HOW TO DO THE SPREAD EAGLE || LEARN A NEW SKATING MOVE | Coach Michelle Hong

Hi Skating Family,
Welcome back to my channel! I'm here to share my tips and tricks on "How to Do the Spread Eagle". The Spread Eagle is a gorgeous move in figure skating that requires you to turn out your hips, knees, and ankles. I hope you enjoy these exercises that I am sharing with you today. Please let me know if this helps you on your journey!
Special thanks to my student, Sofia, for demonstrating and sharing her talent!
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[@sophiaschein6190]

I really appreciate you demonstrating with a student who it doesn’t come naturally to. It’s even more impressive and motivational

[@stan4703]

4:13 IS THAT ALYSA LIU IN THE BACKROUND?! DOES SHE SKATE THERE?

[@katiedemar921]

Stan Skates yup!

[@鏡音リンちゃん]

😱😱😱

[@-ambocadua-4977]

OMG

[@e.e.e.5224]

Yeah that’s where she trains

[@Walymie]

Right on time ! I want to include a spread eagle into my program so I was looking for information on how to make it better, so thank you for that 😁

[@crazyazn760]

I recently just bought my skates and found you through your "breaking in skates" video, I'm so glad I did! I love your energetic calm and your instruction! Please keep tutorials coming! 💕💖💗

[@ItsKat.x]

I learned this myself and now i can da it almost perfectly, to start doing it on ice don’t start in a cirkel (facing out the cirkel). I starter with doing it in a statight line with bendes knees, after a time i could stretch my knees fully. Then it was time to do it in the cirkel realy slow and first with benden knees( keep pushing to the limit here) and then i had it, i started tacking more speed,... (this is how i learned it myself, maybe everyting i say is wrong , sorry for bad english)

[@bsbsbbehskakao5646]

I don't think I will ever can do at least a little part of things you ca do you are amazing

[@Prince_Charming_1]

This is the best training videos on KZbin on how to do the eagle spread . Love it! Thanks!

[@vashappeninjas]

Thank u so much for explaining how to enter into it!!

[@figureskater232]

ALOHA FROM OAHU!!!! Thank you coach Michelle Hong YOU'RE AMAZING!!!

[@nikolkuhar8127]

I just love how honest you are and how good you explain everything♥️

[@katiedemar921]

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO

[@ggd210]

Thanks!! 😊

[@juunaardan8905]

Ok i need to try this Friday morning I can't wait !!!! Like you my hips are not naturally open I'm struggling with the spread eagle, wasn't able to do one even if it a love I like sooooo much, it's so beautiful !! 😭 Thanks for the tips !!

[@stefaniaponitz5738]

Such an interesting move, was not familiar with it yet. I love doing the inside spread eagle so I'm super excited to give this a try. I always love when coaches show their own struggle/warming up or just showing how not to do something because it teaches us so much more than just showing perfect examples.

[@TuanAnhNguyen-hx3se]

Hi Ms. Hong! My daughter really enjoys your videos and was wondering if you could do one on loop jump?

[@tynealeoni8999]

best tutorial ever for spread eagle 😎

[@noorallawati5390]

I started exercising to do this on my inside edge hehehe process is fun!

[@liamaspinall6906]

Took me a month, don't give up, it's so fun

[@MicaCardillo]

❤❤❤

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

You say Sophie is not flexible, and yet she looks very very flexible. I cannot do any of those on ice foot positions, nowhere near, and I've been trying and stretching for a year or two. The best I can do is skate in a 2m wide circle. I think many if not most people are more like me than Sophie. How do I get that incredible flexibility?

[@pinkaboocrafts4840]

Yes! Some people are naturally very flexible and can easily do a spread eagle. However I have been stretching and skating for years to finally get flexible enough to do a spread eagle. And even now, when I do too many, I start to get pain in my knees. It takes a lot of hard work, time, and listening to your body! Slow and steady wins the race! Never push your body too hard. You will eventually get there with these tips and stretches! -Sofia

[@wentithewindsongbird2939]

I’m a contortionist, yet I can’t do a spread eagle 😢 I can’t keep my hips and ankles turned out on ice 😢

[@blondielocks7429]

I practiced this during school just by flexing and stretching my feet without noticing. It worked really well

[@wentithewindsongbird2939]

Hi Michelle ❄️ thank you so much for sharing your experience 💗 I’m a contortionist. I started artistic roller in October 2018 and now I’m trying to do everything I’ve been learning on wheels on ice. In a few hours I got to the same level I got on rollers, but I can’t do spread eagles even if I do over splits and middle splits with ease 😭 I just can’t keep my hips turned out on ice, no matter how I try 😢 Is it because I just need more practice on ice and this is too advanced for me? (I can do basic spins, all the three turns and brackets, the waltz jump, the toeloop, the salchow and I’m close to the Flip, both on ice and on rollers). Thanks again! Have a nICE skating day! 🥰🤗❄️💪🏻

[@TheLarryBrown]

You must have something wrong in your head on how to do it. If you're a contortionist then you must have all the flexibility you need, so you're doing something wrong. I video myself and I can usually see where I'm wrong easily. Otherwise, you should get some private instruction and a good instructor should get you going. It could be something like your skates aren't sharp, or they are sharpened incorrectly, or a blade is misaligned, or you haven't yet learned to use an outside edge and you should, or you're trying to skate from your toe when you should be skating from your heel, could be something easy. In a case like that a coach could be helpful.

