Learn To Do A Hydroblade - In Figure Skates!

[@chiutwan]

One critical detail that got me the right balance to hydroblade successfully was to “rest” the free leg on the back of the skating leg. If you look at Sarah in the video or other skaters when they do this move, that’s how they do it. You can practice the position of legs off ice or at the rink entrances. If your legs don’t touch, it’s next to impossible to do the move. When they do, it’s not only easier, it also looks more elegant.

[@CoachJulia]

Love the tips! Thanks!

[@dreamlandhawaii1]

Hi Julia, Awesome job. Sarah “Love it”. I have been doing hydroblading for almost three years now. Very Fun!!! First I was touching the ice with one hand then I work at lower my chest to the ice with two hands. After I have been doing the hydroblading for some time I decided to finish with a front split. This is my signature . I always been very good. going low to the ice like shout the duck, sit spin. I started practicing hydroblading when I was 65 years old. I will be 68 in 10 days. I have been. skating on and off for 20 years. I just retired so now my only focus is Figure skating. I am working on adult Move in the Field. Skating is my passion. Julia Love your channel. You really help me with my skating. You are a very good coach. Thank you so much for helping us skaters. I appreciated!!! Lise X0X0

[@AdityaAnandaPratama-o4p]

Ahh this signature move. Remind me again to yuzuru hanyu hydroblade on choreo sequence combined with ina bauer. Glorious 🎉🎉🎉

[@susannicolari7335]

The first step to Hydroblade I teach is to skate backwards around the red line on two feet and drop down then on two feet do the arms .So a more beginner skater can get the feel of it .A backwards shoot the duck on a circle also I find helps again for the more single jump skater

[@susannicolari7335]

I meant skate backwards dip on two feet on the red circle Not line although I suppose that would work too .I have luck in teaching hydros,cantilevers ,the camel knee slide and the elbow split side but I can’t do them all myself .So much fun !!!

[@yjchoi17]

Such a cool move! Time to become zamboni myself…😅

[@CoachJulia]

LOL, yes, that definitely happens with this one!

[@yjchoi17]

@@CoachJulia Back from the rink, first go at the hydroblade...I think I did a few half-decent ones. (and some full-zambonis) Coach has been away a few weeks due to illness, hope I can surprise her when she returns...(or more likely, simply get smacked for doing something I wasn't told to)

[@yjchoi17]

Fast forward 2 months, today during warm up edges, I fell over my toepick and drove my knee into the ice. Coach says she was planning to do hydroblades but guess that would be for another day… I immediately got up and said, “no we’re doing hydroblades today.” She says do I even know what a hydroblade is and I said “yeah I know it, and it goes like this” (*does a half-decent one on the bruised leg) and coach’s jaw drops in disbelief. Hehe Had such a fun time during lesson today. Though I might have to skip next week’s lesson to rehab the knee…

[@salmoncubes22]

love u lots coach julia, thx for always making videos for us

[@CoachJulia]

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching!

[@sharonstea7926]

Such a cool move! It’s my fun party trick too. Now that I’m older, there’s a “cheater” way that still lets me do it and go amazingly low… dropping down until my thigh rests on my skating leg! Coach Julia, I’ll tag you on IG to show you.

[@mellenawuor8952]

I akways watch your videos like 2 or 3yrs back. Am happy to be here days early. Love from Nairobi Kenya. N i love you Julia you are a germ.....

[@tomciras6672]

My two cents is stay on inside edge bw but also you can cheat if you have hockey skates, put your extended leg into your back tendon guard and squeeze. My kind of video, thanks Sarah and Coach Julia!

[@CoachJulia]

Thanks for the tips! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@annamurphy4993]

Such a cool move! I’m always happy to see Sarah in your videos. She’s such a good skater- and a sweet person!

[@AlisonWritesAndSkates]

Thanks for the video! I can’t do a full hydroblade yet but have started doing the one Amber Glenn had in her program where she bends down like a hydroblade but just touches the ice with one hand. It’s so much fun!

[@lisanorwoodtreefarm]

I'm a bellydancer who is just starting to learn ice skating and watched this video from curiosity (maybe in a couple years ill try it ^_^) but the part you refered to as a whipe out, we call "surprise floorwork!" (Bellydance is meant to be improvised anyway, theres fewer things that result in whipe outs, but whatever goes wrong, just make it look on purpose: surprise! Floorwork time! ^_^)

[@CoachJulia]

Yay for surprise floor work! I tell my students that when they are learning lunges, if they fall, just make it look on purpose. BTW, welcome to figure skating!

[@lisanorwoodtreefarm]

@@CoachJulia thanks! Your videos are really helping ^_^

[@lilianmatheson3664]

I guess I will need to try it, but I see myself doing the same thing as you coach Julia. I will show the video to my girls to try it, too. So fun.

[@elizabethfrootloop7814]

That was a cool sideways slide Sarah did when being introduced

[@markzajac9993]

Thanks Sarah!

[@Edyta7]

Looks so much fun 😃❤ Need to try it next time I'm on an ice rink 😊

[@CoachJulia]

You should!

[@Edyta7]

@@CoachJulia 😘

[@MariGurklys]

Amazing!! Such cool move. Thanks for sharing.

