On-Ice Figure Skating Warm Up - For Beginners!!

Hello Skaters! Today I am bringing you a warm up for those beginner skaters out there. I have one already posted that is more advanced.. my own personal warm up routine which you can watch here... • My Personal On Ice War...
But so many people asked for a more beginner one, so here we go! I hope you like this one!
If you need to brush up on some skills for this... Here are some videos I think you might find helpful...
First Time On The Ice? Go here... • How To Ice Skate! The...
Off Ice Warm Up… • Quick Off-Ice Warm Up ...
Off Ice Practice for Balance… • Off Ice Exercises for ...
Pre Session Stretch Routine… • Quick Pre-Skating Sess...
Stretching for The Splits… • The Ultimate Stretchin...
Stretching for Hip Flexibility… • Stretching Sequence Fo...
Off Ice Jump Exercises… • Off Ice Jump Exercises...
Forward Stroking... • Learn Figure Skating F...
Forward Swizzles... • How To Ice Skate! The...
Backward Swizzles... • How To Skate Backwards...
Forward Crossovers #1... • How to do Forward Cros...
Forward Crossovers #2... • Forward Crossovers Les...
Backward Crossovers... • How to do Backward Cro...
Power Pulls (or two foot slaloms) ... • How To Do Power Pulls ...
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Coach Julia has been skating (first on roller and then on ice) for over 30 years. She was a competitive skater until she turned 21 when she got her first contract as a professional show skater. Julia has been a figure skating coach for 15 years, is a USFS Gold Medalist in Moves in the Field, and an ISI Gold Level certified judge. She has held positions as the Skating Director of the largest skating program in the United States, as well as Head Coach at two different skating clubs. Julia has now turned her skills towards a larger audience and is bringing her love and knowledge of skating to all of you!

[@teakrose8613]

1. Off ice warmup 2. Forward strokes (squeeze glutes) 3. Forward swizzles, then twist to each side. Then add arm rotations. 4. Two foot slalow (keep feet together, rotate upper body) 5. Backward swizzles, then twist to each side, then add arm rotations 6. Crossovers or Half pumps (make figure 8) 7. Backward crossovers or Half pumps (make figure 8)

[@naturelover1284]

Thanks for breaking down moves. I find it more informative than lessons, and I can hear you and your not bored with the crowded process at rinks.

[@CoachJulia]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@carriezanti6149]

Thanks Julia! Your tutorials are really helpful as a beginner skater in my mid life (just turned 50 😲 learning basic 4 skate level). Classes are short (group) and at my rink they’re mixed age groups. So what fearless little people are learning is much scarier for an older adult. I find your tutorials a huge help as I try to remember what you say during the classes as you show step by step each skill…so thank you!

[@2ndChanc3d0gsncats]

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[@ariane51000]

Nice, nice. Good you showed a repetition of the whole warm up.

[@CoachJulia]

Glad you liked it!

[@katalingy87]

This is exactly my skill level, so very useful for me. thanks a lot. I was certainly not warming up my upper body enough so far. I don't think I will be able to do the crossover 8s in a busy public session where I can skate, but I will just use the middle circle in both directions.

[@CoachJulia]

Yeah, the middle circle would be a good substitute! 😁

[@Kirsten.shergold]

I have used the same warm up for a year and I just change it up every now and then and always do it to my music and change my pace and what order i do everything

[@CoachJulia]

That works! So long as you are doing some kind of warm up!

[@dianafrederiksen2245]

You're just amazing! Your teaching is so clear and the way you break down the moves had been helping me to get a lot of moves I was stuck on. Thank you!

[@CoachJulia]

Awe, thank you so much for your positive comments.

[@louiset2079]

Thank you for your videos. I am a mature adult finally learning to skate in UK. Your videos help me with what I am learning as you break things down and I can rewatch over. Sometimes it is hard to hear the instructor if there are a lot of students in the skating class.

[@CoachJulia]

I am so glad that my instruction is helpful to you.

[@TinaandBellesMom]

Thank you. 💚🌱

[@CoachJulia]

You are so welcome

[@mikeizquierdo5466]

Amazing!!!

[@CoachJulia]

Thanks!!

[@emilyscloset2648]

Excellent warm up, thanks!

[@CoachJulia]

Glad you liked it!

[@talix5812]

i like this warmup because i’m brand new to figure skating (and pretty new to ice skating in general) so this is what i’m aiming for as my full practice right now 😅 i like that it is a good overview of the basic movements i need to master! i practiced swizzles and half pumps today and i’m going to work more on backwards movements next! thanks!

[@CoachJulia]

Your practice will one day be your warm up! Just keep at it!

[@blueskies773]

Can’t wait to do this. I get bored just strolling around the rink. This should also strengthen my ankles so I can better stand on one leg on the ice.

[@JoanneKatzman]

I'm with you! It's much more fun to have something to work on!

[@honeybobmarley1755]

I got a minor yet painful injury while rollerskating last summer, and since then I've been so scared to fall on my butt that I tend lean forward when I skate, so this video is very helpful to fix that bad habit. Thank you, coach!

[@CoachJulia]

I am sorry to hear about the injury this summer. I hope these exercises help your confidence.

[@yjchoi17]

Thank you for the tips. I realized that I wasn’t really warming up my arms. Maybe that’s why I hardly ever get to the backspin position during jumps… And for curiosity sake, I went over to watch your warmup routine and saw cross steps…(my other coach calls them cross rolls) I’ve been trying to do them for warmups for a while, but kind of put them aside for now. (Mostly because they need more room than other moves. Our rink has speed skaters as well, so the rink has the center area for figures, inner track for the speeders, and outer track for public/warmups) But still, if you can do a tutorial on them…please? And finally…what a week full of videos!

[@CoachJulia]

Yeah, it's been a busy video week! Lol. I would be happy to do a video dedicated to cross rolls for you. I will put it on my list.

[@KANALYRAN22]

Tried the warm up routine earlier today and it worked out great! Helped alot with my skating posture. Thanks for posting 😊

[@CoachJulia]

Great to hear! Thanks for sharing!

[@tseringdhargay2799]

I love skating so much and I have skates.

[@kristyskirt9015]

Great detailed On Ice warm up Coach Julia. I also do off ice warm up too. One important point is to try to be EARLY for Figure skating class or going to a public skate. This allows full off ice warm up without causing muscle or joint strains, AND gives time to get foot seated in boot with ankle in boot heel, for me i do have at times a bit of swelling of foot and ankle, so being early that issue can be addressed with boot correctly seated in boot with proper lace tension. Sad part is I see my classmates for Saturday group figure skating class ARRIVE 5 minutes before class, yes some have done home off ice warm up yet, under FIVE minutes to get feet into boots and laced OH O. It get worse when the kids come in after our session LATE no off ice warm up nor time to get boot warm and CORRECTLY laced. All this can cause falls and injury to the skater and classmates .

[@CoachJulia]

I agree wholeheartedly with arriving early and getting a good warm up. I have students who come to their lesson and arrive right at the scheduled start time. No off-ice warm up, no on-ice warm up, nothing. Definitely not a good strategy for improvement or safety.

[@kristyskirt9015]

@@CoachJulia Hi Coach Julia; My late Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. Cheers

[@vivianavargasvivs7204]

Thank you Julia, excellent video. Right for my level. I can't wait for my next time on the ice this week to follow the routine. Certainly it'll help me a lot as in the level pursuing backwards crossover, glade in one feet, checking position after crossover backwards or an spin. Yesterday, learning to do the check position after two foot spin, I just held my leg behind 3 seconds which for me is a great achievement!!. By the way, beautiful wedding. Congratulations!!!

[@CoachJulia]

Yes, that is a great achievement! Good for you! I am glad you liked the warm up routine.

[@pavelanikaev2993]

Useful video! Thank you 😊 💓. I will try it on the next training!

[@CoachJulia]

Glad it was helpful!

[@saraphinmahoney3007]

Prefect and this warmup will help guide me into the next level. I am so excited to read others comments that I am not the only adult learning to ice skate! Who said you can’t teach an old dog new tricks😂 Keep up the hard work to all the beginner skaters out there! You are awesome!🎉

[@nathaliesanchez7357]

Thank you so much for this Coach Julia

[@PlatinumLemur]

I'm going to try these for Thursday and Saturday.. Since I can't do crossovers just yet. After the warm up I guess I can work on those for 45 minutes to an hour.

