Hi! I'm in need of some realistic but still difficult goals. I'm thirteen and 4 ft 10 and 78 lbs and am barely starting my axel because I'm a later starter. Ive been skating seriously for one year and skate around 4-5 days a week during october- March and last year skated 1-2 days a week during summer however I am going to skate more this year and possibly do some skate camps. I have a fast muscle twitch and am quite brave on the ice. Does anyone have any ideas for 6 months 1 year etc?
Realistic (but challenging) goals
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Get a consistent axel with clean technique five times out of ten. It's going to take a while to master even if you're brave on the ice and skate a lot.
Your coach would probably have a much better idea of what is realistic for you. I like to have a few very different goals and A LOT of smaller goals leading up to the bigger goals. Are your goals focused solely on jumps? Or would improving flexibility or taking a dance test or participating in a competition also count?
Improving flexibility isn't a huge priority because I am very flexible lol. I am testing prepre mitf and freeskate in a month and am doing a few competitions for prepre test track so those are already goals I came up with, so mostly skill wise goals.
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Yes it's definitely going to take awhile lol. Thank you!
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Yes it's definitely going to take awhile lol. Thank you!
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How about spins? Do you have any difficult variations yet? Those are always fun goals! I'm a lot older than you, and less flexible, but am still trying to master one new spin variation each year. Two years ago I got IJS credit for my tuck sit spin (free leg behind variation), last year I got credit for my cannonball sit (free leg in front variation) and this year I learned the cross-foot upright spin so I'm hoping to get that consistent and get credit for it in competition.
Ohhhh that's a good idea as I love watching variations. My coach has me attempting cannonball and its not horrible considering I haven't worked on it too much.
