OK, maybe we can coax mskater to move to DC/Baltimore. I know he is just dying to skate pairs again.

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Pass Bronze MITF test by August. Yeap! I'm moving it again. Those $#@&$ forward power 3's are (though certainly less so than a year ago.)

(Well, that's all I care about this summer, but the others would be nice too.)

Have backspin consistent (I got mine a couple of weeks ago. It's more frequent, but still not consistent.)

To have nice strong forward progressives in place of forward crossovers!

To consistently land my loop and flip at speed.

To get semi-consistent camels and camel-sits.

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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!!!

1. pass bronze free
2. land a consistent loop
3. start landing flips again
4. get lower on the sit spin
5. choreograph a new spotlight program for ISI freestyle 3
6. get ready with my synchro team for the Adult Champs in Breckenridge
7. work on the fs4 dance step, I'm halfway there
8. turn attitude spin into a layback
9. work on upper body strength
10. start work on silver MIF

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Wang chung!

I just have a couple of goals this summer:

--do well at Dogwood (this weekend) and State Games (next weekend)
--learn a scratch spin (I've been struggling with it since Feb)
--find semi-regular ice time to stay at 3 times a week
--start working on Pre-Bronze MIF. We were working on them last year, then we started focusing on competing. Now that they are almost done, we can go back and start over so I can test this fall.
--Have fun, not hurt myself anymore, and get rid of the belly.

Another week or so of work and then perhaps on to Step 3?

Ummm, can I say pair camel?

"OK, maybe we can coax mskater to move to DC/Baltimore. I know he is just dying to skate pairs again. "
Great, come on up! there's lots of clinical trials (I'm doing several at Hopkins)
Thanks,
Flo

Goals for this summer:

Immediate goal is to get the next two competitions out of the way, which involves polishing the extra 20 seconds in my artistic competition, and getting our "Waltzing Cat" routine much better polished. No DS for us, although I did see some pairs learning them during the skating camp. They don't look that much harder than a pivot spiral, but even still....

Then long-term we need to get a Free dance choreographed and working by the British Adult Championships in October, including a dance spin of minimum 3 revolutions, and perhaps 2 lifts. Bill P showed us how to do a "training lift" in France, and I've told my coach that we know how, but I'm not trying it on the ice without him there to show us again. Besides which, the middle of rather a good party isn't the best time to learn new skating moves....

Ah-HA - I just stretched my hand out and found I have a 1.5 minute cut (all I need) of the music I want.....

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Summer goals:

(1) Take (and pass!) Pre-Juvenile and Silver MIF
(2) Learn brackets
(3) Redeem myself at the Peach Classic after falling not once, but TWICE in Bronze freestyle last year
(4) Get to the gym or rink everyday
(5) Oh yeah, and get every adult skater on the planet to come to the Halloween Classic

philly

I'd love to skate at the Halloween Classic, but I think it's the same weekend as the Gateway Invitational. I know hubby and I are planning a Halloween party too -- he's going to be Charles Nelson Reilly and I'm going to be Brett Summers from MatchGame.

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Wang chung!

Sounds like a great party!

Is there a schedule online anywhere for the NC State Games? I may consider running up to Raleigh to watch some events if I have the time to get away. I last competed in the State Games in 2002 but obligations at school have had me cutting back on ice time.

Good luck in the State Games--I really enjoyed it the years I participated.

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I posted this under a similiar thread on the USFSA web page. Maybe if I put it here, also, it will give me double motivation!!

1. Land my axel consistently in my program which leads me to #2.

2. Pass my Adult Gold FS test.

3. Pass at least one of my last three Pre-Gold dances.

I'm also working on the Intermediate MIF test, but that is more of a secondary goal right now. My coach says I'm not that far from the test level (most of the elements are the same as the Adult Gold MIF test, which I passed in November), but we aren't really focusing a lot on it right now.

Right now, not smash my left knee ever again like I did six weeks ago. I return to the ice on Monday!!!

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- get back camel more consistent. The step is inconsistent but when I hit it, I can do the back camel from a camel for 2-3 rotations.
- work on flying camel take off
- decent CCW layback, since coach has forbidden me from doing any spins CW
- keep losing weight so that axel comes back (every time I lose a few pounds, the attempts get better)
- choreograph new program

And the most horrifying, frightening one yet:

- test Novice moves in July/August and pass

You could try Central Carolina Skate Club's site--they are sponsoring it. It will all be on Saturday starting at 8:15am and running through 8:30pm. I got my schedule through the club email.

1. Not to come in last at my next competition (which seems to be the usual...*sigh*

2. Get my lutz 100% consistent

3. Start landing my d loop more consistently... and to get my axel and d salchow.

4. Pass pre-juv moves and get a good start on juv moves

5. Improve my spirals

6. Keep my spins consistent and make good progress on back camel and layback...also to keep my sit spins lower

7. And most importantly, to skate faster!

Here's the website with the schedule:
http://www.centralcarolinasc.com/sta...sgschedule.pdf

I'll be competing in Silver Ladies free and Adult showcase. There only one other woman competing against me in each, but this also unfortunately takes place the weekend right after the Dogwood Open in Raleigh.

My goals for the summer are:
1.Get the Bronze MIF to a passing standard
2. Get my loop cleaned up and takeoff with speed, as well as start working on flip and maybe, just maybe the lutz.
3. Learn new program (yes, folks, "Hello Dolly" is no more) and get it ready to compete at the end of October.

Above all else, have fun in Hackensack three weeks from now, as well as learn something to take home!

My goals are to work on the Novice moves (started last week) and to consistently land the double sal and hopefully the double toe. Also to make progress on the double loop and double flip. We'll see....

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