By Keith and Heather Nicol
Coordinating the correct arm action can
really help your ability to free skate on cross country skis. As you can see in
the photo below I am actively swinging my arms down the track. When I teach free
skate I always tell my students that a good arm swing can create more momentum
to be able to skate faster on their skis. But it not as easy as it
looks...remember that you want coordinate swinging the right arm forward when
you move onto your left ski and vice versa. All too often when I teach this I
find that students sometimes want to swing their left arm while skating onto
their left ski or right arm and right ski. So instead think about the opposite arm and
leg being coordinated together as you can see in the photo to the side. A good arm swing also helps you get up and over your glide ski as you can see with photo to the right. You want to glide with your toe, knee and nose aligned over the glide ski and a good arm swing really helps. Check out this video for more information on how to obtain a proper arm action for free skate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jigg7D929VU&feature=youtu.be
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A good arm swing will help maintain your momentum down the track
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