Well, I failed to achieve most of my goals for 2006. When did a year get to be so much shorter? Among my "retries" are: not passing my Intermediate MIF test, my double sal actually getting LESS consistent than it was last year, my double toe being closed for repairs, and not even working on the double loop at ALL. And the flying camel-back sit is nearly as inconsistent as it was last year.

BUT . . . In 2006 I DID land my first clean double in competition, and I have actually surpassed my goal for my spiral sequence, which included mastering a completely new spiral.

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I guess I didn't participate in any of those former threads. My goals this year were brief -- to get my Silver DAnce and Silver Singles/Pairs judge appiontment.

I got the Singles/Pairs appointment in November. Still waiting on dance.

No tests, alas.

For 2007:

Silver Dance appointment
Bronze Moves
maybe one pre-Gold Dance tested (and passed! -- thinking STarlight or Paso).

TO quote jazzpants: STAY HEALTHY
Get Stronger!!

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ooh fun! OK I'm new, so nothing for 2005/2006

2006 Achievements:

-Passed ISI FS4 test FINALLY
-Finally competed for first time and on my 39th birthday
-Got the loop consistent
-Finally can do a sit spin with skating leg parallel
-Got my first serious skating injury (hey, I felt like one of the group)

2007 Goals:
-Get flip consistent
-Get back inside three turns looking GOOD
-Get lutz and get it consistent
-Get a camel - sit combination
--ok get the camel first
--Backspin - at least 8 revolutions and fast
-- AXEL. I will do this by New Year's Eve of 2007, and that is THAT.
--compete more
--test ISI FS5
--test Adult pre-bronze moves and freestyle
--test adult bronze moves and freestyle

(that's kind of a lot, isn't it)(it's early though)

And I SAW IT TOO!!! (Well, at least the double sal in competition part.)

Don't forget that you've competed at your very first Championship Adult Gold event at Sectionals too!!! I think that's a goal. (Some of us only dream about competing at that level.) *sigh*

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jazzpants

11-04-2006: Shredded "Pre-Bronze FS for Life" Club Membership card!!!
Silver Moves is the next "Mission Impossible"
(Dare I try for Championship Adult Gold someday???)

Thank you for the support, you guys!!!

Awww. . . Well, the right to enter the Champ. Gold Competition came automatically when I passed my Gold tests in 11/05, so I filed that under 2005 goals (hmm. . . I did so much better last year!).

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I started skating in March

since then I have landed my waltz jump, salchow, toe loop, and half flip. I also made it to level freestyle two. I got to skate at Rockefeller which was a long time dream for me. I skated in my very first ice show.

For 2007

Pass at least freestyle III. Land my loop jump, have a better spiral. Learn my sit spin.

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2006 was a rough year for me. I had been off the ice from June through October of 2005 with a herniated disc in my thoracic spine, and it was very difficult to get back into it, but I did and was able to compete at the 2006 AN in Interp -- and even place 4th in a tough group! I was proud of that accomplishment after what I had been through, although I didn't feel I skated well. I could tell from watching myself on video that I'd been injured; I was slow as molasses!

Then in August I lost my job of 14.5 years amid a corporate merger. I was fortunate to find a new job within six weeks, but the new job has completely different hours that are not skating-friendly. So it's been a challenge to keep a regular skating schedule. I only average one hour once or twice a week as of now.

So in 2007 I hope to keep a regular skating schedule of at least one hour three times a week -- even if it means dragging my butt out of bed at 5am two mornings a week! I also intend to compete at my 13th AN, in Interp only. (I had hoped to do FS, but there's no way!) After AN I might try to get my FS program together for 2008 and start ice dancing again. I stopped dancing over a year ago, maybe even longer than that, but it would be good to get started again on the pre-Gold dances.

(On a non-skating note, I intend to move in 2007 so that I am closer to my new job. It takes me 45 minutes to get there in the morning and between 55 minutes and an hour and 15 minutes to get home! My old job was literally one block away from my house, so I am losing a lot of valuable free time with the new commute!)

