What are you testing?

[FSWer]

Say as a skater....what is everyone here testing?

[Stormy]

Next one will be Gold Free....3rd time WILL be the charm! :) And then, probably in the winter, Novice Moves.

[Kim to the Max]

Say as a skater....what is everyone here testing?

I am currently working on my Novice Moves in the Field test and am going to start my new program for my Juvenile freestyle test.

[flying~camel]

I'm taking Adult Silver moves next week! 8O Provided I pass that, I'm planning on taking Adult Silver free sometime in late summer/early fall.

[Hannahclear]

Silver Moves later this summer. Hopefully the second time will go a lot better than the first!

[Skittl1321]

Bronze moves in August- however, it's borderline, so I'm prepared for a retry, but I want to get them in front of the judges to help me with my test anxiety. I just don't feel the pressure in practice.

[FlyAndCrash]

Pre-Juv free next Friday! WOOHOO! or not...

[phoenix]

Killian, til I pass or or til I die, whichever comes first.

Also Intermediate moves, once I get my guts up to try it. Guts being pretty absent lately, I'm stalling on them. :giveup:

[Clarice]

Just passed Gold Moves. Next comes my other two Pre-Bronze dances and then the First Figure Test.

[ibreakhearts66]

Have to retest my preliminary :( :( But after that, I need to move right on to pre-juv, juv and intermediate, moves and free.

I'm actually thinking about starting ice dancing (I know that will make coskater happy--she always worries about my joints, which I appreciate). So, I guess I'll be working on testing the lowest level dances too.

[FSWer]

Killian, til I pass or or til I die, whichever comes first.

Also Intermediate moves, once I get my guts up to try it. Guts being pretty absent lately, I'm stalling on them. :giveup:

I don't understand the first one. What's Killian?

[vesperholly]

Senior MIF 8O sometime in late summer or fall, Tango in late summer and (hopefully) Killian in early fall.

[Thin-Ice]

I don't understand the first one. What's Killian?

The Kilian is a Pre-Gold level dance. IMHO it's one of the compulsory dances that's the most fun to watch because the feet move so quickly and the music is very upbeat (what one of the little girls I skate with refers to as "smiley music"... because everytime she hears it it makes her smile).

[patatty]

Intermediate moves, and then Gold free, but I have no plans on moving up to Gold anytime soon.

[RinkRat321]

im testing juvenille moves and taking my preliminary and pre juv freestyle tests at the end of the summer

[Rusty Blades]

I am NEVER going to test again! 8O

I tested my 'Pre-Introductory Interpretive' last year at Nationals and passed which moves me up to Introductory. This year I skated against girls 10 years my junior with a decade more skating experience.

No sir! For the rest of my life I am competing at Bronze Free & Introductory Interpretive - I am going to sandbag like everybody else! :roll:

[Rob Dean]

I hope to get my coach to sign off tonight on a Willow Waltz test for the 8th of July. We're also trying to move the adult bronze moves back to the front burner for August or (more likely) October.

Rob

[jcookie1982]

Hopefully I will be testing pre-bronze MIF and Freestyle in the near future, but I don't have a date set yet.

[Skating Jessica]

I'm actively testing my Gold dances, as well as preparing (getting my jumps clean, my program choreographed, etc.) for my Novice freestyle.

I already have my Gold in Senior MIF, which I passed in 2005, so once I get my last few dances passed, I'm going to focus strictly on freestyle. I wouldn't mind trying a few International dances, but we'll see...

[momsk8er]

Pre-Bronze Free and Bronze moves. Then it will take me a looong time to pass anything else!

[abbi_1990]

I'm testing my NISA Level 1 Field moves THIS monday! eek

[Mrs Redboots]

Good luck, Abbi. I'm hoping to test my Level 1 Variation Dance this autumn, if we get it up and running, and then maybe Level 2 so that we can start playing with Original Dance. And maybe, just maybe, level 2 Free Dance, but that's not very likely.

