Learn Forward Crossovers on Ice the Easy Way with Ice Coach Online

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In this video, Lloyd teaches you how to do forward crossovers on ice. This is a very important skill to learn on the ice as you can use it to pick up speed into various different jumps, spins, and turns.
Lloyd breaks the move down into different steps to help you learn the basics.
At the end of the video, you can learn some common mistakes that people make when trying to do forward crossovers. Be sure to check them out to make sure that you avoid making the same ones.
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[@keithscott9774]

I think this has to be the most detailed and explanatory video I've seen on forward crossovers. I love the way you break everything down to smaller parts. That really helps us beginners understand where to start, and what we may be doing wrong. I've just managed to get a lot better at my forward crossovers (one direction only LOL) but this video is going to help me get better from this point onwards. Thanks very much.

[@firecat5338]

For someone who is trying to unlearn bad habits, your demonstrations of common mistakes have been very helpful, thank you!

[@dorothea4157]

The videos on this channel are excellent!

[@zoned4030]

This is so difficult for me. I will not stop practicing. Thanks for the tips.

[@fullmoon1072]

It’s not difficult, just unfamiliar. Soon it will get more familiar

[@TheLarryBrown]

Wow I'm impressed. Excellent video. There must be some part of the technique you didn't mention, but for the life of me I couldn't find what that might be. Very detailed, thorough, and concise. Thank you X 1,000,000.

[@IceCoachOnline]

Glad it was helpful! I could have added more details into the video, but then the video would become annoyingly long to watch! 😂

[@hellie_el]

Hello Ice Coach. I love your tutorials, they’re really, really good. Do you think you could wear lighter coloured trousers, though? It would make it easier to differentiate your legs when they’re close together. That would be very helpful. Thanks for your great videos.

[@IceCoachOnline]

Thanks for the great feedback! You bring up a very valid point. Since we have a lot of footage filmed with these coloured trousers, we will do our best to correct the colours of the videos when editing. In future videos, we will try to wear a better choice of colours to help make things clearer. Thanks again for letting us know.

[@AdamJukes]

@@IceCoachOnline Perhaps you can have different coloured trouser legs!! lemon yellow for left and royal Blue for Right...........

[@anthonyrobertson2011]

What unlocked forward crossovers for me was getting to where I could skate straight forward with legs crossed and hold it. You can use the waist high wall to get it down. Just don't get too close to the wall. My back skate hit it crossing it under me and fell opps. This totally helped in knowing how to position my foot as I put it down on the crossover. Surely I'm not the only one who thought this might help? Anyway I've seen no one suggest this move. I didn't pick up my foot. I'd just slide them into position, hold and balance (using wall if feeling unsteady) then uncross agsin. Then when I tried a crossover foot came down perfectly in position.

[@karenclarke8340]

That sounds like a crossed lemon, but I can see how it would work.

[@karysgriffiths-derose6241]

Best video ever for crossovers

[@IceCoachOnline]

Thanks! I'm happy to hear you liked it.

[@angelinadelBuey1]

this is the best video on crossovers I have seen so far, thank you!

[@IceCoachOnline]

Happy to hear the video helped you!

[@alandulusia]

Addressing common mistakes awesome 👍👍

[@aleksandra2520]

Lol 6:43 was hilarious 😂 Thks for this video. It's really useful.

[@visreaddiscuss6705]

Thank you! This was very helpful!

[@gracez.6785]

It's very informative and helpful! Thank you!

[@ladyjmarie3955]

Thank you for the lesson!

[@maytmdmrw]

This has been so helpful, it’s great you are showing what the common errors are, I’ve been trying crossover for a few months and just can’t get them I thought my legs where too chubby as I never manage to have enough space to cross then but now I realised thanks to your video that I keep a very open hip when trying to cross my feet. Excellent video, thank you for uploading and looking forward to next one (perhaps edges, please?) 💙⛸

[@IceCoachOnline]

We are really happy you found the video helpful. Thanks the feedback about the common mistakes section in our videos, we'll make sure we include them in future videos. We plan on adding many more videos in the coming weeks and months and there will be plenty covering edge work. Feel free to subscribe to our channel and turn on the notifications so you can be updated when we upload our next video. Also if you have any questions just let us know, we're here to help in anyway we can.

[@orange_leaf4913]

OMG SAMMEEEE I searched how long it took people to do crossovers usually and in quora I saw someone said 20-40mins and I'm like -____-

[@IceCoachOnline]

@@orange_leaf4913 I wouldn't pay much attention to that! Everyone learns at their own pace, and some people are quicker at some things and slower at others. I have taught people that pick up crossovers reasonably quick but really struggle on other things like a snowplough stop. Crossovers are usually a tough move to learn and even harder to master. - Lloyd

[@bestany5517]

These tutorials are really helpful! I like how you include common mistakes.

