- Joined
- Aug 11, 2003
Wow, it seems like it's forever since I updated anyone on my daughter's progress in skating. You guys were all so supportive when she started a couple years ago,and so many of you had great advice when I moved her to privates, and I can't believe I have been so remiss in posting updates.
She is having tremendous growth as a skater and loves it more and more every day. I just wish she would sometimes be a kid and make more time for "kid" things rather than eating and sleeping skating.
She has now mastered up to her double loop, and the flip is 1/4 cheat from being all the way around. Her spins suffered at the beginning of this season because of the focus on jumps, but since Christmas, they layed off the jumping and focussed on spins and footwork to make her a more rounded skater. She now has a beautiful flying camel, and a terrific sit/change sit. She needs more extension on her forward camel, but the back camel is beautiful (how that is possible is beyond me!)
As for tests, she has passed Jr. Bronze FS and Sr. Br. elements, Jr. Br. Skating Skills, and has 3/4 Jr. Silver dances.
Next year will be the true teller, as she will be moving to the competitive stream. She needed to get those doubles before she could move on, so now that they have decided to arrive and stick around, Competitive here she comes!
She has twice qualified for Provincial Finals, and placed well at both, so her conquest of the noncompetitive stream is complete!
Just wanted to give you all an update, and I will try to be more dilligent about it in the future!
Canuck
She is having tremendous growth as a skater and loves it more and more every day. I just wish she would sometimes be a kid and make more time for "kid" things rather than eating and sleeping skating.
She has now mastered up to her double loop, and the flip is 1/4 cheat from being all the way around. Her spins suffered at the beginning of this season because of the focus on jumps, but since Christmas, they layed off the jumping and focussed on spins and footwork to make her a more rounded skater. She now has a beautiful flying camel, and a terrific sit/change sit. She needs more extension on her forward camel, but the back camel is beautiful (how that is possible is beyond me!)
As for tests, she has passed Jr. Bronze FS and Sr. Br. elements, Jr. Br. Skating Skills, and has 3/4 Jr. Silver dances.
Next year will be the true teller, as she will be moving to the competitive stream. She needed to get those doubles before she could move on, so now that they have decided to arrive and stick around, Competitive here she comes!
She has twice qualified for Provincial Finals, and placed well at both, so her conquest of the noncompetitive stream is complete!
Just wanted to give you all an update, and I will try to be more dilligent about it in the future!
Canuck