I still want, one of these days, to get my level 4 Compulsory dances good enough to test, but they are taking an awful long time getting there, so I'd rather "fill in" levels 1 to 3 where I can.

[techskater]

Next test planned is Novice MIF (planned late summer/early fall). After that, Junior MIF and Intermediate FS

[jazzpants]

Say as a skater....what is everyone here testing?
My coaches' patience??? :halo:

Nothing at the moment... 'cept maybe the ISI FS 3 test before the deadline for ISI Adult Champs... But yeah, I'm not testing Silver Moves for QUITE a while!!!

[LilJen]

My coaches' patience??? :halo:
Me too, me too!!!

August 12, come hell or high water, I'm getting PB moves & free out of the way, along with all 3 preliminary dances (Dutch waltz, canasta tango, rhythm blues). Unless I happen to break my ankle again. . . If I don't pass PB moves I'll just slink off into a corner. I'll be the one babbling incoherently about 3-turns and tearing her hair out.

[Rob Dean]

I hope to get my coach to sign off tonight on a Willow Waltz test ...

She did sign off on it and I dropped it off, so it's official. 8O She also muttered something about testing the ten fox in August...

Rob

[jskater49]

Planning on testing Bronze moves in July but I don't expect to pass - but I hope to be very close. I'm one that gets so nervous I need a practice test.

Maybe before the end of the year I'll test the Swing dance. Maybe then I'll work on step behinds to do the Cha Cha and Fiesta but it will be years before I am close to Silver Moves and I expect to stay at Pre bronze Freestyle forever.

j

[phoenix]

Well, coach this morning told me to send in test registration for Paso too, so apparently, I'm testing Paso AND Killian in July! 8O I'm a little leery, given that today was the first time we did it with music, and it was definitely not brilliant, but I think I'm willing to give it a shot...if I can afford it. We'll see, but I have to decide today if I want to have any hope of getting on to that session.

Lots of people testing on this board! Good for us! :P

[looplover]

I wanted to test Adult Silver Moves in July, but now that I might move to MA, change rinks, coaches and clubs, and I'm really thinking about that right now. I hope to test them by the end of the year though. For now I want to focus on freestyle. I don't want to leave this coach! I suggested that she move her entire family to Boston as well but I don't think she's going to go for it :P

[Kim to the Max]

I wanted to test Adult Silver Moves in July, but now that I might move to MA, change rinks, coaches and clubs, and I'm really thinking about that right now. I hope to test them by the end of the year though. For now I want to focus on freestyle. I don't want to leave this coach! I suggested that she move her entire family to Boston as well but I don't think she's going to go for it :P

I understand not wanting to leave a coach....with my job, it is possible that after this year that I could be moving anywhere in the country unless something opens up in my area (gotta' be the right job, right time, right place, and right salary!)...when I said this to Coach, she asked if we were "breaking up" in a year...I really don't want to leave her :( hopefully it won't come to that!

[FlyAndCrash]

I wanted to test Adult Silver Moves in July, but now that I might move to MA, change rinks, coaches and clubs, and I'm really thinking about that right now. I hope to test them by the end of the year though. For now I want to focus on freestyle. I don't want to leave this coach! I suggested that she move her entire family to Boston as well but I don't think she's going to go for it :P

I'm moving away to Boston too! I am excited because I'm going to be going to school there, but anxious and nervous at the same time. I don't want to go through the trouble of finding a new coach and setting up a new practice schedule.

[Morgail]

I'm actually thinking about starting ice dancing (I know that will make coskater happy--she always worries about my joints, which I appreciate). So, I guess I'll be working on testing the lowest level dances too.


Dance is fun on its own, but it's really good for your general skating. Dance has helped SO much with my posture, edges, and extension.

Next test for me is the Cha Cha, again, in about a week. Then, I'll probably try to test the Swing dance and Fiesta Tango in late summer/fall. Winter or next spring, I'm planning to try Gold Moves, and maybe another dance if I have one ready. And sometime after that, Gold Free (if I have an axel).

[Scarlett]

I'm planning on testing my preliminary dances this August.