[@CoachJulia]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@arika91]

Great video! Do you or Sarah recommend any off ice exercises to help with the hydro blade? I’ve been trying it for months, but don’t feel strong enough to hold it past step 1. I’ll try again and follow this video next time I’m on the ice! 🤞🏻

[@3y312un3]

Training for calisthenics squats could help, weighted lunges too, in my case i think it was skiing, sitting for material arts and doing hopak dance as a kid which did it ; the momentum should also help a big time, and your hand when touching the ice should too - unless one is very skilled / strong, check on the dragon squat for comparisons

[@DroppedCroissant]

I feel like trying and holding the position off ice is critical too. You could go through the steps mentioned in this video as a sort of lunge/squat exercise. Maybe even hold some light weights while doing it or try ankle weights?

[@3y312un3]

Idk tbh, i don't feel much difference between 1 or 2 arms to support me, and the free leg should be safely locked onto the skating boot. Ideally the quad goes in contact right above the achille so the weight of the whole body should maintain the leg position - but i never inhabited another corpse lol The shoot the duck was the most useful first step for me, i just saw it as a backward variation ; but that's really a weird trick imo, i've seen people with 2A - or more - having issues with it and some beginners more gifted, and i never completely figured it out why. Especially for those who can't go down but do have sit spins, and it might be your situation though Gosh that trick is such a clickbait to me, i hope that typing will help somebody

[@MissManslayer]

pistol squats :)

[@CoachJulia]

I will see what I can do for off-ice support!

[@Think--Twice]

In my experience, the strength of the glute needs to be built up first in the off-ice train. Not only the power to lift up the torso but also the stability to maintain the posture during the move. A static leg-crossed-behind squat will be very helpful.

[@zeborahnz]

I'm still wobbly going backwards so I've been attempting these going forwards so far - have got step 1 down, and had figured out for myself that I needed to open up into the circle but wow it takes some leg strength to go deep from there! Had also just started trying to get into that position from a back crossover and failing miserably - watching this and experimenting today I realised that I was still facing the circle from the crossover: when I shifted so I could bend over my knee instead I did manage to get halfway to step 1, so will keep practising that. I'm assuming that there's a *reason* it's always done backwards instead of forwards so that's the aim. 🤣

[@ginatriana1523]

..such a cool move, will you teach us also the Cantilever!🤪

[@CoachJulia]

I definitely have that on my list. It's another one I could do when younger, but not so well anymore. I have younger friend who can demonstrate, I just need to co-ordinate with her.

[@3y312un3]

I must be among the very few who learn it on their first try while learning the waltz jump, yoga helps lol, but if i may, using only the tips of your fingers only during the trick would help your students to keep more momentum during the trick, hence an easier exit too, no matter the skating skills ; i hope it helps! Shae-Lynn Bourne ftw!!!

[@CoachJulia]

Wow, good for you! That is awesome!

[@Milana_chinchila]

I love sarah broo

[@CoachJulia]

She is awesome.

[@UndineAlmani]

Good job! This is a scary move and takes so much strength. I want to do it too someday. Cute blue sweater btw :D

[@CoachJulia]

Strength, balance, bravery all rolled into one move!

[@ashleyalvarez3024]

I’m going to try ice staking for the first time pray for me

[@Scooby2U2]

Thanks!

[@CoachJulia]

Thank you so much!

[@TuanNguyen-bq5uc]

I was just trying this move yesterday, but failed. I will definitely try again today

[@CoachJulia]

Wow, awesome timing. I wish you success.

[@kevinn6384]

Yo, where's the rest of the hydroblade? If you don't come out of this with snow on your shoulder, it's a negative GOE! This is one of the first moves I learned, and even though I'm not particularly flexible or good at anything else, I have no problem getting my head and shoulder on the ice and staying in that position for some time. I recommend touching the ice with only the fingertips, as it cuts down on the drag significantly and also looks cooler. You can add a Hanyu flourish on the entrance. People love this move. Strangers are always approaching me at the rink and gushing about it as though it were a triple Axel.

[@andrewgreen1940]

FINALLY! -Something I can do better than coach Julia 😂

[@CoachJulia]

Hah! Congratulations 🎉

[@SaccoBelmonte]

So... can you do that when the ice is rough?

[@zeborahnz]

Sure, you just mightn't be able to hold the glide as long and you wouldn't want your bare palms against the ice at speed - but hands should only be touching the ice lightly anyway I think.

[@CoachJulia]

Absolutely you can! Gloves always help protect the hands from rough ice, and as stated below, you might not glide as long, but yes, rough ice shouldn't prevent success.

[@hiephuynh1627]

👍thank you ❤️

[@CoachJulia]

Welcome 😊

[@whenwehavefun9508]

So cool!! #LifeGoals 😄

[@CoachJulia]

Definitely goals!

[@DuckSeason12]

I complemented someone on their “spiderman” and they looked baffled…then said it was called a “hydroblade.”

[@CoachJulia]

Spiderman is an awesome name for it!!

[@DuckSeason12]

@@CoachJulia That’s what Ice Freestyle Guardians call it on their channel.

[@Random-sq2cy]

Me who started figure skating two months ago and can barely skate backwards: ah yes I will watch this tutorial on an advanced move I am not even close to learning

[@CoachJulia]

Hopefully it gives inspiration for the future!