[@IceCoachOnline]

We're happy to hear your finding them helpful! We'll make sure to include more common mistake sections in future videos.

[@bestany5517]

@@IceCoachOnline I practiced forward crossovers today and I noticed my front foot making that drop sound on the ice. I don't think I'd have noticed that being a problem if I hadn't watched this. Of course you also do a great job of demonstrating and explaining the correct way, too, which is essential!

[@IceCoachOnline]

@@bestany5517 that's great that you managed to discover the dropping sound your foot was making. I'm happy it helped you out! We strive to explain things as clearly as we can and are more than happy to clarify things if people need us to. Let me know if you have any questions :) Lloyd

[@stefaniaponitz5738]

This video is fantastic! In other video's I've seen on this technique, it was lost on me how this move can make you go faster but now it finally makes sense.

[@IceCoachOnline]

We're happy to hear you found the video helpful! Let us know if you have any questions.

[@deesterdee6650]

Excellent!! Bend and Weight transfer especially helpful

[@IceCoachOnline]

Glad to hear you found it helpful.

[@inessambolec8966]

Great! Thank you for the video! Very helpful ^^

[@KxNOxUTA]

Thank you, that advice is so precious! I love the details and getting a good idea of what is right by looking at what is wrong.

[@IceCoachOnline]

Thanks for the great feedback. We'll make sure to keep including the common mistakes sections in future videos. Glad you found the video helpful.

[@FmBm2]

This was very informative, thank you!

[@4erny]

very efficient tips, thank you, will try them soon :)

[@veras7137]

Your tutorial is great! Thanks for sharing

[@IceCoachOnline]

We are happy to hear you enjoyed it. Thanks for showing your support!

[@orange_leaf4913]

Thank youu and bless U for this I am finally able to do these!!

[@IceCoachOnline]

Happy to hear the video helped!

[@rogerfederer1622]

Great tutorial

[@IceCoachOnline]

Thanks!

[@zeynabalimadadi689]

Thanks 😊 I appreciate it 🙏

[@IceCoachOnline]

No problem 😊

[@bluegloriousgames]

I tried this without even knowing how and did it perfectly And that's how I started to want to figure skate

[@IceCoachOnline]

Good job :)

[@Whuffles]

Omg this is so helpful! Thank youuuuu!! T_T

[@IceCoachOnline]

You're welcome, we're happy to hear you found it helpful

[@eggizgud]

Oh dear, the second push with the back leg seems so difficult. It looks so easy and natural haha.

[@TheGarboesque]

Many thanks for this excellent video. Please could you show the difference between forward progressive runs and crossovers?

[@IceCoachOnline]

I want to make a specific video explaining the difference is in the future. However as a visual reference, In the middle of this video I am demonstrating crossovers and during the end screen there is a slow motion video of me doing progressives. The reason I did it like this is because progressives are essentially like very good crossovers. The foot doesn't lift up and over to change feet, but instead sneaks around the side then cuts across in front.

[@TheGarboesque]

Thank you! I look forward to the specific video for progressives as there doesn't seem to be a tutorial for these online.

[@daliaslife7516]

Hey coach, I am able to do the crossovers perfectly but I struggle with maintaining them crossed for at least 5 seconds, what do you think is the problem? Also do you have any advice for not using your toe picks?

[@aleli.tir0502]

Thank you so much. I've been waiting for this video. I'm trying to learn the forward crossovers and currently struggling with it. Do you have any off-ice exercises for forward crossovers? If so, what exercises can I do at the gym to improve them?

[@IceCoachOnline]

Glad you enjoyed the video. Can you elaborate on what part of the crossover you are finding difficult? As for off ice exercises to help you, I would suggest general stability work. For example, getting a wobble / Bosu board and standing on it on one leg. Practice standing on the left leg, then lift your foot up like to are doing a crossover to change to the other leg. Repeat on both sides. Hope this helps, let me know how it goes - Lloyd

[@aleli.tir0502]

@@IceCoachOnline Thank you for your quick reply. I really appreciate it. I'll work on gen. stability. As for my difficult part, I believe it's mostly mental for me. I guess I'm not comfortable yet with crossing my foot over on ice. It scares me tbh. I sometimes visualize myself falling over. Yet, I know that I need to repeat this process again and again (including taking deep breaths and trusting myself) until my mind and body memorize the moves. Thanks again Lloyd 😊

[@IceCoachOnline]

@@aleli.tir0502 make sure you try and stay relaxed when learning. If you're too tense you increase the risk of hurting yourself if you fall. Also, being able to hold a nice solid outside edge on a curve will help you with feeling more confident crossing the leg over. Stay tuned to our channel as we'll be uploading videos covering this in the future. Thanks again for your kind words and good luck with the skating!

