Figure skating is a sport of medium duration. What does that mean? Since the duration of a skater’s short and long program is between 120-480 seconds, the best way to train is four sets of five minute intervals.
This makes structuring a 20 minute lesson relatively easy to plan. A sample breakdown of what skaters need would be:
- Speed of movement (quick twitch focus)
- Speed endurance (long twitch muscle focus)
- Power
- Acceleration
- Lactate tolerance