Skater Jumps

Technique

Setup

Stand on your right leg with a soft knee, the left foot lifted behind you and your torso leaning slightly forward. Clear a wide strip of floor on both sides.

Movement

Push off your right leg to bound sideways and land softly on your left foot, letting the right foot swing behind you and your right arm sweep across. Absorb the landing, then bound back to the right, and keep going side to side for the full time.

Form Tip

Land on a bent knee with the knee tracking over your toes, and stick each landing for a beat before you push off again.

Increase Difficulty

Bound further, move faster, or hold each landing for 2 seconds.

Decrease Difficulty

Step side to side instead of jumping, tapping the back foot down behind you.