I am not even practicing my bronze moves ( I hate those things!).

[Mrs Redboots]

Maybe before the end of the year I'll test the Swing dance. Maybe then I'll work on step behinds to do the Cha Cha and Fiesta but it will be years before I am close to Silver Moves and I expect to stay at Pre bronze Freestyle forever.My coach is very dubious about my ever being good enough to test Level 4 compulsories, which are Fiesta and Swing (the Cha-cha isn't part of our test structure). I can quite see why - our Swing Dance is still very weak, even after all these years. I am still not quite sure why, or how to fix it. Our Fiesta, on a good day, would be passable, but it would have to be a very good day!

Actually, we would pass with certain judges, even now, but you can't rely on getting a judge who would pass you! And many judges would, I think rightly, give us a retry. Husband would probably pass, to be fair, especially if he skated with his coach or solo; I probably wouldn't.

Those step behinds aren't as bad as the ones in the Rhythm Blues! One coach gave a good tip: if you can't put it back, don't take it out. Keep your left foot glued to your right ankle during the RFO cross (don't forget that this edge is the start of the change of lobe), and then it will go down easily on the LFI.

[jskater49]

My coach is very dubious about my ever being good enough to test Level 4 compulsories, which are Fiesta and Swing (the Cha-cha isn't part of our test structure). I can quite see why - our Swing Dance is still very weak, even after all these years. I am still not quite sure why, or how to fix it. Our Fiesta, on a good day, would be passable, but it would have to be a very good day!

Actually, we would pass with certain judges, even now, but you can't rely on getting a judge who would pass you! And many judges would, I think rightly, give us a retry. Husband would probably pass, to be fair, especially if he skated with his coach or solo; I probably wouldn't.

Those step behinds aren't as bad as the ones in the Rhythm Blues! One coach gave a good tip: if you can't put it back, don't take it out. Keep your left foot glued to your right ankle during the RFO cross (don't forget that this edge is the start of the change of lobe), and then it will go down easily on the LFI.

That's a neat trick, I will try that.

j

[Mel On Ice]

silver MIF

[icedancer2]

My coach is very dubious about my ever being good enough to test Level 4 compulsories, which are Fiesta and Swing (the Cha-cha isn't part of our test structure). I can quite see why - our Swing Dance is still very weak, even after all these years. I am still not quite sure why, or how to fix it. Our Fiesta, on a good day, would be passable, but it would have to be a very good day!



Mrs. Redboots, do you guys have the "Adult" (for us - over 21) or "Masters" (over 50) dance test levels over there? Just curious.
Lisa

[Mrs Redboots]

Mrs. Redboots, do you guys have the "Adult" (for us - over 21) or "Masters" (over 50) dance test levels over there? Just curious.
Lisa
No, no adult tests of any kind; you test standard track or not at all.

[Skate@Delaware]

I have agreed to test pre-bronze this year. Both moves & freestyle....:roll:

My rink does have test sessions now so that is a good thing. Not sure when the testing will be done, probably sometime in February. As long as it doesn't mess up my levels for ISI competitions!

Then bronze sometime after that.

[singerskates]

This summer I am testing the Fiesta Tango (in Canada a Junior Bronze dance) and learning the Swing Dance (another Junior Bronze Dance) to maybe test in the fall and learn the Willow (last Junior Bronze Dance) in the fall and probably the winter too to test in either the late winter session or spring. Start officially learning Preliminary Skills (Canadian moves in the field in patterns set to music) in the fall but don't know when I'll test them. Hopefully be able to test Preliminary FS and then start working on Junior Bronze elements so maybe Winter of 2009 I can test the Junior Bronze Freeskate.

[skatergal]

Just passed my Juvinile MIF!!!!!!! Hopefully will test Preliminary FS by the end of the summer.

[katieskater]

In senior bronze starskate, but testing pre-novice competitive.

[Skating Jessica]

Just passed my Juvinile MIF!!!!!!! Hopefully will test Preliminary FS by the end of the summer.

That's exciting. Congratulations! :mrgreen: