I thank my lucky stars that I didn't break anything.

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I thank my coach and my beloved skating friends for allowing me amongst them!!

And say good-bye 'til next time! (Very soon, I hope... )

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On a General session, I used to always do a lutz after the people cleared off, since it goes against "Traffic." On a freestyle, it's usually a back spin.

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The last few minutes of a session, I will work on whatever is bugging me in my programs. Lately,it's been the sit and backscratch spins !!

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Hey!! That's what I did before I got off the ice last time...Not thank my lucky stars, but break something.

However, if I'm in a lesson, we work until they throw us off the ice. If I'm by myself, I usually do a few cool-down laps, working down in speed and intensity.

Now, I just look forward to the day I can get back on the ice. Since I'm only three weeks out, I have at least five more to go.

every monday, i come back to school, and all my profs ask me if i went skating that weekend. if i said yes, they'd ask if i got another concussion or broke something or if all my body parts are in fine working order. you hurt yourself once or twice, and all of a sudden, it's a daily occurence. one of my profs asked if i fell, and i said yes. he says, isn't the point to stay upright? so the last thingg i do is make sure i'm still standing.

Great thread

I always speed up and do my favourite sequence... a BI hydroblade into split-split-flip and sometimes add a sit spin. If I'm really exhausted (I always spend my last 10 min going hard out and enjoying myself) I just do a hydroblade by itself - my signature move - i can do almost any jump from this entry.

Singerskates, I've been wondering what a forward corkscrew is. Can you describe it? I've never heard of it before

I'm like Samba and tend to stagger off, lol!.....but if I have the energy and the ice is clear enough I like to do a back spiral. It's my favorite move but I'm only skating public sessions these days and don't get to practice them.

A corkscrew is what you and the rest of the world call a scratchspin. In Canada scratchspins are corkscrews. No mistery. It's like those famous 3 jumps I was always hearing about on here. For some countries they are what we call waltz jumps here in Canada for others it's what they are here, a jumped three turn. My coach keeps calling toe loops cherryflips. When I first heard him call them that, I thought he was nuts. LOL

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There is a difference between a 3-jump and a waltz jump. While both have the take-off from the LFO edge (for the CCW jumper), the waltz jump involves shifting weight from the left side to the right side with the landing on the RBO edge. The 3-jump does not involve a shift in the air, and has the landing on the LBI edge. At least that's what I've been taught. I like to do the 3-jump (which as you can see is a 3-turn in the air) as part of choreography.

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You can do 3 jumps from LFO, LFI, RFO and RFI, not just a they way you do a waltz jump but land on your take off foot. Like I said to me a 3 jump is now a jumped 3 turn in which the turn happens in the air instead of on the ice.

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Not in the UK, where a waltz jump is called a 3-jump, and, indeed, a toe loop is called a cherry flip. And a camel spin is a parallel spin, and a lunge is a drag, and a shoot-the-duck is a teapot, and.....

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Of course, each country/region has their own semantics. I was just pointing out that there exist these 2 separate entities, regardless of what you call them. (On a slightly different note, I simply hate when people refer to spirals as arabesques. I get the ballet connection, but ugh.)

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Thanks for the explanation on the Corkscrew...I've never heard that before!

In the US there is also a spin called the corkscrew. It's actually a variation on a scratch spin. If you spin counterclockwise, your left arm crosses in front of your body at about the level of your navel, your right arm crosses in back at about the same level and both arms are 4-6 inches from touching your body, while your skating knee is partially bent. Your free-leg is also bent so it looks like your lower body is making the number "4". (Looking at that number, right leg would be the full stroke downward, left leg would be the cross and diagonal lines.) When done at-speed, it looks like the skater's arms are actually connected at the elbows and the skater is drilling down into the ice. It's pretty cool and not hard to learn as soon as the scratch feels good.

I bow

Hey Flo...

Why the "bow"? Of course you're such a lovely skater you should get applause every time you skate!

I had a coach who called a corkscrew a forward upright spin in which the skater holds the free leg. Free leg is bent as in the beginning of the spin with the thigh and calf parallel to the ice. Cohen does something like this. She actually pulls it in and blurs it. I have done a corkscrew (according to previous definition) for yrs. Tried to pull it in, very difficult!

Kay

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Hi Thin,
Thanks! I bow at the end of a practice session because it's something I started in pairs and with my coach. I, or we in pairs always thank him at the end of a lesson, and he us. With pairs we acknowledge eachother and then audience. The little kids also always say thanks to our coach and give a quick bow.
It's great practice, and also reminds us that there's always an audience watching. At one of our first trips to nationals we were a little surprised to receive applause at a practice session. So now when we get to the practices at nationals or other events, it feels natural to thank the audience at practices, and at the event.

I also teach the tots to thank the audience for watching (we start with a quick wave) before they leave the ice. It helps them begin to feel a connection with the audience and more comfortable with applause.

Wow.. that's such a cool idea! And it really does make you think about the audience from the very first stages of skating! I'm going to pass that on to one of our adults who is just starting to compete.

How do you enter a jump from a hydroblade?

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Before leaving the ice, I like doing a back outside-edge hydroblade and getting my body down to the ice as close as possible!

I love the differences - it's like reading Harry Potter in the original English!

The USFS/ISI handbooks all called the jump a toe loop, so I stopped using the cherry flip phrase, even though that's what my coach called it when she taught it to me.

What I call "toe taps" everyone else calls "side hops." (It's a toe to the side, no rotation jump.)

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i'll normally do a double loop at the end of the session just like a small one... whether im holding tapes, tissues, sweater, etc. or not. quite amusing especially the times when i fall. haha

normally before the d loop ill stroke around etc. present myself and sometimes curtsey.