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- Aug 29, 2023
Hi All,
Last time I posted I received great advice (thank you!), and so here I am back again.
My 8 year old son is currently in Edea Chorus and MK Pro blades. We were going to get him Coro Aces, but couldn't find any in the right size in stock anywhere, so we switched him to MK Pros which thankfully he really, really loves.
He is now working on his double jumps, he reliably and consistently has his double salchow, flip, loop and toe loop. His double lutz and double axel come and go but his coach says are close to consistent. His coach has said that he is a natural jumper, and he has progressed very quickly and without much issue at all from singles to doubles.
He jumps very high and with a lot of power and an awful lot of speed (pretty scary as a non skating parent to watch) and his coach has said that his control is excellent and triples aren't that far away. He loves spins, particularly flying spins, and his coach says that he is a very fast spinner. At first spins didn't seem to come as naturally to him as jumping, but he worked at them relentlessly over and over and now loves them. He is also tall for his age and very slender/lightweight.
At what point should he be considering switching blades, and what should he switch up to? His coach has suggested switching the next time he outgrows his boots (probably in about 6/7 months) and has suggested MK Phantoms. His skate tech has suggested either the phantoms or JW Gold Seals. Both have said that he will need to go up to Ice Flys then too but that blades is a personal preference thing. It's probably a bit premature to be thinking about this, but its not easy to get blades at the minute (we're in the US but had to order them from Europe last time), so I wanted to have an idea of a plan a fair way in advance.
Thanks very much, I'm still learning as I go so I'm grateful for any advice
Last time I posted I received great advice (thank you!), and so here I am back again.
My 8 year old son is currently in Edea Chorus and MK Pro blades. We were going to get him Coro Aces, but couldn't find any in the right size in stock anywhere, so we switched him to MK Pros which thankfully he really, really loves.
He is now working on his double jumps, he reliably and consistently has his double salchow, flip, loop and toe loop. His double lutz and double axel come and go but his coach says are close to consistent. His coach has said that he is a natural jumper, and he has progressed very quickly and without much issue at all from singles to doubles.
He jumps very high and with a lot of power and an awful lot of speed (pretty scary as a non skating parent to watch) and his coach has said that his control is excellent and triples aren't that far away. He loves spins, particularly flying spins, and his coach says that he is a very fast spinner. At first spins didn't seem to come as naturally to him as jumping, but he worked at them relentlessly over and over and now loves them. He is also tall for his age and very slender/lightweight.
At what point should he be considering switching blades, and what should he switch up to? His coach has suggested switching the next time he outgrows his boots (probably in about 6/7 months) and has suggested MK Phantoms. His skate tech has suggested either the phantoms or JW Gold Seals. Both have said that he will need to go up to Ice Flys then too but that blades is a personal preference thing. It's probably a bit premature to be thinking about this, but its not easy to get blades at the minute (we're in the US but had to order them from Europe last time), so I wanted to have an idea of a plan a fair way in advance.
Thanks very much, I'm still learning as I go so I'm grateful for any advice