How To Do A Forward Scratch Spin - Figure Skating tutorial

[@kaitlyn_sc2]

this was exactly the motivation i needed to go back to my scratch spin (i always get scared and go onto my pick so that i dont turn much). i love your tutorials when you include how to build up the basics so i know exactly what i can work on, especially when i'm scared!!

[@CoachJulia]

You got this! Don't give up on the spin!

[@marinapowell8903]

Wow you helped me understand leg placement so much! I always feel too much resistance to cross the leg over and down but by putting your free leg to your knee makes so much sense! Thank you

[@CoachJulia]

Glad it helped!

[@PTunnelly]

First time ever on ice this week and your videos have tremendously helped me so far. I couldn’t even get off the wall on Thursday and by Saturday I can already stop with forward snowplow. You’re a gift. Thank you!

[@CoachJulia]

Great to hear! Congratulations on getting out on the ice!

[@rininrin]

Can’t wait to show up at the rink this week and go over every detail of this video with my friends 🤣 You’re truly saving our butts out here!!! Thanks so much for the tutorial (I didn’t know about holding the open position for so long. I cant wait to try this and see if it’ll keep me from traveling so bad!!!!)

[@CoachJulia]

I hope this video helps a lot!

[@JohnnyK1]

Thank you, Julia! Great tutorial! I recommend everyone to pay attention to details, especially right foot position, right hip, and the slowness during squeezing. This helps a lot.

[@simplyme4353]

I did years of coaching and no one ever explained it so nicely! Thank you so much!

[@CoachJulia]

Glad it was helpful!

[@alistairkok]

Thank you so much for posting this tutorial, Coach Julia! I’m looking forward to getting back on the ice next week to try to implement these techniques. Your advice about bringing the free leg directly up and over into that “h” shape (rather than out to the side) will hopefully be just the advice that I need to help me with this!

[@CoachJulia]

Good luck! I hope the tips help you!

[@billessante]

Hi Alistair, I see that you and I are both fans of coach julia. She does have a lot of good tips.

[@alistairkok]

@@billessante Hi Bill, indeed she does! I think there’s probably a large group following of us adult skaters on here!

[@billessante]

@@alistairkok Yea, it's a good place to hang out especially for those on a limited budget and may not be able to afford a personal coach, such as moi !

[@reenas7695]

Thank you! Been having such trouble with scratch spins and this helped

[@ginatriana1523]

Yay! I've been working on this move for 3 durn years now....just got new skates, hopefully this year it all comes together, thank you for your step by step way of teaching🤓

[@CoachJulia]

I hope so too! Best of luck!

[@morganwhitacre2868]

You are amazing at breaking it down and explaining - as always! Thank you for all you do to help us skaters! ❤

[@CoachJulia]

Glad I can help you with your skating journey!

[@SassySkaters]

Hi Julia. It's been a bit. This is what I'm currently starting to work on. So many great tips and much encouragement. As always, you are an amazing blessing, and I'm sooooooo grateful for you. Continued joy and blessings in your marriage. Much love from Iris.

[@mickeangel1]

Interesting to see how the spin from your iconic intro is done, loved the video

[@CoachJulia]

I am so glad you liked the video!!

[@itxdas4281]

I had used your videos to self teach myself figure skating, I had my first lesson today. It went like this: Placed In Basic2 Could do everything in basic2---> basic3 Could do everything in basic3---> basic4 Could do everything in basic4---> basic5 And now I'm in basic 5 after one lesson. I think I may try private lessons instead of the group lesson. We only got 25 minutes of instruction time.

[@CoachJulia]

Wow! Good for you!

[@aliweesner8736]

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO THANK YOUUU :D a good scratch spin is one of my ultimate skating goals. I have a longggg way to go but this explanation helps a lot!!!

[@CoachJulia]

You can do it!

[@Rina8344pm]

Thank you so much! Your detailed explanation is priceless

[@CoachJulia]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mariamiu9045]

I don't know how coach Julia manages to speak so calmly while doing these spins. When I spin I don't even know what planet I'm on anymore xD

[@MM-mx2yx]

😂😂

[@jenniferjames346]

Yay!!! So excited to see this one!

[@CoachJulia]

I am glad to hear that!

[@fluffues345]

Thank you so much for this video! This was really helpful!

[@Zidrazia]

Thank you for this! I'd love some more advanced spin tutorials (sit, camel, layback) in the future, you always break them down so well :)

[@CoachJulia]

More to come!

[@luminahastings756]

I've waited so long for this video 😍 thank you so much!!!

[@CoachJulia]

You are welcome! I hope you found it helpful!

[@Yanik2002]

I NEEDED THIS THANK YOU FOR MAKINGN THIS

[@CoachJulia]

You are welcome!!

[@paulasfigureskating5612]

Coach Julia, your Forward Scratch Spin is fabulous! :-) Thank you for sharing!

