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Are you an "any" skater?
In response to the thread on USFSA Basic Skills testing standards, I looked up what they were.
TEST GUIDELINES..."A few" usually means about 2 or 3. Now consider that the skills covered in that work include 3 turns in which you are required to stay along the same arc (many skaters work on that forever), some spins, many single rotation jumps, some basic lifts, some synchro patterns, and the first 6 ice dances. I am definitely not an "any" skater! In USFSA terms "any" is a pretty elite group. Would someone like to offer Any Skater badges and tee shirts? Last edited by Query; 03-31-2009 at 11:13 AM. |
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I would LOVE if I could get my basic skills skaters (when I teach non-tots) to practice "a few" (even if you take that to mean 2 or 3) minutes outside of class. But, even without that, most skaters who continue coming to group lessons eventually make it through Basic 8.
There is an adult in my (as in I take it, not teach it) freestyle class who is now in about Freestyle 2- and she doesn't practice outside of class, nor does she have a ton of natural athletic talent, but she's managed to make it that far, so adults can do it too. That paragraph doesn't say anything about moving to the next level QUICKLY- just that it is within reach. Dedicated practice is a huge help, but even without it the basic skating skills are reachable to many.
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I think it's better to be an "any" skater than a non-skater, lol.
I used to skate when I could, which often meant 15 minutes or a half-hour here and there. I'm glad I did because it kept me from being discouraged while I was able to find more time. I know that, when my group students go to the public session, they only practice for a few minutes. They spend the rest of the time hanging out with friends, which is fine too. It keeps them interested and involved, right? I think the "few minutes" remark was intended to encourage the skaters to practice, so they downplayed the importance a bit. I'm sure there would be readers who would think "Yeah, sure. That's because you want to sell freestyle and public ice admissions!" The truth is that PRACTICE DOES MATTER. I see it in students all the time as well as my own skating.
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Did anyone catch the promotion during NBC's Worlds coverage for the USFSA Basic Skills DVD?
http://nbcsports.seenon.com/detail.p...portslogo-dvds I think it's the same one we previewed at our staff meeting earlier this season. It comes across as a "self-help" tool.
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So what did you think of it? (Did I miss that post?) Can it be used as self-help? (Lots of people teach themselves to skate and can skip the first few basic skill levels. I haven't noticed it as a problem until Basic 4 where they start teaching themselves bad habits- crossovers and 3 turns!.)
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It was okay as a "test standards" video. If it's the same thing, I'm not sure you could teach yourself from it, but many people like to say they're "visual learners" so maybe it would work.
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Susan Wherlie from USFS came to speak to our club and she showed us some of those videos. It's really kind of interesting how they made it. It's one female and one male real skater and then they did animation to make them look like a lot of different people.
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I was like, blink, blink, sorry, what did you just ask? LoL and indeed, they hung out eating ice cream and drinking soda pop... I claimed a nice little rink piece between the hockeyers and the ice dance grandpa&grandma x2 club, all to myself and practiced till I couldn't feel my toepicks anymore, hehe. (Friend of mine with very centered spins used to do a similar thing, claiming a circle, the hockeyers used her as an obstacle in their practice... lol) The reward was of course looking smug when the coach asked *me* to show the rest of them how edges were done *properly*. LoL, not sure I"d call my edges proper, but nonetheless. I agree. Practice, even on bad ice, even during publics, even half an hour, whatever - it matters. |
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I made it my goal for April to skate Tu, Thu, Fri, Sat (lesson), and Sun for the whole month. I'm signed up for freestyle sessions, all paid for.
So, if I don't show any improvement, I'm going to be really ticked. You can't get more 'any' than I am.
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I would suggest writing down how your skating is going right now, so you can look back at the end of the month. I find that I forget what I've accomplished easily, and only focus on what I can't do. I've also found a lot of success (and sanity) by making a final goal, then breaking it down week-by-week. |
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Actually, after seeing a rather wet-noodle, fairly untalented, type kid go from basic skills thru Sr MIF, I've decided that Sr MIF are within the reach of almost any skater who has the determination, time, and money to go for it.
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I agree in the sense that Senior MIF are probably the easiest of the USFS Golds to achieve followed by the Gold dances and then the Senior free skate.
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