If there was one thing you could have in skating, something you'd wish for, what'd it be? What would be the one thing you'd change in your skating experiences so far?

It could be anything, like a skill or element or simply a different coach or mindset or a different body type or anything!! but only one thing.

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Keep Evolving. "From this moment forward, every voice that told you - You Can't - , has been silenced." - Freedom Writers

I would wish that I had come back earlier.

I wrecked at 19 and had knee problems for more than 10 years. By then I had forgotten all about skating and it was 36 years before I started skating again. I wish I could have started back at 36 instead of 56!

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Dianne
(A.O.S.S.? Got it BAD! )

I wish I wouldn't have cut back so much on skating in high school (although I do not regret focusing on school in any way!), that I would have continued to skate through college and grad school, or that I wouldn't have waited 2 years after graduating with my masters to start again....I am so much happier now that I've started skating again and doing something for myself. My job is one where we are always giving to others and do not often do things for ourselves, so it is nice to do something for me.

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Skating Dreams

"All your life you are told the things you cannot do. All your life they will say you're not good enough or strong enough or talented enough; they will say you're the wrong height or the wrong weight or the wrong type to play this or be this or achieve this. THEY WILL TELL YOU NO, a thousand times no, until all the no's become meaningless. All your life they will tell you no, quite firmly and very quickly. AND YOU WILL TELL THEM YES." --Nike

That I could skate all day every day

That I had skated as a kid and gotten really good at it, all while staying injury free.

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-Jessi
What I need is a montage...
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That I could feel completely confident on the ice and show it. That would take care of all my other problems. Coming to it earlier might have done that, but if I'm wishing, why not go for the end result?

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That I can stay injury free forever!

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Tidesong

I'd wish for consistency and no injuries. There's nothing more frustrating than knowing you can do something well, but not being able to do it.

If I could only make one wish it would be a double loop.

teresa

I wish I would have gotten a coach much sooner! And picked the right one.

i would definitely wish for more confidence.any confidence for that matter... a lot my problems on the ice stem from me thinking i look like an idiot. i still feel weird when my coach tells me how much talent i have or people tell me that a jump looked good or anything like that.

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I was I was more balanced, one of my sides is a lot stronger than the other, it took me ages when I first started to actually put weight on one foot. It is a complete pain at how different they are.

Also I wish I believed in myself more, because when I do I storm, but as soon as that lacks slightly I skate badly.

I'd like perfect health.

Sorry to say, but if I had a different body type, I think the jumping skills I would otherwise wish for would come more easily.

Kay

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That I had gotten my private coach a year or two earlier! And that I had gone to another rink to get properly fitted for boots and get blades that were right for me (yeah, NOT comets!)

Last one: that my rink was open all summer long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Skate@Delaware
Ah, show skating!!! I do it for the glitter!

That I wouldn't get so disappointed and put so much pressure on myself to do everything perfectly - it keeps me from relaxing when I go into the elements, causing me to fail at the elements, taking me back to square one of disappointment and internal pressure...

Sometimes I really need to just enjoy skating because it's fun. (All the time?)

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Revised Official 2010 Goals checklist
Skate __
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(lowering the bar for 2010 as I haven't skated in a year)

I wish I would've starting skating as a child instead of waiting until I was 35. 1 1/2 years later, I'm still having problems with basic things that the kids don't seem to have a problem with such as bending my knees, jumping strength, and the fear of falling (actually it's more the fear of getting hurt due to a fall). My coach says it is quite common for adults to have these types of issues.

That I could get things quicker.

Baring that - more money and time to spend on skating since it takes me so long to get things.

j

I'd get not only a Biellmann spin, but also Sasha-style spirals Dick Button would be proud of!

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This space has been put on hiatus for retuning....

I wish I had started as a child and lived in a town where the rink was walking distance away.

I wish that new jumps were like diplomas: Once you got it, you HAD it and would always have it. I always roll my eyes whenever someone says, "I got my axel!"

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"You don't have to put an age limit on your dreams." - Dara Torres, 41, after her 2nd medal at the 2008 Olympics

I wish I could skate more often and without having to take time out every few weeks due to the kids being ALWAYS on school holidays.

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Level one Field Moves......PASSED 05.06.08
Level one Free dance.....PASSED 02.10.08

GOALS FOR 2009

• Level One Compulsary dances.......PASSED 19.02.09
• Level One Elements.....................PASSED 10.07.09
• Level Two Free dance.................PASSED 19.02.09
• Level One Free...........................
• Level Two compulsory dances.......

Loving it, Loving it, Loving it!!!!!

That I was 30 years younger so I might have some hope of not actually looking silly out there and maybe passing my Level 4 compulsories!

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Mrs Redboots
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I love my computer because my friends live in it!
Ice dancers have lovely big curves!

I'd wish for when I first tried my Pre Novice freeskate, I would have skated clean and passed!

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2014 and 2018 Olympics here I come!

Skating, skating all day long, skating, skating all night long! May seem tiring to some people but not me, it's my life!!

Goals: Triple Loop, Novice Competitive, Sr.Silver Dances, Gold Artistic, and top 3 at Sectionals

I wished I could have started at a younger age
But I guess everything happens for a reason

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