As much as I love to skate, I've always been somewhat flaky in keeping up with it, especially during the school year with internships, extracurriculars, jobs, etc. I'd like to get back into it, but I hesitate bc I'm so poor right now... On that note I have two questions for you guys!

1. What are your summer skating schedule? How many days a week do you guys typically skate in the summers? Any big goals?

and

2. I will be back in NYC for most of the summer - is my only option to skate at Chelsea Piers (if I want to stay within manhattan? Or rather, I just want an easy/short commute by train...)

Thanks!

My goal: Get my knees back to normal. Learn the Dutch Waltz. Adjust to new blades (once I get them).

My schedule
Monday: At least every other week: 45 minutes practice
Tuesday: 1 hour teaching LTS, 30 minute group lesson. Depending on knees 30 minutes practice.
Wednesday: 1 hour Synchro
Saturday: 45 minute practice, Every other weekish 30 minute ice dance lesson. 30-60 minutes group lesson depending on knees. Sunday: 30 minute private every other week.

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-Jessi
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Intermediate free dance with only minimal bickering at coach/partner.

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Who me? Couldn't be....
http://www.youtube.com/bouldersk8r

Schedule:
monday - friday: 2hr practice
saturday: 1hr practice
monday, wednesday, friday: one 30 minute lesson ea.
monday, friday: 1hr off ice class
tuesdays: stroking class 30 min

goals:
get my 2lutz somewhat consistant
pass my juv moves (if I pass my pre juv on wednesday)
get my 2toe

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due to the fact I'll be renovating my new condo, I don't think I'll have a lot of time to skate this summer. I also will be working days which makes it difficult because most summer ice out here happens in the day. Not to mention I need $$ to reno

that being said...

1. get the freeskate re-choreographed (using same music but need new stuff)
2. Start working on interp.
3. Test/pass Sr. Bronze skills
4. Continue working on/improve, etc my jumps, spins, inbetweens

As for schedule....hopefully 2 days a week, if not 3. I have a couple weeks off (when I move and have to paint, etc) so I should be able to fit a few choreography sessions in

Summer will be a maintain time for me this year

Finding the cash to pay for the gas to get to skating all the way across town.

Finding a way to skate 3 days a week for 6 weeks at their expensive summer prices and keeping enough cash for registration of fall/winter skating on the intermediate ice at Skate Riverside or ralley the area adult figure, collegiate figure and 14+ power skaters to start a new club.

If I pass my Creative Dance or Baby Blues to finish the Prelim Dances and the Junior Bronze Fiesta Tango, I'll be starting to learn the Swing Dance and Willow to some time during the fall/winter season test them to finish with ice dance until I can no longer jump.

Hope to pass my prelim FS during summer skating, so that I can start working on my junior bronze FS so that next year at Adult Canadians I can compete in Adult Silver for a change. I'm sick of Adult Bronze.

Hoping to start officially working on the Lutz and Axel in the summer. I know it's going to be lots of those lovely loop/loop combos, lots of waltz/loops and back scratches. I'm willing to prove the nay sayers wrong.

Even though there is no ice for the month of June in the city in which I live, I'll be heading to a rink 2 times a week most times in June so that I keep up my skills for summer skating school. 6 weeks off is too much time off.

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I am a nomadic adult skater who is a member of Windsor FSC (Skate Windsor) WOS SC again since Sept. 1st, 2008.

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Skating Schedule:
This year is different because I'm working at an air force base as a JAG intern, skating at a new rink, with a new coach, for 10 weeks. I'm skating 6 days a week until Saturdays go away. I skate every morning at 5:45 for 1 hr. I go back on Monday and Wednesday evening for 45 mins to 1 hr, and Saturdays I'm on 2 hours. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday I'm at the fitness center on base after work.

Goals:
Getting used to my new blades (Just got new Phantoms)
Getting my doubles back
Getting spins more consistent and more complicated combos

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"Without a struggle, there can be no progress" ~ Frederick Douglass

I haven't gotten back into a schedule yet, but my goals are to be able to practice at least once a week and have 1 private lesson a week. I would love to be able to gain back everything that I had before I stopped skating due to pregnancy, and continue working on pre-bronze MIF and freestyle, so that I'll be able to test in the fall.

