Skaters will skate around a track, doing:

• 1min. of gentle skating
• muscle activation while skating. Instruct them to do 30sec. each of:

slalom
squats
side-to-side lunges
bum kicks
toe-touch kicks
drunken sailors/crossovers
rotating arms
jog on toe-stops
jog on skates

• 3min. of medium paced skating, either with instructions to jump/transition/do consecutive knee-taps on the whistle, or with instructions to speed up/break/skate on the whistle

Dynamic stretch:

• Neck-mobility
• Dynamic arm-stretch, straight angles, move backwards
• Roll-out legs + touch floor
• Circle hips (sitting)
• Toe-touch and twist
• Wrists (praying hands, rotations)

Credits: this warm-up and dynamic stretch routine are based on a more detailled plan from our trainer Sterroids

Ask skaters if they are warm