Pass my PSA Basic Accreditation Exam, which I have to have completed (online) by mid-February.

Jumps:
-Get nice height and consistant singles(Yes I have to say for the most part my singles are consistant and have nice height)
-Land my axel Still haven't yet, but it's close
-Start my double salchow Yes I did start learning a double salchow and its sooooo close I can taste it.

Spins:
-Keep my scratch spin Somedays are better than others
-Try to straighten my free leg more on my sit spin Getting so much better with that
-Camel Spin(everything about it) Ehh, well it's better than it was
-Get my cool combo spin consistant My camel, sit, back sit, back scratch is pretty cool
-Make my attitude spin even prettier Yeah I turned it into a layback:-)
-Make up some cool looking spins and get them consistant Well my oh so original flying broken leg spin is very consistant and looks neat when I do it right.
-Keep my flying broken leg spin(try to jump alittle higher and hold it longer) See above comment
-Try not to jump out of my backspin Been doing sooo much better with that.

Others:
-Choregraph my 'modern' artistic program Yep, thats choreographed with another artistic and 2 showcases..I've been getting very creative.
-Make it look pretty and unique yeah they're unique in their own way
-Try to stretch more on my spirals..get free leg higher Sorta kinda
-Make good use of my skating time Absolutely. I've been making a list of goals/guidelines and have been finding that very useful
-Try to stretch my leg more on my beilman Once again sorta kind
-Get the more 'dancelike' moves consistant My aerial barriels, backward leapy thing, the chaines, the stag, the piques, the ballet moves in my 'Music Box' programme. Yeah they're consistant.
-Perhaps start my 'spotlight' program Finished both of them..:-)
-Convince enough people at my club that we should have an actual theme to our show, rather than random numbers..No


Goals for 2009: Well first of all from Jan-June I will be off ice at Massage Therapy school, so you can discount half the year. But here's what I would like to see or work on when I get back:
-Remember all my programmes
-Keep all my single jumps and spins
-Of course land the axel and my double sal
-Perhaps compete in the Fall or Winter at adult gold level
-How about being able to come back to the ice by the Fall or late summer? Thats a good enough goal.

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[i]Beauty May Be in the Eye of the Beholder
But passion is in the heart of a skater.[/I]

Everytime I set skating goals, something BAD happens, so I'm not gonna do it this time!

I'm still recovering from my back surgery. I have "issues" that pop up in surprising ways. Although I had a herniation that affected my left leg, it affected the balance on my right side as well (especially noticed on forward clockwise crossovers). Hmmmm don't know why???

Sloooowly getting things back together and just now (nine months later) thinking about a routine for competition. Trying to keep from getting depressed but at least I'm skating so that's good.

Gave up wanting the flip this year. And I'll be in clinicals next year so there's that. Oh well. On the plus side, I'm closer to my loop.

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Ah, show skating!!! I do it for the glitter!

Here were my 2008 Goals

- pass Pre-Bronze moves: done
- pass Bronze moves: retry
- pas Pre-Bronze free: done
- land loop and flip: landed loop
- perfect camel spin: not perfect by a long shot
- get closer to decent back spin: definitely closer
- get back 3's: 2 out of 4

Now my 2009 Goals

- pass Bronze moves
- improve loop, get flip
- perfect camel spin
- get low on sit spin
- have a program
- get back 3's

2008 Goals:
Pass more tests (some combination of pre moves, pre fs, and/or prejuv moves)- Had to be pushed to January/February due to alternating 3s....

Camel Spin- Just really started this last week

Layback Spin- Not happening this year

Loop Jump- Finally landed 11/19!!

Flip Jump- The basics are there. I'm not giving up on getting this one before January

Lutz Jump- The basics are there, but probably not till next year.

Attempts at axels- Definitely not till next year

Spread Eagle/Ina Baur- Been working on spread eagle position, but yet to actually complete one.

2009 Goals:
Camel Spin
Layback Spin
Lutz
Axel
Pass at least 2 tests
Compete at least once in adult levels

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Check my progress at www.freewebs.com/sk8tegirl06

Let's see - my 2008 goals were:
Test (and pass) Pre-Bronze Moves - no
Test (and pass) Pre-Bronze Freestyle - no again
Finish my master's degree (not a skating goal, but skating has had to make way) - finally. Finally!!

2009 goals (skating only)
Test and pass Pre-Bronze moves and freestyle
Test and pass Bronze moves and freestyle
Be ready to skate a program at ANs in Bloomington.

Depending on whatever my work hours turn out to be (when I get a job, that is), I'll be able to schedule regular lessons and practice for a change without having to worry about exams and the like. So maybe I'll make some progress this year!