Looks like I didn't post in 2006, but I did really well with my 2005 goals in two years!

• Get my axel back Up until last month, check!
• Land a double sal. Check!
• Pass the Gold MIF. Passed!
• Compete in my first Adult Nationals, and have a good time regardless of how I skate Check!
• Test some of those dances I learned in 2004 Passed Prelim, Pre-bronze, and bronze!
• Figure out how to do that flying camel Check!
• For fun: learn a cool or unusual spin (e.g. broken leg, crossfoot, some form of catchfoot-camel or layback, etc) Back layback!

Other accomplishments of 2006:

• Passed Intermediate Moves!!
• Landed ONE double toe! (Only one, only once, but it was verified by my coach and I'll TAKE IT!
• Skated a competitive program without falling! (nevermind that I two-footed the axel and popped the lutz...I was not a human zamboni!)

That's really encouraging, actually, since I've felt so miserable about skating recently.

So, for 2007:

• Qualify for finals at nationals
• Test and pass Gold FS
• Consistent outside spreadeagle-axel
• Land more double toes
• Land a double loop
• Pass Fourteenstep and Foxtrot
• Make my novice moves presentable (they don't have to be testable... just not the embarrasing mess that they are now)

I don't even want to talk about 2005-6 competitively as it was not my best season by a long shot! But after ANs, I have worked to become a "prettier" skater, gotten my double toe consistent (I have landed it 87 days in a row now), gotten some consistency on the double loop, and landed about 10 double flips this year, which were all on my list of to dos.

Didn't join the group until late Nov...

2006 (2nd half of the year) was an eventful year,
Made up my mind to come back from a skating hiatus(09/2005-09/2006)
Started ice-dancing private lessons(late 09/2006)
Broke elbow because of forgetting blade guards(10/2006)
Started skating on luxury freestyle ice once a week when taking lesson(10/2006)
Passed Pre-Bronze MIF(12/2006)

Have some simple goals for 2007,
To have more time skating...(a huge wish)
To pass Bronze MIF and start Silver MIF
To pass Prelim and Pre-Bronze Dance(or even Bronze dance?)

Luna

Last year goal was to move up:
So, passed Intermediate FS and competed at Master's Novice all year even though it turns out I was destroying my hip.
Managed not to come in last at Novice but it was close on occasions.
Found out what was wrong; fixed the hip and currently recovering.

Goals for 2007
Currently leg pressing 125 lbs would like to get up to 250 lbs.
Be able to do pointe without the barre for support.
Pass pre silver and silver dances solo and partnered.
Pass Jr moves
Get double sal and toe back and solid.
Compete against only myself, teach Dr. who fixed hip how to do a counter in hockey skates!

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Ha, Ha! I looked at my post from last year and I didn't list any goals....maybe I should just do the same....nah!

For 2007 (either before mid-April or after our rink-closing-for-summer-hiatus-I'm not picky):

-get a recognizable sit-spin
-not embarrass myself at my competitions (as in forgetting part of my program as I did at HC )
-find the trick to centering my spins and do it!
-land the loop on my right foot (and only my right foot!)
-get better with my footwork (neater, faster, more variety)
-get a backspin with more than 4 revolutions, consistently!!! (hey, a girl can dream can't she?)
-speaking of dreaming, getting the part of a snowflake in next year's Nutcracker on Ice.... which I didn't get this year (sniff!) (sniff!) I'm ok...

And continue to be relatively healthy, have fun on the ice, keep my decent job, my family (and a family that skates and understands the call of the ice) !

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Ah, show skating!!! I do it for the glitter!

Wow, a year does go by so quickly.

