Page Lipe is a National and International (PSA Level V Ranking) coach and has been coaching for over 25 years.  She's PSA Master Rated in Freestyle and Group Teaching.  Page is the founder and owner of SportQuest Skating Academy at the Parade Ice Garden in Minneapolis, MN.  She was a US Figure Skating Gold Medalist and a professional skater with Ice Capades.  She also performed in several television commercials.  She is the coach of Rohene Ward and a number of other high level competitors.  She has presented at PSA and ISI seminars as well as her own.  Page and the staff at Parade runs an extensive summer training program with on and off-ice classes, dance classes, conditioning and mental training classes.

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Most recent videos at the top...

	Page Lipe shares three important body awareness exercises.  These exercises are valuable for working on proper alignment and developing awareness of where the body is.  Page explains and demonstrates these drills in detail.
	Page Lipe explains the lutz take-off in detail, including helpful exercises.  Yet another great lutz video by another great coach.  This video is packed with detailed information to ensure a skater develops a proper lutz from the beginning or has the tools to fix a flutz problem.
	Page Lipe offers tips for teaching change foot spins to low level skaters, including the forward to backward transition as well as the backward to forward transition.  In particular, this video addresses the change foot spin requirement for ISI Freestyle 3.  Great tips.
	Page Lipe shares an excellent exercise to strengthen the neck to improve jumping.  Page demonstrates the exercise and explains why neck strength is so important to quality jumps.
	Page Lipe shares a "simple" yet surprisingly difficult exercise to fix "sway back" air positions.  Page demonstrates and explains this exercise in detail.  Don't overlook this "simple" drill.
	Analysis: Double Flip/Double Toe Combo - fall on second jump in combo  Main Issues:  free arm and leg on flip landing
	Analysis: Single Axel - landed jump  Main Issues:  spinning take-off, lacks quickness, lacks direction
	Analysis: Triple Loop - excellent jump with few errors presented to show what to look for in good jumps  Main Issues:  no major issues
	Analysis: Double Lutz - landed jump  Main Issues:  entrance edge, arm movement and positions, air position
	Page Lipe explains how she teaches the toe loop.  Page covers common problems and solutions.  She also covers helpful drills and this video is packed with helpful theoretical and practical information.
	Page Lipe explains how she teaches the salchow.  In this video, Page covers optional entries and common errors and how she moves on to the double.
	Analysis: Double Axel/Double Toe Combo - excellent jump with few errors presented to show what to look for in good jumps  Main Issues:  no major issues
	Page Lipe shows how she develops the axel.  In this video, Page starts with the half-axel proceeds to full axel.  There's lots of great info in this video.
	Page Lipe explains that all jumps take-off forward.  In this video, Page explains take-off direction for loop and provides walk-through ideas to help skaters develop the proper feeling.
	This is Part 2 of Page Lipe's discussion of air positions and checking out of jumps.  Page talks about "ankles together, knees apart" and she shares her "water bottle and credit card drill."
	Page Lipe discusses checking out of jumps (Part 1).  Page shares her "arrow drill" and "elbow in opposition drill."  This video will be particularly helpful for skaters having problems dropping their free hip or losing control of their shoulders on landing.