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Chris Conte - Cat and Mouse



Chris Conte describes his "Cat and Mouse" method of teaching a skater to snap into the rotational position.  Chris is so creative and generally has way too much fun.  See how he uses simple stickers to make a point and keep things simple for his skaters.  Instead of talking about free side, or rotational side, or landing side, etc. which can be very confusing to skaters, he simplifies it to cat and mouse.  Skaters will not forget these concepts.

Chris demonstrates the most common rotational problems and then works with his skater in the on-ice stationary harness (I'm jealous) to develop consistency with these ideas.  It's fun and helpful just to sit in on this lesson with Chris and his skater.

This is a great video!  Enjoy.

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Last Updated: Aug 27, 2008 at 11:35 AM
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  » [- Aug 27, 2008 at 1:34 PM -] Paula Trujillo says: Great tools and exercise for teaching the double axel. Thank you Chris and Trevor.

» [- Aug 27, 2008 at 5:09 PM -] Sheila Thelen says: Chris, I love the Cat and Mouse story for the skaters! It totally makes sense to them! I like how you call it: A game! (Way more fun for kids to do "games" rather than "exercises!")

» [- Sep 2, 2008 at 9:33 PM -] skatermdb1 says: I definitely will use this idea; it made sense to me!

» [- Jan 2, 2009 at 8:31 AM -] chelesk8 says: Great exercise. I would like to know how big you make your box and does it change for different height of skaters?

» [- Aug 12, 2009 at 3:25 PM -] Nancy says: I just rewatched this. Thanks so much Chris! You are brilliant!

» [- Dec 27, 2009 at 12:51 PM -] Karen Landers says: Great way to think of the this exercise, my kids will love it. Skater's really do remember the fun stuff, awesome thanks!


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