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Jessica

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I don't like to make short term goals in skating because it's too unpredictable. Having said that, I'd like to stabalize my axel takeoff and get my double loop back. I probably won't get the loop, but the axel should happen.

do it!! =)

We lose our 6-8am weekday ice for summer so I can't skate before work like I normally do . We have summer ice from 8-5 every day but that doesn't help me much with work. So I'm limited to:

6-8p Wednesday night (our only evening ice this year )
9-11am Saturday morning

And I'm taking an hour off of work 8-9am once every 2nd or 3rd week to get a lesson from my coach since he's not at the Weds evening or Sat morning ice. Maybe I'll take a full half day here and there and skate, I'm not going on vacation or anything like that this summer.

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2010-2011 goals:
Pass Junior MIF test
Don't break anything

The plan is to skate 3 days a week. I LOVE summer skating because I hate the heat - the ultimate "air conditioning" LOL!

Before Nationals I told my coach I wanted to improve my Basics at summer school and left it to her to set the agenda - boy am I in for it!

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Dianne
(A.O.S.S.? Got it BAD! )

I'll keep to my 3-4 days a week training schedule (barring work and rink schedules) in order to make a smooth transition as possible from Pre Bronze to Bronze. I hope to have my first competitive experience as a Bronze lady in late September.

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Adult Nationals, 2009 "The Time of My Life"

The Mountain Cup Camp starts today fortnight, and we will be there! Then the competition itself. Then home, and we have a rink/club competition the following Sunday, which we won't be competing in, but will be helping. Hopefully Bracknell Adult Open ten days after that, if the schedules come out before we go away, and then a couple of months to stabilise things before Bristol Adult Dance, assuming that happens at the beginning of September.

We would quite like to prepare and test our Level 1 Variation during the break, but whether that will happen will be another matter!

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Ice dancers have lovely big curves!

My goals for this summer (May-August):

Jump:
- Eliminate scrape on my axel entrance
- More consistent double salchows
- Land a clean double toe loop
- Land a clean double loop
- Land a double-double combination
- Make progress on double flips

Spins:
- Keep improving my flying camel (positions, revolutions, speed, etc.)
- Improve positions, speed, and revolutions in my combination spins
- Improve position, speed, and revolutions in my layback
-Get a decent flying sit spin

Test:
- Test at least three of my Gold dances
- Pass my Argentine Tango
- Pass my Viennese Waltz
- Test/pass my Quickstep

Other:
- Learn the Westminster Waltz
- Start working on my Novice freestyle program
- Improve posture, expression, power, etc.
- Skate at least four days a week

Goals:

Jump Goals

Get my 3-/waltz jump - first achieved with correct entry/exit – Sunday 10th February 2008
Learn at least one single jump – first achieved – March 30th 2008 – first landed –
Land salchow


Spin Goals

At least 5 revs on my two-foot spin
At least 2 revs on my one-foot spin – first achieved – Sunday 21st February 2008
Get one-foot spin with correct entry and exit


Test Goals

Pass Skate UK Star Bronze
Silver
Gold
Pass my level 1 NISA MIF test in the summer


Other

Get down to the rink twice every week where possible
Get in shape
Stretch everyday
Try and do an additional 30 mins of cardio a week
Reduce scratching on my crossovers and progressives
Do at lest one full run through of my test every practice session



Schedule:

1hr on Sundays, including 1/2hr private
1 1/2 hrs on Thursdays

I'd love to up that but time/money/transport availability doesn't allow

Goals:

Tests:
-Star Light
-Killian
-Paso
-Blues
-Gold Artistic
-Sr.Silver Elements
-Sr.Silver Free Skate
-Pre.Novice Competitive

Other:
-Consitent Double Axel
-Flying Change Sit
-New Combination Spin
-New Sequence Jump


Schedule:
Monday 5:30-7:30pm
Wednesday 7-9pm
Friday 5:30-7:30pm

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2014 and 2018 Olympics here I come!

Skating, skating all day long, skating, skating all night long! May seem tiring to some people but not me, it's my life!!

