This is step by step tutorial for the feet strengthening you can do as an exercise or warm-up before your practice.

This video has been taken during my online class for figure skaters. During pandemic we’ve had more chances to concentrate on leg extensions& awareness (including turn out and toe point). In this particular exercise try to keep your hips squared all the time. Especially when moving the leg to the side. Keep your head up and your shoulders down by pushing the floor away with your arms.

I’ve been asked by one of my student at my online ballet class how the foot should move and look like during Battement Tendu. I’ve decided to make a closer look at it. 🔹Let’s look at the wrong way first. The foot looks frozen and fallen forward. It makes a lot of stress to the foot, ankle and knee. And it doesn’t lead you to turn out. It leads to the injury later 🔹In the right way the foot stays flat with the ankle muscles engaged all the time and entire leg is turning out 🔹During opening and closing baby toe remains on the floor 🔹When the foot reaches its longest point away from the standing foot it touches the floor with tip of the toe only