[@tseringdhargay2799]

I love skating so much and I love you

[@ddazuulada]

Thank you! This almost exactly like what I already do but with some nice added twists ^-^

[@tiffany3255]

thank you! i loved how you put it all together at the end. :)

[@CoachJulia]

I am glad you enjoyed it!

[@zeborahnz]

Ah this is awesome - I've actually cobbled together a fairly similar warmup in terms of steps, but with simpler arm stretches - will try out your suggestions. The core twists will be really good, and that arm roll and then leaving the hand behind the back might help me battle the tendency my left arm/shoulder have to keep coming in front of my body right when I want them to go behind (eg trying to balance a spiral - it's like they've got a mind of their own!) 😄

[@CoachJulia]

I am so glad you like it and see the benefit of those arm movements!

[@noorallawati5390]

This is perfect! Only thing I can't yet is back crossovers

[@CoachJulia]

Keep up your practice and you will get there soon.

[@tonyzarate8457]

Ohhh... excellent excersices coach, I will warm up like you

[@CoachJulia]

You can do it!

[@tamarisafari5120]

This is helping me so much!! Thank you 🙏❤️

[@CoachJulia]

I am so glad to hear that!

[@trade_design23]

Can you do a video that shows how you do the camera work? Have to admit an amazing smooth frame following you around the rink.

[@CoachJulia]

I have a really exceptional camera person who I work with. Very lucky to have them on the ice.

[@radiantrosie]

Thank you so much for your fantastic videos! As an adult returning to skating after a 24 year hiatus you've been super helpful. Also... I love your cute plaid shirt! Do you mind if I ask where you got it? 😊

[@juliathompson9859]

As usual I’m somewhere in the middle of the beginner and advanced (also hi from an assistant coach Julia who’s also in California lol) - what I do is a lap of forward stroking, F and B swizzles, F and B 2 foot slaloms, F and B Russian stroking, F and B 1 foot power pulls, F and B cross strokes. So basically half of each version😂

[@CoachJulia]

Hah, hello Julia! Where do you skate? That sounds like a good warm up routine!

[@juliathompson9859]

@@CoachJulia primarily Yerba Buena in SF but also in Oakland for synchro! I work at Yerba Buena. I recognized Skatetown from our Shamrock Skate competition earlier this year so I figured we weren’t too far away from each other 😊

[@tararose3684]

Thank you! I look forward to trying this. What type of leggings are you wearing?

[@dennykhoerniawan]

Hi Coach Julia, first of all thanks for all the videos, im just learning how to ice skate as an adult 2 months ago, taking group lesson once a week with some practices on my own, and all your videos has helped a lot. i can comfortably go forward, turn and stop, and a bit of going backwards. But I keep bending at the waist and my butt popping out, does not look pretty at all. But if i try to be more upright, i feel like im falling backwards. I have been told previously my recreational skates are not the best by a few people, and 1 person pointed out that too much of my weight is at my heel instead of mid foot and toes. is it my equipment issue? or just posture issue? if so, what can i do so i dont keep falling backwards when i try to be more upright?

[@tomciras6672]

Season's Greetings Coach, I'd like to know more about breath control during warm-ups, thank you

[@CoachJulia]

Ooh, interesting idea. I will put that on my list.

[@tomciras6672]

​@@CoachJulia Thank you Coach

[@trade_design23]

ok, so that figure 8 stuff might be doable in a freestyle session, but a public skate session ..???? Yeah, not happening. Big difference between nobody on the ice and spending every other stroke dodging some clueless kid along with a rink FULL of people during public skate. Just Sayin. Do a warm up video for public skate / crowded rink. Beginners skate the public skate session. Experienced skaters go to the freestyle session. None of that big arm movement stuff when someone is passing you every 5 seconds. Reality calling. Not being mean, just trying to be real world here.

[@user-bk2ti9mk7w]

Hi, when u do slalom,,,do push foot outside more or pushing both , same ? ⛸☕