2006 Goals
--Compete at New Year's (check), HC (check), and perhaps others (nope, though I did do 3 club skating shows and plan to do 2 more)
--Test Bronze MIF and FS (check and check)
--Improve flip (better rotation and height), start working on lutz, and improve my combos involving loops (as in land some of 'em clean!) (yup on all 3 counts--and flip is higher this year but entry is really wonky). I'd eventually like to start working on axel and walley, but that's probably way down the road... (...still waay down the road)
--Improve backspin, including as part of change foot spin (did improve--in both directions--but it's not lovely yet when I do it in combo)
--Learn sit-back sit (sorta--it's not pretty yet--camel-back sit is working better for me, as is camel-sit)
--In general, improve what my left foot can do! (Now if skating involved two RIGHT feet, then I'd be good to go!) (still working! )
--Perhaps do an interpretive program (not yet)
--Learn more one-foot turns (only played around with some counters)
--And most of all, have fun!!!!! (Yup!!!!)

2007 Goals
--Finish working w/coach on rechoreographing program so that it challenges my current skills and gives me something to work toward
--Keep working away at silver moves, with a goal of testing something this year
--Improve back sit, change-foot spins, and attitude spin
--Add more height to all jumps; land lutz-loop in competition; start work on axel and walley
--Again, perhaps do an interp program
--Learn more one-foot turns (one day I want to do 'em all)
--Still have fun!!!

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I've never posted in the previous threads although I thought I did:

accomplishments in order of my perceived importance:

Made up with my dance coach and am enjoying skating again

a far #2
passed my junior bronze freeskate. This was work and I didn't enjoy it much. I incurred some overuse injuries as a result.

a surprised #3
went to four competitions when my resolution was to do one, an "easy" one. Heh, none of them were easy but oh the friends I have made across the country.

For 2007:

Test and PASS the European Waltz and do it really well so that people fall over in awe and the judge drops her pencil with astonishment but manages to tick "pass" on the sheet.

2006 successes:
I can do an "almost scratch spin"
I can do an "almost layback spin"
Someone might recognize my "almost sit spin" too.
I succeeded once in a 3 rev back spin.
I succeeded once in landing a loop from a RFI 3. (a little cheated though).
Passed Pre-Bronze MIF and Freeskate
Improved the flow and power of skating overall
I participated in at least 1 competition (ISI FS3)
I have embarked on the beginnings of a pairs skating journey.

2007 Goals:
Land Loop (a *real* one from a mohawk entry)
Land Flip
(I will also add Land Lutz in here just for fun as well)
Succeed in a change-foot spin
Improve Scratch spin
Improve Layback spin
and sit spin too.
OH and how could I forget camel spin too!
Pass Bronze MIF and FS
Prepare for Adult Pac Sectionals and Adult Nat'ls for 2008 (jazzpants, can you at least give me a hint on where you think it might be? That way I can start saving up $$ now. Please? it will be our dirty little secret)
More exposure to competition and performances
Increase exposure into the world of throw jumps, death spirals, star lifts and more magic of pairs skating.

I have taken no tests yet. I might skip the adult track. The point is that I want my skating to be at a Juvenile level by the end of the year. I may end up not pursuing dance depending on my dance partner...but I'm quite hopeful about pairs, which is a bigger long-term interest anyways. My goals are crazy, I know. But well, I'm a crazy person. And I think I can do it if I really apply myself and progress like I was for my first year of skating.

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"At first, dreams seem impossible, then improbable, and eventually inevitable" ~ Christopher Reeve

Ok so I started skating in April this year, so I can review goals from last year, but:

Accomplishments:
passed thru ISI 2
Landing waltz, toe-loop, flip, salchow consistently
Jump combo- waltz toe loop
Scratch spin getting there (it was finally nice and 2 weeks ago got crappy again )
2 rev on a sit spin
Learning lutz entry
Getting my 1st "program"
Learning pre-pre and pre-bronze moves

Goals:
Land all single jumps thru axel
Learn a real scratch spin, backspin, and camel
Learn a "change-foot" spin
Take and pass pre-bronze MIF and FS
Attend a clinic/camp
"Maybe" compete in a comp

Lets hope I can actually accomplish those!