[@aleli.tir0502]

@@IceCoachOnline Thanks so much. I'll make sure to practice getting a strong outside edge first and try to relax when I learn.

[@KxNOxUTA]

@@aleli.tir0502 Btw. whatever is scary doing, if you e.g. start from the steps they showed on the line. You can do those along the barricade. Let your hands either hover above or just place your hands lightly to make sure you're not leaning on them. But it helps getting a secure feeling for crossing legs.

[@fisherman023]

The 'mistake' you demonstrate, where the foot is placed on the outside of the inside foot, is this how a progressive run for ice dance should be done?

[@birdyleo]

Thank you so much for this video, explanation and common mistakes are very helpful. What I trip on repeatedly (well, twice, but it has sent me flying over the ice) - when I cross the foot over and place it on the ice, I get toe pick first. It sends me straight flying into the ice. Doesn’t happen a lot and only on my ‘bad side’. I guess it’s related to the foot not being flexed enough. However I don’t seem to have a feeling for it. I only know I did it wrong cause I fell down. Is there an exercise I could practise, especially on the bad side, to develop a feel for it without this dramatic fall. Thank you!

[@IceCoachOnline]

you might want to build up some strenght to flex your foot better in your skates. As a warm up exercise before getting on the ice, try walking on you heels (in your shows not skates) not letting your toes touch the floor. This will strengthen your ability to flex your feet in your skates.

[@karenclarke8340]

Great idea, I've just done that the length of my living room and back as that's something else I've done wrong in past. Felt like a penguin but hey ho, if it improves my skating the indignity is worth it😅.

[@benhoa78]

Is there a backwards crossover tutorial

[@noorallawati5390]

Hmm i have been trying to cross my leg so my feet lands right next to the other. Now I see the foot landing a bit front. Hopefully i can get it now

[@karenclarke8340]

So that's what went wrong with my CW crossover. My legs were too far apart on the actual cross part. I was a bit better going CCW.

[@laurduncan]

Lol, it's sort of cute how he thinks beginners are going to cross their feet over too far :)

[@IceCoachOnline]

You would be surprised what you see people do when learning this, this is a correction I have had to make to students - Lloyd :)

[@misha8032]

Hi!! not sure if anyone will reply but i have habit of panicking or not putting my foot down enough. my coaches tell me to stomp and plant my foot but i just get too scared. If put my foot down too hard I fall. i am able to glide on one foot, but whenever it comes to crossovers i cross my feet but feel the need to immediately put my next foot forward. are there any techniques? like leaning more? I’m not really sure. Is it okay to glide while your feet are crossed and then bringing your next foot?

[@IceCoachOnline]

Hello! Of course you will get a reply from us at Ice Coach Online 🙂 It's hard to pinpoint exactly what the exact issue is without seeing it for myself, but I can certainly speculate as to what it is. When you say that putting your foot down too hard makes you fall, it makes it sound like your body positioning is incorrect. If I had incorrect body positioning and try a crossover, I could make myself fall too. I would guess that your hips are not angled slightly to face the centre of the circle. Your upper body might also not be rotated to the centre of the circle. This would increase the chances of you tripping yourself up on the crossover. Something that might help you would be working on holding your one foot glides on a circle, doing both inside edge and then trying outside edge too. You can practice with different free leg positions too, for example Leg back, Free leg touching skating leg, and free leg forwards. The better you get at balancing doing those edges with different free leg position, the easier your crossovers will become as now you know where you want your balance on each edge, and your only task is learning to successfully transfer your weight in-between each foot. Eventually you'll want to not be stuck gliding on the leg crossed position as it's not a very efficient way of doing crossovers. The end goal of crossovers is to learn to push with your legs and propel you weight onto the next foot generating speed and power Before reaching this point, we need to learn how to correctly balance our weight, position our body, and transfer from one foot to another. Hope this helps!

[@misha8032]

Ice Coach Online thanks! i’ll try this out next time i go skating 😊

[@TheLarryBrown]

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[@luismelrica6717]

Ok! First I give 8,5€ to have a wearable jacket and afterwards with a needed extra washing... Then, "Given!"! And if it was given, was given by charity, not by any of you directly to me... Strange that any of the two ice skaters remembered a "Duffy" I also gave before... (for charity). For some reason may be akward to use the expression "long sleeves"... I wonder why... And by the way, why was my previous comment deleted?!

[@Ouennsitekureruhitosuki11]

Is he the guy who have been in 2014 olympics？

[@IceCoachOnline]

Yes! 2014 sochi Olympic games in the ice dance category!

[@liviazhang3998]

Black pants and shoes in the dark made difficult to see your actions clearly.