Time to set summer skating goals, since my rink will be cutting over to the summer schedule in a couple weeks. Here's mine

1. Crunch on Adult Bronze MIF and test them.

2. Start working again on the Tango with goal to test it in October.

3. (Maybe) re-train European Waltz to test it standard track. (I tested and passed it Adult track 3 weeks before the solos were killed.) I have my other 2 Pre-Silvers as Standard track from years ago.

4. Non-ice... work with a personal trainer to strength and tone upper body.

–Hunker down and take my silver moves before my coach kills me!!!

–Get bigger and stronger so pairs lifts are bigger and stronger—and so Loops can eat as much chocolate as possible w/out my objecting

–Return to working on doubles (all those threads have inspired me!)

–Prepare for a busy competition schedule in late summer/early fall

–Graduate from "faux pairs" to real pairs

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Yippee! All the chocolate I want... especially if we're going to Hershey.

What do we have to do to graduate?

Goals for the summer:
1. Skate faster and with more power both forwards and backwards
2. Do FI mohawks and forward 3-turns correctly (instead of just doing them)
3. Get in the air with waltz jump
4. Get higher in the air with 1/2 flip
5. Strengthen core muscles and do more off-ice training
6. BEND MY KNEES more and GET MY FEET CLOSER TOGETHER
7. Do all of my synchro routine correctly and confidently
8. Learn 1-foot spin
9. Get my right spirals as high as my left
10. Learn back spiral

What pair moves are you doing now, and does your coach coaches pairs also?

I'm doing the FS moves with my singles coach; I have another coach for pairs.

There are no pairs moves tests, just straight pairs tests. And according to the rules, my partner and I don't need to take any pairs tests. She's a bona fide adult silver skater (I'm bronze), and that's good enough to place us in the silver pairs.

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NoVa,
I'm glad the new pair rules work out for you two! I can skate silver, gold or masters pairs - depending on the partner.

We need a true-to-form, blown-in-the-bottle, and genuine death spiral!

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Flo, how is this possible? I thought depending on your status, that there was only a leeway of 2 levels? That is to say, the partner can always be one level lower. So, for example, if you're gold level, your partner can be silver (or gold), and you'd compete in gold. Or if you were gold and your partner were masters, you'd skate in masters.

Is it because you're relying on a juvenile pair test so there's more wiggle room in the rules? I think silver and gold pairs level require juvenile pairs test and no higher.

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Doesn't that mean we have to actually *work on it*?
How's your wrist?

Oh, right, forgot about that part. Work IS a 4-letter word.

The wrist is OK. I'm more concerned about the sunburn at this point! You know, we did do a few decent DS's on Sunday.

I definitely overdid it at the gym last night--I've beat my old records in weight lifting. Why I continue to do this I don't know. My back is pleading me to stop. And I think the scale at the gym is wrong--there's no way I can weight that much!

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Hi NoVa,
With the juvenile pair I can skate silver or gold. If my partner was a master level, then I could also skate master because I meet the requirements for 1 level below. I would prefer to skate gold pairs. I did compete in masters pairs for two seasons, and it included the former kid pairs. Since we did place silver in masters it would be strange to skate silver - but depending on the partner I could.
Keep working on that death spiral! I posted a picture of mine on the icepartnersearch.com

To get the go-ahead from my doctor to try some spins & jumps!!!!!

To not re-injure my back if I do get the go-ahead.

I saw that picture--very impressive!!!

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Nova - thanks. I like the inside death spirals - you can really get close to the ice. I remember from learning them to drop fast for the outsides, and slow for the insides. And while you're down there to make sure your partner's laces are tied!

My goals for the summer -

* To skate regularly and have regular lessons (now I'm at home instead of uni, it's much more travelling to get to the rink)

* To master the teapot/shoot the duck

* To make more improvements on spinning

* To pass silver and gold Skate UK Star freeskating tests... (just got the teapot to go on the silver). Hopefully! That's my goal for now anyway.

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The sunburn wasn't much of a problem on Sunday, so it should be OK now. And since your wrist is better does that mean we can go back to trying the "step 2" DS?

Listen to your back! I don't want it to start screaming while I'm in the air.

Step 1 complete. Onward to step 2--and then to infinity and beyond!

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My goals:

1. Land the loop at speed.
2. Finally land that blasted flip I've been working on (on and off) for a year.
3. Land a sal-loop combo.
4. Get my sit spin lower.
5. Get camel-sit consistent (with at least 2 revs on the camel - I'm up to 1 1/2).
6. Get a backspin.
7. Don't embarrass myself skating my solo in my club's summer show.
8. Try not to finish last in Bronze FS at Wilmington (LoopLoop, NoVa Sk8er, and flo - are any of you guys doing Wilmington?).
9. Start Bronze MIF.

Nope, it wasn't even on my radar screen--until now. Actually, I think my coach will be there, so I should reconsider. I haven't done a competition since March, and it would be nice to compete in one more event (by myself) before I compete in pairs for the first time. Decisions, decisions...

Much luck on your jumps and spins!

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I don't know what I would have ready by then. I could do the "Friends" interpretive from Nationals. It might be well received at Wilmington. It's that or the fledgling.

Debbie - are oyu interested in private all adult ice on Wednesday evenings for a few weeks? One of our adults had a baby.

Goals - ? work on new programs, another double, try axel again, and I've aleady told my coach I want to work on pairs with him so I can try the throw doubles. Get a partner or build one from spare parts around the lab.

Land my double toe. Be able to do a descent layback.

20 mins treadmill three times per week. <------that might actually be my hardest goal.

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Summer Goals:

1) Land a double salchow again.
2) Get double toe loops consistent again.
3) Fix axel technique so free leg follows through better on takeoff
4) Get 6 revolutions on a flying camel (right now 4-5 is the max)
5) Spend more time working on sit spins and camels so they look respectable again

I just sent you a PM. And I definitely think you should do the "Friends" number at Wilmington. What better place?

Hooray! Step 2 is looking good.

Summertime ... and the SKATIN' is easy!

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