Ok so I started skating in April this year, so I can review goals from last year, but:

Accomplishments:
passed thru ISI 2
Landing waltz, toe-loop, flip, salchow consistently
Jump combo- waltz toe loop
Scratch spin getting there (it was finally nice and 2 weeks ago got crappy again )
2 rev on a sit spin
Learning lutz entry
Getting my 1st "program"
Learning pre-pre and pre-bronze moves

Goals:
Land all single jumps thru axel
Learn a real scratch spin, backspin, and camel
Learn a "change-foot" spin
Take and pass pre-bronze MIF and FS
Attend a clinic/camp
"Maybe" compete in a comp

Lets hope I can actually accomplish those!

I started the year off-ice with no prospect of being anything other than a skater's parent, so I had no skating goals. Given that, things haven't turned out too badly.

Accomplishments for this year included:

Finding a new coach and developing a regular practice schedule
Passing Preliminary Dance plus one of the pre-bronze dances
Improving basic skills a lot

For next year, I'd like to:

Test through bronze dances
Test pre-bronze moves and at least start working on the bronze moves
Enter some sort of competition, even if "just" a pro-am with my coach
Think about looking for a competition partner at the appropriate modest level

Rob

Crazy, yes. But we'll be rooting for you!

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I don't think I posted in last year's thread.

2006 Achievements
Landed double sal a handful of times
Landed double loop a handful of times
Passed preliminary and juvenile pairs tests
Learned a change-edge spin
Learned a flying reverse sit (not that it's GOOD yet of course)
Improved positions on most spins

2007 Goals
Consistency with the axel
Go back to working on the doubles
Correct death spirals (FI and BO)
Learn another throw jump
Learn FO camel
Do at least 2 level 2 elements in pairs at AN

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I need a detachable left foot!

2006 -- passed preliminary moves

2007 -- would like to pass pre-juvie and silver moves, get a program together, get a layback, a lutz and have flip and camel be more consistent.

I just reviewed last year's thread and discovered that I started it and cleverly didn't put any 2006 goals in my entry (smart thinking, 99! )

Achievements this year: started dance with DH and discovered that I absolutely love it. Fortunately, he's enjoying it too. We have a recognisable Dutch, Canasta, Fiasco (and it is), Rhythm Blues and Swing. (None are as recognisable when attempting them at the speed of the music, sadly.)

We're not ready for competition yet and won't be for a while, but we have been dragooned into our Xmas show next week as representative of "adult beginner dancers" (and ain't "beginner" the truth!)

Goals for 2007:

* Stop looking down!
* Bend knees more. More! MORE!
* Get the beginner dances up to speed. Then try to make them elegant !
* Stop being so turn-challenged - get those turns up to speed.
* Coach has said she wants us to enter the dance section of the adult comp in Oct (?) next year
* Get a ::whole:: lot faster. Last week, we taped a practice of our little 30-sec spot for the Xmas show, and man, are we s-l-o-w!! An arthritic snail climbing over a glacier would have us beat.

Had to wait to contribute and several of you know why!

2006 Achievements:
Started to work on combination spins like sit change sit.
Came close to landing flip
Did sitspin for the first time in competition without bailing out
Landed loop consistently in competition
Retired old freeskate (NYI) and debuted a new freeskate this year (May Day Open)
Actually did a Artistic program with a very tough group and won a bronze medal, instead of coming in last when I skate this program for Interp. This program is now big time retired!!

And the biggest, fattest achievement came yesterday:
I PASSED BRONZE MOVES!!!!

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Adult Nationals, 2009 "The Time of My Life"

2006 Accomplishments:

• started landing at least a few axels every practice
• landed an axel at a competition (okay, it was in warm-up, but it was still a high pressure situation)
• passed Silver MIF and FS
• learned Gold and Intermediate MIF
• learned flying camel, broken leg spin, camel-catch and layback- catch spins
• put harder footwork in my program