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What are some good stretches for ice skating/figure skating?

I'm in ISI Beta Level, and I want to get better. Any tips on stretches that will make it easier for me to do tricks and such in ice skating? Thanks~ Please in Detail, eg. Splits. Thanks.

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1. splits, left right and center! Practice grab foot spirals and canadian spirals! All spirals pretty much practice opening up ur hips, do a spread eagle off the ice not a stretch but do wall sits they increase ur endurance and make ur legs rock hard! lunges, squatts, scissors (lay on back and hold one leg up at 90 degree angle then switch to other leg, do this without shoulder blades touching the ground) yoga poses help! the second warrior opens up your hips! I can not stress enough how important it is that u do spirals!!! make sure u work on doing the bridge it will help your back become more flexible high kicks split jump, russian split jump landing positions (work on extension of your leg and idk if you will need this but work on ur jumps off ice just cuz it helps! and if i were you i would do a work out off ice that included butt kicks, high knees, all the stretches i told u about, yoga, lunges, squatts and 100s! If you dont know what 100s are youtube it becuz there are 3 different levels of hundreds! Good luck and be patient your off ice training will benefit u!
2. First of all... Ballet and yoga and pilates majorly help for competitive figure skaters. Good stretches: Leg stretches: 1. Sit down on the floor (carpet or an exercise mat), and extend one of you legs in front of you. Then, extend your arm to the tip of you foot...hold it for at least 30 seconds. Then repeat on other leg. 2. Sit on the floor again and extend your legs to each side and stretch by moving your upper body to one of your legs, then repeat on the other. Arms, neck and upper body stretches: 1. Upper body: Twist your whole upper body, but keep your hips in one spot. Make sure you do this exercise slowly so you don't pull a muscle. 2. Neck: Slowly stretch your neck backwards and then bring slowly forward, then from side to side (left to right) 3. Arms: Hold one arm to the opposite side ( eg. left arm towards right) and hold your arm with the other arm. Push against the arm to stretch. Hope these helped! Otherwise, watch these youtube videos, they will be very helpful! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Gd8-_VSMA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUgqViYgdTg