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Rookie on Ice: March 2008
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My adventures as an adult figure skater. Wednesday, March 12, 2008. Video of progress. Yes I know I need to jump off my toepick on my waltz jump, and NOT bend my picking leg when doing half flips. But still, I'll pleased! Saturday, March 8, 2008. Bitten by the Pre-Bronze Bug. Watched a test session this past weekend. Got to see the only adult testing MITF (Bronze level). Seeing that I could do some of the moves on the Bronze level, I am very confident that I can do Pre-Bronze. Wednesday, March 5, 2008.
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Rookie on Ice: September 2007
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My adventures as an adult figure skater. Wednesday, September 26, 2007. Finally got to skate after 5 days off the ice. Crowded session with lots of figure and hockey skaters.Hockey skaters with cell phones.those things should be banned on the ice! FO3's: These are progressing nicely! And somehow, my troublesome R foot understands 3-turns better than my reliable L foot! Oh, and I was starting the bad habit of keeping my chin up. The chin must be UP! First OFFICIAL private lesson next week! I watched the j...
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Rookie on Ice: VIDEO!
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My adventures as an adult figure skater. Wednesday, March 12, 2008. Video of progress. Yes I know I need to jump off my toepick on my waltz jump, and NOT bend my picking leg when doing half flips. But still, I'll pleased! When I was learning the waltz jump, my coach had me stand about 4 - 5 feet from the board and practice just jumping into the boards. Goal was a) to jump of the toepick and b) to get a nice "h" shape with the free leg and c) to really kick the boards with the free leg toepick. I am attem...
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Rookie on Ice: January 2008
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My adventures as an adult figure skater. Saturday, January 26, 2008. I was finally able to make it to the rink this week. Work kept conflicting. But I spent 2 hours skating today - and now I'm exhausted. I worked on a variety of things. FXOs are much improved compared to my old skates. BXOs.I think I've regressed - just need more knee bend. CW better than CCW as usual. Great strides today. Not too bad other than nearly stepping on my blades. That would have been a lovely faceplant. SoI was feeling really...
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Rookie on Ice: new video, Toe loops, and surprise Salchow
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My adventures as an adult figure skater. Thursday, May 1, 2008. New video, Toe loops, and surprise Salchow. I can do a salchow a heck of a lot better than a toe loop. It's cheated (not a full rotation) but it's a start. I even got one on video. Enjoy! Make photo slide shows at www.OneTrueMedia.com. May 20, 2008 at 1:28 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. It's an Ice Life. My Adventures in Skating's Journal. 3turn - The Great Skate Experiment.
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Rookie on Ice: July 2007
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My adventures as an adult figure skater. Monday, July 30, 2007. Adult 3, Week 1. Finally starting the next session of classes. Just two students today, and same instructor as lass class :). What we worked on :. My arms and body were all over the place! Lol The instructor told me to slow down on the crossovers, and then had me focus on arm and head position, NOT catching the toe-pick like I always do, and maintaining a curve so that I'm not going in a straight line. And then, hallelujah! And the ankle doe...
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Rookie on Ice: November 2008
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My adventures as an adult figure skater. Thursday, November 20, 2008. I haven't updated this blog in 6 months! I've been going through a lot lately, I'm joining the Navy and will be an officer in the nurse corps. Leading up to that, I've spent a lot more time at the gym than I have at the rink. But here's the progress (if any). Took a couple sessions of LTS classes. I don't know exactly what level I'm at, but somwhere between USFSA Freeskate 2 and 5. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I am attempting what I tho...
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Rookie on Ice: May 2008
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My adventures as an adult figure skater. Monday, May 26, 2008. I've have a hard time with some elements lately. My 3turns are getting to be. Bad, and I can not center a spin, no matter how hard I try or what I fix. I've made sure my shoulders aren't dropping, I keep a good strong core, and make sure my free hip doesn't drop. Still, nothing worked. I couldn't find the sweet spot on my blade either and just made a traveling looping mess every time I spun. I will be able to try it out tomorrow. I've been wo...
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Rookie on Ice: August 2007
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My adventures as an adult figure skater. Tuesday, August 28, 2007. Class this week was cancelled. The rink was overbooked and high school hockey got the rink instead. :(. No word on whether or not class will be rescheduled. I will be skating tonight though, at the public session, and one of my classmates may be there as well. She's really good controlling at her edges, so I hope I can learn a few tricks from her. Friday, August 24, 2007. I believe this is a LFO edge.or mabye an attempt at a LBO. ...LBO e...
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Rookie on Ice: Progress
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My adventures as an adult figure skater. Thursday, May 22, 2008. So, I've been making some progress. No longer wiping out on the toe loops. However when I asked my husband how my toe loops were looking, he said "well, at least you didn't fall on your face" Yeah. Very reassuring. I've been attempting sit spins too, though it probably just looks like I'm trying to stick out my butt and place my free leg in front of me. At least it's a start. Anyways, here is a montage of my practice video from today. N...