Skating skills 10. Brackets.

Brackets are opposite to three-turns. In three-turns skater’s body turns in the direction of the movement, while brackets are done in opposite direction from your movement, which makes them more difficult than three-turns. For example if the skater moves on a circle clockwise, three-turn will be done clockwise as well, while bracket turn will be counterclockwise.

Here are exercises to master your brackets and three-turns:

1. Three-turn/Bracket combinations on a half circles.

   -FO three-turn/BI bracket

   -FI three-turn/BO bracket

   -BO three-turn/FI bracket

   -BI three-turn/FO bracket

2. Bracket/Three-turn combinations on a half circles.

   -FO bracket/BI three-turn

   -FI bracket/BO three-turn

   -BO bracket/FI three-turn

   -BI bracket/FO three-turn

3. Three-turn/bracket back to back on the same foot on a circle: on the left and right foot, outside and inside edge, forward and backward.

4. Power pull (change of edge) into bracket:

   -FO edge change into FI bracket

   -FI edge change into FO bracket

   -BO edge change into BI bracket

   -BI edge change into BO bracket

5. Bracket into pivot:

   -FO bracket into BI pivot

   -FI bracket into BO pivot

   -BO bracket into FI pivot

   -BI bracket into FO pivot

   Here is the link to my youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@styleskating35 , where you can watch all these exercises. I hope you enjoy watching my videos and learn something new.