What are your goals in figure skating?
- Thread starter anything_for_skating
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- Joined
- Oct 10, 2004
My goal is to have a blast everytime I am on the ice
Work on all my elements
And get better everyday
Peace!
Work on all my elements
And get better everyday
Peace!
- Joined
- Jul 26, 2003
My immediate goal is to pass Bronze FS this August.
Then, my coach and I are going to work on Silver FS program. I expect it to take time to get it right and get it competitive, but I'm very excited to have a program reach that big ol' 2 minute mark.
I want to land my axel next season.
I'd like to pass Silver MIF and FS by the end of Summer 07 and I'd like to compete at the Silver level at 08 Adult Nats.
By 2009, I'd love to pass Gold MIF and FS, but I"m not sure how realistic this is. I think Silver might take me a little longer. In 09, I'm planning on getting preggers, so I'll be on hiatus.
My ultimate goal is to pass all the Adult tests, to coach other Adults and to make Championship Gold at Adult Nats.....someday. Hopefully with a double or two.
Then, my coach and I are going to work on Silver FS program. I expect it to take time to get it right and get it competitive, but I'm very excited to have a program reach that big ol' 2 minute mark.
I want to land my axel next season.
I'd like to pass Silver MIF and FS by the end of Summer 07 and I'd like to compete at the Silver level at 08 Adult Nats.
By 2009, I'd love to pass Gold MIF and FS, but I"m not sure how realistic this is. I think Silver might take me a little longer. In 09, I'm planning on getting preggers, so I'll be on hiatus.
My ultimate goal is to pass all the Adult tests, to coach other Adults and to make Championship Gold at Adult Nats.....someday. Hopefully with a double or two.
- Joined
- Jul 27, 2003
After reading the above, my goals are no where as lofty!
I'll settle for passing pre-Figures this summer and Figures 1 by late winter.
I'll settle for passing pre-Figures this summer and Figures 1 by late winter.
- Joined
- Sep 27, 2003
short term: get solid technique on my jumps, feel at complete ease when doing moves, crossovers.
long term: get all doubles, be a good spinner.
long term: get all doubles, be a good spinner.
- Joined
- Sep 10, 2005
Immediate short-term goal: Pass the Swing on Friday!
- Joined
- Sep 20, 2004
Best of good luck to you - Level 4 Silver compulsories (Swing Dance and Fiesta Tango) are on my "hopefully this winter" list, along with Level 3 Bronze Dance Moves (and if I don't get them, that's a big disaster, as they change the system next year!).
More immediate than that, though, are a dance competition at Bristol next Sunday, and the British Adult Championships at the end of September. Where the best we can hope for is Silver, and that is very unlikely indeed, alas.... Bronze is far more probable, and 4th place (out of 4) not altogether ruled out!
Do let us know how you get on in the Swing Dance.
- Joined
- Sep 10, 2005
*sigh* Unfortunately, the test chair called this morning and said their dance judge has "cancelled." When she said who it was I suspected that it was more he was told not to judge anything over preliminary any more as he's quite old and can't see all that well. (So why exactly did she ask him in the first place?!? Everyone in the freakin' REGION knows this!) So now I don't know when I'm testing it. There's a remote possibility that I could go with my coach on Saturday up to Vermont and their test chair would allow me to slot in (the test chair for this one said she'd called around to let other clubs know about the problem) but that's a long ride. Also, there's a session at another club two hours away next week that might or might not have dance (she seemed to think it did and implied she'd talked to them, the NEICC site says it's just FS/MIF.)
I'm just really annoyed. Now I have to reorganize my work shedule (I had tomorrow off), and I was ready to test it. I don't want to wait a matter of weeks, throw off everything else I was working on, and possible shove either the Fiesta or Pre-Juv MIF even farther back.
Forget tomorrow. I don't even want to go to work today. I'm too depressed.
I'm just really annoyed. Now I have to reorganize my work shedule (I had tomorrow off), and I was ready to test it. I don't want to wait a matter of weeks, throw off everything else I was working on, and possible shove either the Fiesta or Pre-Juv MIF even farther back.
