to sit in on this lesson with Chris and his skater.
This is a great video! Enjoy.
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6 responses to “Figure Skating Rotation Training Video: Cat And Mouse – Part 1 (Chris Conte)”
Great way to think of the this exercise, my kids will love it. Skater’s really do remember the fun stuff, awesome thanks!
I just rewatched this. Thanks so much Chris! You are brilliant!
Great exercise. I would like to know how big you make your box and does it change for different height of skaters?
I definitely will use this idea; it made sense to me!
Chris, I love the Cat and Mouse story for the skaters! It totally makes sense to them! I like how you call it: A game! (Way more fun for kids to do “games” rather than “exercises!”)
Great tools and exercise for teaching the double axel. Thank you Chris and Trevor.