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Mohawk turn
Objective: Improves balance, body weight transition and opens up the hips
Points of emphasis:
Points of emphasis:
- Start the exercise by skating forward around the circle
- Stride onto the inside edge of the outside skate
- Bring the inside shoulder back
- Open the hips to face the circle’s centre dot
- Rotate the inside skate back 180° and shift the weight onto this skate’s inside edge
- The feet should now be shoulder width apart with the heels pointing towards each other
- Bend the knee and ankle to load the back leg
- Push on the back leg and stride on the front skate
- Keep the shoulders and hips facing the circle’s centre dot
- Level hips, deep knee bend and ankle bend are most important keys of emphasize for execution of the movement