icenut84
12-24-2002, 12:59 PM
Remember at the beginning of this year, a lot of us made a list of goals that we wanted to achieve by Christmas? (Might have been on FSW, I can't remember). Well, tonight's the deadline! :) Did you achieve them? As for me, this time last year I had just passed Funskate grade 8 and was practicing outside mohawks a lot, trying to get them better (I had just spent a whole private lesson just on them). The big things I needed to practice were 3 turns, mohawks and spinning. My goals for Christmas 02 were:
*A much better 2 foot spin - check :)
*A good 1 foot spin - well, I wouldn't say it was "good", but it's certainly much better than it was, I'm doing it with the proper entrance and exit, and the FO curve into it has been quite good at times. I've also done some 1 foot spins that I would say were "good" :mrgreen:
*Consistent spirals with my free leg above waist height - check :)
*To have at least "started learning" all jumps up to lutz - well, I've got as far as the flip. I've just had a not-welcomed 3 weeks of no skating though, and I also couldn't jump for a while as I wanted to give my knee a rest (it was bothering me. I think it was loop takeoffs that were doing it).
I think that was it - I can't think of any others. So I did pretty well I think! :mrgreen:
Some other end-of-year observations:
Since last Christmas, I've skated 57 times. All public sessions (I've still never been on a freestyle session, never formally tested, never competed, never had a programme and never even skated in a skirt or dress! Am I missing out on the fun bit? :( ).
This year, I've also changed coaches (my previous one left, and I have 2 new ones now - one freestyle and one dance), and had new boots and blades.
*A much better 2 foot spin - check :)
*A good 1 foot spin - well, I wouldn't say it was "good", but it's certainly much better than it was, I'm doing it with the proper entrance and exit, and the FO curve into it has been quite good at times. I've also done some 1 foot spins that I would say were "good" :mrgreen:
*Consistent spirals with my free leg above waist height - check :)
*To have at least "started learning" all jumps up to lutz - well, I've got as far as the flip. I've just had a not-welcomed 3 weeks of no skating though, and I also couldn't jump for a while as I wanted to give my knee a rest (it was bothering me. I think it was loop takeoffs that were doing it).
I think that was it - I can't think of any others. So I did pretty well I think! :mrgreen:
Some other end-of-year observations:
Since last Christmas, I've skated 57 times. All public sessions (I've still never been on a freestyle session, never formally tested, never competed, never had a programme and never even skated in a skirt or dress! Am I missing out on the fun bit? :( ).
This year, I've also changed coaches (my previous one left, and I have 2 new ones now - one freestyle and one dance), and had new boots and blades.