[@CoachJulia]

Thanks so much!

[@helena-km1pi]

Thank you for this! In my scratch spin, I always have trouble with the very last part, bringing my free foot from the knee of my skating foot down to the ankle. Does anyone have tips for that?

[@mewcin]

Ur videos are always so helpful and fun! This helped me to improve my scratch spin so much! Thank you! ⛸🎀

[@CoachJulia]

Awe, I am so glad to hear it helped!

[@MM-mx2yx]

I have problems with the entrance. Once I get to the step part, I can’t get myself to start spinning I just stop. I don’t understand how you swing your leg like that and begin spinning

[@ms_nataly]

The same...

[@MM-mx2yx]

@@ms_nataly I ended up getting a coach, and she said the way you enter the spin is you have to really bend your knee (the one you’re going to spin on) and put all your pressure and weight on the leg and then once you start to go get deeper in the spiral, you will just naturally start to spin.

[@ms_nataly]

@@MM-mx2yx thanks for sharing! The thing is I have a coach, and I can do one foot spin on a spot easily with many rotations, but I'm struggling with the entrance. However, you're totally right, I also came to a conclusion (btw, with the help of another video on this channel), that spiral will be more curve if you bend your knee more. I'm gonna to try this on today's training 😁🍾. Meanwhile, I recommend to check other spin-related Julia videos (with the entrance and one foot spin), this helped me to understand this moment with the knee...

[@jenngarrison4317]

I saw my reflection in the windows from my warm up! 🤣 Thanks for this - I want to upgrade my one foot spin.

[@CoachJulia]

Oh my gosh, hey Jenn!! I saw that reflection too. Lol, little easter egg in there for you.

[@emiliepiat5999]

Thank you very much, that's great! I already had this technique but thanks to you I will be able to try to explain to my daughters 😍

[@CoachJulia]

I love that you are helping your daughters skate!

[@user-im6ef7rn8x]

Спасибо, очень хороший пошаговый показ! Всё понятно без слов! 👏

[@patriot-hj5vx]

coach julia! thank you for the tutorial. what do you recommend for blade control during spins? i always dig my toe pick in - i just don't know how to balance without that safety net. are there any exercises i can do to help?

[@patriot-hj5vx]

Oh my gosh i wrote this comment a year ago. I can do one foot spins now 😁

[@patrickneedham3363]

I don't even skate but I watch all these videos to see gorgeous Coach Julia!

[@CoachJulia]

Awe. So sweet of you.

[@ladypenelope6733]

This is the spin that Sonja Henie used to do a lot! :D I thought it’d be called something like twisted leg spin hahahahah :D I can’t wait to learn this spin!!!!!!!!!!

[@yasminahawache]

i actually wish i picked figure skating over artistic (roller) skating bc of this video bc at this moment i can only do 3 or 4 spins in a row and prob won’t ever be able to do more 😭

[@chiutwan]

Thanks for making this video! Every time I see the opening of each of your videos I wish I could do a scratch spin like that. I’ve been practicing spins for at least four years. Sometimes I manage to cross my free leg, but even so I can’t seem to lift my right thigh anywhere near as high as yours does. I can do a Y spiral and splits, so flexibility is not the issue. Just during a spin I find it hard to lift my free thigh. Any suggestions?

[@IreneBizzarri]

thanks a lot!! that's an amazing tutorial

[@CoachJulia]

Glad you liked it!

[@elizabethhermes2918]

This looks so cool! I recently got into ice skating and I love it, but I'm 14 so I feel like I'm too old to start figure skating. I really wish I started at a younger age

[@elizabethhermes2918]

wow good job!

[@kazuichis]

you’re never too old! you may not go to the olympics, but you can still work up to spins and jumps

[@SaraaSchoolcraft]

You’re not old! Lol I’m thirty and still learning 😅

[@Angelinathomas02]

@sohaahmed8433where are you at with skating right now?

[@Blxue337]

This already helped me so much, but do you have any tips on how to not go on your toepick. I always struggle with that because i have a really small rocker

[@victoriajade3598]

Ahhhh I cannot wait to be able to do this!!! 😍

[@CoachJulia]

Keep practicing!

[@emilysofley329]

shes so cool for being able to do that in slo-mo 😭😭thank you

[@tararose3684]

Can you talk about dealing with dizziness?

[@Arvolve]

Wonderful channel, thank you!

[@CoachJulia]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@MaX-we9zt]

Thank you very much for your videos. They are beautiful. I am learning a lot starting from zero, such a nice feeling, and you are amazing! I have a question please, today I tried the hokey stop for the first time, finally I did but I tend to lift from the ground the foot that should go on the outside edge. I do this because I don't menage to put it on outside line keeping it on the ground. Could you please give me an help?

[@Yaziceed]

Thanks for this I’m really struggling

[@sophia-ry2jt]

Thank you so much this helped me a lot!!!

[@CoachJulia]

So glad to hear that!

[@gbrllasally]

THANKYOUUU

[@CoachJulia]

you are welcome!

[@lauribricker9439]

Thanks for sharing this!💕

[@CoachJulia]

You are so welcome!

[@luka-mm2uw]

I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS

[@CoachJulia]

I am so glad I have what you are looking for!

[@susanafernandez3768]

the small stop, is it a three turn? I don't understant. People say me that I need to stop with outedge. I need to help! I tried to do a small spiral and my body did a three turn. Maybe is the natural.

[@charm602]

OMGGG YAYYY!!! Thank you so much!!!

[@CoachJulia]

You are welcome!!!

[@jrg305]

So after you mention staying wound up and doing a long outside edge without unwinding, it looks like you unwind and whip immediately after you step from the wind up. I do this too but I'm scolded for traveling or for not holding my edge long enough, but it doesn't look like most skaters do. I did get what I was looking for though. I am trying to bring my arms and legs in at the same time and you said to do leg first(cross) then arms and legs. I'm also trying to go fast because I feel unstable if I go slow.

[@CoachJulia]

The traveling has a lot to do with whether you are on a deep enough outside edge as you enter the spin. You want to create a hook shape that tightens up as you enter the spin.

[@jrg305]

@@CoachJulia thanks this is helpful. I just got off the ice and just by doing the leg in first I was able to hold for more revolutions than ever. I'm still traveling. Sometimes I overhook and skid on the ice on the entry but still pull off the spin. I have a lot of power but low control

[@URW1980]

Thanks Julia! I am finally getting my scratch spin after about 18m of trying & crying - the solution? Spin the other way!! Turns out I’m left footed 🤷‍♀️

[@CoachJulia]

Oh my gosh! Congrats on figuring that out! Now to transfer that rotation direction to the rest of your jumps and spins.

[@URW1980]

@@CoachJulia yeah that’s a work in progress right now 😂 I also got professionally fitted and switched from Edeas to Risports as I needed more ankle support. It’s made a huge difference!

[@bayartsetseg1000]

it helps me

[@Catski0]

Yay! Just working on my scratch spin right now. Perfect timing! Helpful as always!🤩 My biggest problem is snapping in too quickly - finding it sooo hard to hold and pull in slowly. Any tips on this?

[@alexraimbach9105]

Yeah I have the same problem, always get thrown off when I pull in and speed up

[@keeleyparr3643]

hii is it possible to get some tips on how to get a spin entrance i’m really struggling keep ng my balance

[@m.ichellewang]

I have skated for a couple of years now but i only do scratch spins with my feet next to each other. Everytime i try to cross my legs i feel this very big pressure lol.

[@CoachJulia]

That big pressure can help you get a faster spin! 😁

[@m.ichellewang]

@@CoachJulia true :)

[@seccyboi9401]

Hello, i am trying to learn a scratch spin, I will update you in the following weeks how far i have progressed My current errors are - going too fast into the spin - have my arms flailing around a bit too much - worst problem is i learn forward and dont have a good center of gravity - im scared of the speed of the scratch spin

[@xoxrazzyxox]

How/when are you supposed to uncross your feet at the end?

[@Skiesaremine]

I am getting a V-shaped pattern during my spin entry. How can I fix it?

[@flying_soap]

Thanks you for your amazing tutorials ! Just a quick question, do you close your eyes or keep them open while spinning ? Thanks !

[@CoachJulia]

I answered your comment in a video this week! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZ-3nqicib1-l6c

[@Ali-vz9rs]

fantastic!

[@CoachJulia]

Thanks!

[@Valp8]

You explained it better than all of the coaches ive ever had and they charged me 200 dollars 😂. This spin is always giving me trouble regardless of how progress i make in my level overall and now I see that it was due to me opening my knee. Nobody ever told me that. Mexico and their great coaches 😂

[@CoachJulia]

I am so glad to know I could help you understand this spin a bit better! Good luck with your practice!

[@crazzycat9478]

No matter how much i try the „heart shape“ as an entrance in the scratch, it’s not working. i really don’t know what to dooo

[@violainestemarie8815]

Wow tunes très bonne , ce matin mai essayé mai la misère pas réussi, Je doit ma pratique .... comme toi j essayer.... je trouve difficile pour moi hi je répète essayer ... ok merci tu explique montre plus clairement bien ... je regarder ta vidéo pour m apprendre...

[@MizZvampire1]

Hey, I‘m a bit confused: does the leg really need to be bent in the „holding position“ at the beginning?

[@tomharris195]

How do you get over the mental block of crossing your leg? I have a really great one foot spin from strong back crossovers and an entrance edge, and it's well centered, fast and gets 8-12 revolutions, but for the scratch spin I just can't get over the hurdle of actually crossing my leg over without feeling like I'm tipping myself off my axis or going to get all twisted up and not be able to come out of the spin.

[@katherinenghiem7126]

THIS IS LITERALLY ME!! Were you able to finally get it?

[@tomharris195]

@@katherinenghiem7126 Yes! And actually pretty quickly too, tbh. What my coach told me that made everything click was to think about just hinging at the knee. If you think about it like an upright spin you will just throw yourself off, but think about the different positions you hit in your spin and when your leg comes out and around as the spin starts, instead of thinking about bringing it in, think about just bending your knee and that will bring the free foot across. Once you have the 4 position and your foot is across, it's so much more comfortable to push that foot down into the full scratch spin position than to try and think about doing that from the get-go. Also, just to get over the mental hurdle of it, I practiced in a corner one day just doing spins and when I tried to cross my leg I would basically smash my foot into my spin to make sure I was actually getting it in front of me instead of still just out to the side. Good for making me pay attention to where my leg actually is in the spin, and good motivation to get it all the way across, that way it's my boot or calf hitting my skating leg and not my blade, lol! But maybe 1 or 2 days of mild bruises and it clicked so much faster than I thought it would. Once you get a scratch spin they'll feel so much more natural and you'll never want to go back to a regular upright spin!

[@shyneicemayeux5168]

Tis the season back on the ice and so im back here 🤣

[@CoachJulia]

Yay!!

[@shyneicemayeux5168]

@@CoachJulia thank you coach Julia 🥰

[@Obvi_A]

2:58 -3:09

[@cupidxx_1113]

My skating rink wants us to bring our arms down to our thigh-area as our foot crosses.. it’s a dumb question, but will this tutorial still work?

[@CoachJulia]

It will. I have learned and taught that technique as well as bringing the arms up over the head. Try practicing it all three ways and see how it affects your spin!

[@cupidxx_1113]

@@CoachJulia Thank you so much! Love your videos!

[@pantufafelpuda2]

my rink is closed because of the winter olympics. they are making some preparations as there will be broadcasts. open for a week. I CAN'T WAIT TO SKATE AGAIN AAAAAA

[@CoachJulia]

Wow, where do you skate??

[@pantufafelpuda2]

Coach Julia on a rink in brazil(the city is:São Paulo)

[@gettxss]

press inside edge on the skating leg while we're spinning. Right? Teacher.

[@CoachJulia]

Yes! The spin is done on the backward inside edge.

[@gettxss]

@@CoachJulia thank you so much 🥰

[@ash_1028]

Have you don’t sit spin? If not could you do it!

[@sisiproductionss]

my biggest problem is that i dont find my center, i travel so much and its so frustrating, i cant figure out how to stay at one place:(

[@maspeight]

Film it in slow motion and then look at your posture. You want to be straight up and down with no bend in your back, also hold your forward outside edge for longer (count how long you're holding and then add at least one more count before entering next time). These things help me keep my spin centred

[@sisiproductionss]

@@maspeight Oh thanks so much! I will try that!:)

[@Sasha_Plygareva]

Does anyone have any tips I’m too scared to cross my leg over incase I cut myself I have lots of speed and idk what I’m doing wrong 😢

[@Oanyboo]

So your side heel, is what goes

[@Sasha_Plygareva]

@@Oanyboo what?

[@motherdreamy.3489]

Ty!! C :

[@DD-ez1ho]

How does Julia have a conversation and spin at the same time?!?!

[@CoachJulia]

😆 Just depends on the spin position. lol, no Convos during Layback Spins!

[@MeganMcIntosh]

Thanks Julia! Your videos are really helping me train while I still don’t have a coach. Question: what’s the difference between a regular one-foot spin and a scratch spin?

[@lucymonro1803]

you can see that with the scratch spin you cross the leg that's not on the ice over the leg that's spinning and with a one foot spin you just keep one leg bent next to the spinning leg :D (I hope that makes sense haha)

[@emmac4120]

Are you dizzy? ❤❤❤

[@christinemeleg4535]

OHHHHH stop making it look so easy!!!!!!!

[@Tamaii__]

❤️✨❤️❤️😊😊😊

[@CoachJulia]

Thanks for watching!

[@SpitefulAZ]

why is it called a scratch spin?

[@CoachJulia]

I can only imagine because it scratches the ice up? I actually have no idea on the name of this one. I do enjoy knowing my skating history but this is one area where I am lost.

[@SpitefulAZ]

@@CoachJulia but you made a video answering this question! Lol

[@ashlynwiraatmaja1372]

I wonder why is very hard

[@alessiabattistutta6740]

Sorry but I don’t like the arm position in your spins… try to “hug a tree” instead to close like this because remember me a bat 🦇 or a chicken 🐓😂😂 and you can lose the center in this way (sorry for my english)