Goals: Triple Loop, Novice Competitive, Sr.Silver Dances, Gold Artistic, and top 3 at Sectionals

My summer schedule is pretty similar to my winter schedule:

- 40 mins on Wednesday
- 2 hrs on Saturday

My goals are:

- Pass Silver moves & freestyle tests
- Improve all spins
- Get more height on jumps
- Improve speed
- Continue working on axel
- Start learning gold moves

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I've got mad salchow disease!

I'm currently skating on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and when I'm not judging, Saturdays. At best, that's 4 days a week, but it's usually only 3.

Current goals for the summer is to get my silver MIF quality enough to test in late fall, the 3 turns will be my downfall.

Another goals is to get my bronze competitive program put together in time to compete in August and/or September. I've got about 18 seconds of it put together, and it's pretty awesome!

With that of course comes learning new jump combos/sequences, spins and spin combos, footwork. I'm doing lutzes in combination and in sequences, but I know they're not good quality.

And I will be spending considerable time breaking in a new pair of boots and getting used to the hydro blades. Wheee, I'm getting skates with rockers!

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

Wang chung!

The Bracknell schedule has gone up on their website today.

Fiona

I'm so confused about mine because now I'm interviewing for jobs in 2 different states (MA, NJ) and I have no idea of where I'll be living.

Regardless, goals for the summer include testing silver moves, trying to practice a little more and get that &**&#*&^(Q$)#(QIR) flip back, get a camel spin, and get my sit spin lower. Lately I've just been working on moves. I hope I can pass, but my 3 turn patterns don't have enough power right now.

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Revised Official 2010 Goals checklist
Skate __
New boots __
(lowering the bar for 2010 as I haven't skated in a year)

My summer schedule:
Mon,Tues,Thurs, Fri: 50 minutes to an hour
Sat & Sun: 1 to 1 1/2 hours
no skating on Wed, and I'll probably take some Sundays or Saturdays off when something else is going on.

Summer Goals:
-NO INJURIES!!
-pass Cha Cha
-test Swing and Fiesta Tango
-improve Gold Moves
-get all single combos consistent, with good form and height
-check the salchow entrance already
-begin working on axel
-be able to do loops out of backspins
-get 3 rev back camel
-3 revs each on camel-back camel
-3 revs each on sit-back sit
-lower both sit and back sit
-3 rev back sit
-10 rev camel
-improve back flexibility
-get splits on both sides

I know I'm defintiely doing Sunday mornings 10-12 at my town rink, but I'm still trying to find ice time at rinks that aren't 40 minutes away. It's hard....gas prices are way too high right now for me to be driving that far a few times a week. My car only takes premium gas, to boot.

But, I am going to try to:

-Pass Gold free in June, even though I don't technically need to since I passed Juvenile last year, but I want that test anyways!

-Significantly improve Novice moves, maybe test in early fall

-Get double sal not two footed. I can land it clean, but two footed every time.

-Keep improving on axel

-Faster spins, more revolutions, lower sitspins

-Vastly improve flexibility to get better spirals

-Rechoreograph Gold program...or possibly get new one, not sure yet

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"Where are we going and why are we in this handbasket?"

Schedule:
Tuesdays Patch 6-6:30A, MIF 6:30-7A
Wednesdays: MIF/FS 6-7A
Thursdays: MIF/FS 6-7A
Fridays: MIF/FS 6-7:30A
Saturdays: MIF/FS 6-7:30A
Sundays: MIF/FS 6-8A
Off ice: Run 3X per week, Kickbox 1X per week

Goals:
Novice MIF ready to test by October
Finish rechoreographing program
Fix current jump woes
Get the new feature in spins

Yeah, I've observe that about ice dancers; thirty seconds of skating followed by five minutes of intense whispered conversation right in the middle of a hockey circle.

Once while I was practicing nearby I heard a female partner say loudly, "No, you're putting your foot here, it should be *here*!" I just moved away to the other end of the rink. Don't want to overhear ice dance fights. No way. They're worse than church choir wars.

Oh, yeah, my goal is to get my friend Jim, who is Freestyle 1 to do proper crossovers. He once fell and got a cut on the top of his head-- he's 6'3" how could he do that?--and he's been phobic ever since. My personal go is to not break an arm at Lake Placid Adult Skate Camp. I know I'm setting the bar low, but I like to achieve my goals, and right now mastering brackets doesn't look like it's going to happen.

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