Forget tomorrow. I don't even want to go to work today. I'm too depressed.
- Joined
- Sep 20, 2004
Oh no, poor you - what a horrid thing to happen. So frustrating!
It's often possible to get a last-minute test somewhere when this sort of thing happens, so I hope you can.
It's often possible to get a last-minute test somewhere when this sort of thing happens, so I hope you can.
- Joined
- Jan 22, 2004
I just passed the Ten-Fox yesterday, which was the last of my bronze dances. My new goal is to pass the three pre-silver dances (Fourteenstep, European Waltz, and Foxtrot) by the end of next August.
- Joined
- Jul 26, 2003
Congratulations
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- Sep 20, 2004
CONGRATULATIONS!
- Joined
- Jul 27, 2003
I passed preliminary figures last Sunday at Lake Placid. I am pushing for passing Figures 1 next summer (Lake Placid is a lovely place to test and it's home ice for me).
- Joined
- Jul 27, 2003
Short Term Goals:
Actually be healthy on test day so I can test my prelim FS for a change.
Have strong loops, flips and lutzes. Get a strong at least 8 rev solid back spin. Get a forward stratch change foot to back stratch spin 8 revs in total or more.
Have a forward camel change foot to back camel 4 revs on each foot.
Have a forward to back sit spin at least 4 revs on each foot.
Learn Ina Bauer.
November Goals:
Learn the 1 axel and also do it in combination with either a loop or a toe loop.
Learn the flying camel and use it in a flying back camel to forward camel.
Use the flying camel in combination.
Get ready to test Junior Bronze FS.
Learn outside spread eagle.
2007
January:
Prepare to compete in Canadian Adult Silver with the possibility of competing in Adult Gold and testing Senior Bronze at the competition.
Get the double Salchow I had a year and 4 months ago before injury back.
Learn the double Toe and possibly the double loop.
Learn flying sit.
Improve layback spin if spine allowes me (two herniated discs).
February:
Compete at Skate Canada WOS Boston Pizza StarSkate Sectionals in adult events.
March:
Compete at Adult Canadians in Calgary.
April: Don't know what competitions will be in the Michigan area across the border that will have Adult events.
May: Compete in the Ann Arbour Spring Skate
June: either take a break for the summer or take my first coaching course (CanSkate Coach) and then take NCP Level 1 course.
Sept. 2007 start coaching on the CanSkate and StarSkate sessions. Love the little ones.
Brigitte
Now let's see if it all works out for me this year.
Actually be healthy on test day so I can test my prelim FS for a change.
Have strong loops, flips and lutzes. Get a strong at least 8 rev solid back spin. Get a forward stratch change foot to back stratch spin 8 revs in total or more.
Have a forward camel change foot to back camel 4 revs on each foot.
Have a forward to back sit spin at least 4 revs on each foot.
Learn Ina Bauer.
November Goals:
Learn the 1 axel and also do it in combination with either a loop or a toe loop.
Learn the flying camel and use it in a flying back camel to forward camel.
Use the flying camel in combination.
Get ready to test Junior Bronze FS.
Learn outside spread eagle.
2007
January:
Prepare to compete in Canadian Adult Silver with the possibility of competing in Adult Gold and testing Senior Bronze at the competition.
Get the double Salchow I had a year and 4 months ago before injury back.
Learn the double Toe and possibly the double loop.
Learn flying sit.
Improve layback spin if spine allowes me (two herniated discs).
February:
Compete at Skate Canada WOS Boston Pizza StarSkate Sectionals in adult events.
March:
Compete at Adult Canadians in Calgary.
April: Don't know what competitions will be in the Michigan area across the border that will have Adult events.
May: Compete in the Ann Arbour Spring Skate
June: either take a break for the summer or take my first coaching course (CanSkate Coach) and then take NCP Level 1 course.
Sept. 2007 start coaching on the CanSkate and StarSkate sessions. Love the little ones.
Brigitte
Now let's see if it all works out for me this year.
