"What is she yelling at me for? My leg IS up!"

"My back is killing me"

j

Is the path clear?
Ok, balance, tighten tummy, go!
head up, leg higher, where are my arms?
is anyone coming across my path?
argh!, can't you tell I can't steer?
leg down, regain control. Start over.

I think
"This is fun but i had better put my leg down before i fall on my face o_O"

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Skating Comes From The Soul
Skater4Life

"ONE-Mississippi, TWO-Mississippi, THREE-Mississippi. . . God, I'm sick of Mississippi!"

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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

"The spiral feels high... (then looks at her reflection on the Plexi-Glass...) oh, it's only hip level. "

"Geez, it's PAINFUL turning out my foot"

"WHAT!?!?! My knees aren't locked!?!?!"

(Regarding skaters in my path....) "Oh, I hope that skater gets out of my path... oh, thank you for moving!!!"

"I better be careful! I might go and split a chin or something..."

LIFT TOES!!! (Thinking of doubletoe's suggestion...)

(Re: Catch foot spirals...) My body feels crooked...

Needless to say, I HATE spirals!!!

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Cheers,
jazzpants

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!!!

Open the hip, turn out the foot!

Squeeze tighter, get leg higher, stay back on blade! God, I hope no one is looking!

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How is my leg bent? It can't be bent! It's soooo straight geez...what are you talking about??? (looks into glass)Ooooh wow this is ugly.

"Straighten the knees! Point the toes! Am I actually on an edge? Don't forget the knees!"

"What the heck am I doing with my arms?"

"Push the leg back!" (for left spirals, because my leg tends to wander out to the side)

And lastly, "Straighten the knees!"

For back spirals, it's usually "Don't go up on the toepick...don't go up on the toepick...don't go up on the toepick."

I've done enough face-plants practicing spirals for Silver moves that my first thought is:

GET THE WEIGHT BACK!

STAY OFF THE TOES!

Then come the usual thoughts about straight knees and leg elevation.

Heavens, those toe-pick snags during a spiral hurt!

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Bill Schneider

Is my leg high enough? AHHH LITTLE KID, ABORT ABORT!

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higher.. higher.. STRAIGHT!! straighten... ok now hold
ohmygod i have to hold it for seven counts in my program...
stop flailing your arms... you are not swimming
aaahh... pretty spiral... oh no, time to end it

(and now, after it in my program):
what do i do now???

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Locking my knee
Pointing my toe
Making the big toe of my free leg point to the ceiling
Extension
Arched back
Separating my free leg from my skating hip
Beautiful arm positions

And of course...the points of tension in a spiral shown in my diagram I created:
http://s204.photobucket.com/albums/b...ralCircles.png

Hmmm, I never used to think of anything until my coach GAVE me things to think about! Imagine that!!!

Lift torso
lock legs
lower torso
PUSH legs out LONGER
POINT toes!!!!

all the while I'm thinking:

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

Uncurl the toes! Uncurl the toes! Oh god I'm still gripping with my toes!
Straighten the skating knee! Weight more back! Oh no, there's a rut in the ice!

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Ask me about becoming a bone marrow donor.
http://www.marrow.org
http://www.nmdp.org

Please don't let my pants rip. Please don't let my pants rip. Oh crap, there's a toepick that just came from nowhere.

chest up, on the heel, and express the music

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Tim David's Website

non-competition mode:
wheeee and then ooh ok balance going/ getting too slow/ someone right in the way = prepare to finish

competition mode:
1 mississippi giggle 2.... i can't believe i'm actually counting this 3....

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Tidesong

Lift! - mississippi
SMILE! - mississippi
BREATHE!!! - mississippi

I usually forget the breathing part.

"ohmygodohmygodohmygod / don'tfalldon'tfalldon'tfall"

"The cracking noises coming out of my back must be really annoying the other skaters!"

(They are loud!)

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Keeping School Figures Alive!!

Today, during program-

Great, no one in my way.
OH - crap here comes a kid
lower the leg
no- kid gone-continue with spiral
go to outside edge-crap again here's another kid
oh well - spiral's over

Lift!

Don't Hit That Rut!

Hey, I Didn't Know He/she Was On My Judging Panel... Hi!

Crap, I Hit That Rut!

Smile!

Point That Toe!

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Champagne in 2005, 2008, 2009 - who's next out of the pre-bronze club...?

Wang chung!

I don't do it in the spiral, but it's nice to know someone else grips with their toes. I do it in my spins, which probably explains a lot.

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Champagne in 2005, 2008, 2009 - who's next out of the pre-bronze club...?

Wang chung!

This is me trying to do the change-edge spiral (and since I start on LFI, I would be going the "wrong" way to public)

Make sure to get the *inside* edge...
(keep the R leg up!)
I think I have some space on the right of that guy...
(keep the R leg up!)
and I should pass before that lady gets here...
(keep the R leg up!)
now, change edge... am I on the outside edge yet?
ok, that should be enough, grab blade
is it high enough? no? higher, higher...
but... why am I going so slow now? i'm almost stoped...
but its not 3 sec yet let's wait just a little more...

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