[@nrlacomba1]

Thank you!!! ❤️

[@smolsews3760]

Do you have any tips for doing the stretch against the wall that isn't on the ice? My rink dips down around the edges because the ice isn't great (there's a huge lump in the middle of the ice so the ice has been completely drawn away from the side)

[@harpieahouse6246]

haha is your rink Blackburn in England?

[@IzzyM486]

I can’t figure out how to turn my right foot out, I can do a middle split and stuff but my right hip just won’t cooperate it might be because I fractured my right femural neck like 6 months ago but it doesn’t hurt my foot just won’t turn out! can anybody help?

[@wentithewindsongbird2939]

Izzy Marino I have the same problem with my right hip 😥 and I can’t keep it turned out when I’m on ice even if I’m a contortionist 😭

[@CaiyaSanchez]

So I can kinda ice skate and I’m going to try your tutorial next time I’m on the ice. Any easy tricks for beginners

[@chiutwan]

Thanks for the video! My hips could turn out well enough off ice or by the board, but my knees and ankles need to turn out more. Any tips? Also, my legs could spread much wider by the board than they could off the board. What can I do to have the strength to spread them? Additionally, I’d like to learn the outside pivot you did at 4:49. Will you make a tutorial for that? Thanks in advance.

[@TheLarryBrown]

It's easier on the board. On the ice things get slippery. If you have any tightness in your hips the board can overcome that but on the ice such tightness will show up and cause problems. You just need to keep stretching diligently until you get the needed flexibility. Flexibility is not something that comes quickly for most people, it takes consistent work.

[@rienn8559]

@@TheLarryBrown do i just search up hip exercises?

[@NedaValcheva]

thank you for this!! i've been hoping for a good spread eagle tutorial! i can't wait to get to the ice and try stuff out

[@sadiemortimer]

ok is it weird that this was legit the first thing i ever learned?

[@amberlee5477]

lol, i just taught myself how to do a spread eagle. it took me like three days.

[@janetslater129]

Where is your balance mostly at when doing this move? I really struggle with putting the other foot down when trying this move away from the wall.

[@TheLarryBrown]

It's similar to riding a bike. As long as the bike is moving forward, somehow you are able to balance easily on just those narrow tires. To practice, work on the wall and practice pulling your self on the wall and then gliding without holding on. If you can learn that way to glide five seconds, then you're getting better.

[@orange_leaf4913]

You said u can teach your students in 2-3 days, may I know how many times a week ur student have classes im 18 and I just stared recently and I just have one 1 hour class per week, is that too little?

[@ellieisnotonline]

Stephanie Halim how recently? I started skating in January (I turned 18 last month) and at first I only practised when I went to my classes once a week. I was unable to improve as fast as I do now when I skate 2-3 times a week. It really depends on how quickly you want to improve. Hope this helps

[@TheLarryBrown]

1 hour class per week is ok until you get to higher levels. More germane to the issue is practice time. If you skated four hours every week in addition to that one hour class, you would get better.

[@nasisahwhitfield8079]

Will this work on roller skates

[@sasakilittlepsy.3nsho.338]

I realized that I never to do stretching every time before ice skating 0-0 but I'm safety cuz I ride a time in a month since here is malaysia and my place is far away at the ice skating place U.U

[@Maximusavrelius]

I am still struggling with these I just don’t get it yet. It’s hard.😢

[@rienn8559]

i can do my spread eagle on ice against the wall with my hip against the wall but i cant do a spread eagle on ice my feet keep turning out

[@sillykork8291]

These are torture on my knees lol

[@TheLarryBrown]

Your hips are too tight, concentrate on stretching those out.

[@SirScavenger]

I've been working on this for months now and can only do it off the ice, on ice I spin in a little circle...

[@TheLarryBrown]

When stretching, you need to point your toes out a FULL 180 DEGREES. Not 179, a FULL 180 DEGREES. Do that several minutes every day for several weeks and you will develop the flexibility needed.

[@MyHealthyPlate_recipes]

Small circle after wall for beginners?!That’s hard! You should start on a big circle then move to small

[@MyHealthyPlate_recipes]

If you are a professional coach, why is your bottom sticking out?

[@TheLarryBrown]

For the same reason you have a name like "MyHealthyPlate" but still eat junk food and are over weight.

[@MyHealthyPlate_recipes]

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