Mimi

2008 goals

1. test preliminary dances- Tested and passed
2. sit spin- Nope
3. pass ISI 3/4 - Nope...Still cannot do a change foot spin or a sit spin...Can we see a pattern
4. Begin work on axel - Nada

2009 Goals

1. test prebronze dances
2. consider testing bronze moves
3. do at least one competition
4. sit spin
5. again begin work on axel

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Happily defying the laws of physics when I skate...and not in a good way

If I could meet ole Axel Paulsen, I would kick him in the teeth

President and Founding member of the I hate Toe-Loops Club

Still a member, but trying to get out of the Pre-bronze peanut gallery.

Visit my skating journal

2008 goals:

• Pass Hickory Hoedown and Willow Waltz--quit dance instead
• Get fairly consistent backspin--done
• get another consistent jump--have loop but not consistently
• go to Adult Nationals and place above last (not that there's anything wrong with that)-done

2009 goals:

• Get loop consistently
• take bronze free if I can find a coach who will give me a lesson every week for a month before the test
• not injure shoulder, back, or any other major body parts including feet

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You miss 100% of the shots you never take.--Wayne Gretzky

2008 goals:

Met:
-pass Rhythm Blues and Canasta Tango
-start working on next level of dances
-point my toes more in dance
-get better progressives
-pass Silver Moves
-pass Silver Freestyle
-get lutz consistent
-make all single jumps higher
-start working on axel
-get a 6-rev backspin and 6-rev camel
-make camel faster and straighten my legs
-make camel-sit stronger with a real sit
-lower both forward and back sit spin
-get a 3-rev forward sit - 3-rev backsit
-improve my forward crossovers so they aren't so steppy
-get higher spirals
-lose 10 lbs
-have Gold Moves close to testing standard
-get close to landing axel
-test at least one dance from the next level up
-start flying camel
-work on back camel-back sit
-be able to do forward and back catch-foot spirals on both feet

Not Met:
-get salchow timing under control
-get lutz unflutzed
-get a 3-rev back camel
-get my layback to layback more
-do splits
-be able to do a catch-camel
-start working on a double
-compete at least once

Not too bad!


2009 Goals:

-stay injury-free
-pass Gold Moves
-pass Fiesta Tango
-pass Swing
-start working on next level of dances
-land axel
-get a stag jump that looks like one
-pass Gold Freestyle
-compete at least once
-get splits on both sides
-start working on double salchow
-start working on double toe
-land axel-toe loop OR axel-loop
-get salchow timing under control
-keep forward camel consistent
-be able to do a catch camel
-be able to do a layback that looks like a layback
-get flying camel higher and consistent
-get camel-back camel consistent
-get sit-back sit and back camel-back sit consistent
-get a lower back sit
-3-rev back sit in isolation
-faster camel-sit
-get a stronger back spin exit
-get even higher spirals
-hold a spread eagle (inside or outside) for 3 seconds
-lose 10 more lbs

i have the same goals and i'm in learn-to-skate too mines might be a bit crazy but i know anything is possible! I want to learn a spiral, a lutz, a salchow, an axel, a toe loop, the loop, a flip, a camel spin, and even the biellman spin.. i know i sound crazy but if i had the chance to practice i would work as hard as could. but those are my goals in skating for 2009 and i would love to skate in spring in summer too so i can get better because the rink that's currently skating at closes in april and opens in september.

I only had one goal for 2008 and that was to pass the Bronze Freestyle test. After that, while the Magical Skating Fairy did not reward me with a flip, lutz or a camel, she did manage to give me a lower and more consistent sitspin.

Now that I've done that (HURRAY!!), the goal for 2009 is to skate two clean programs at Adult Easterns and AN.
After that, start working in earnest on Silver moves.

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Adult Nationals, 2009 "The Time of My Life"

(Gulp) When it's in writing, there's no going back...

By the end of 09, I'd like to have passed any combination of the following (heck, I'd take any single one at this point!):

* Elementary 2 dances (Fiesta and Swing);
* Any single Primary dance (Foxtrot, European, Silver Samba, 14Step) - but have to pass both E2 dances first (see above);
* Elementary 1 figure test.

I won't get all of them, but one would be nice...

My goal is primarily to keep skating and have fun! Given the pre-Bronze dances for this year, we don't have a hope of winning against our dearest enemies - the dances favour them, rather than us. But this means we cn relax and have fun trying!

Plus I'm seriously wondering whether we might not just have a go at Bronze Pairs.... probably not, but we might play around with some of the elements and see if we can do everything required.

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I love my computer because my friends live in it!
Ice dancers have lovely big curves!

I didn't set any goals, which is good because I don't think I achieved anything, lol.

Just bumping this for those of you who want to check their progress. I've added a poll at the top, just for fun.

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Life definitely got in the way.

My goals were,

-Pass my preliminary and pre-bronze dances
-Test through junior in moves and novice in FS
-Compete at Regionals in the Novice level.
-Get my double axel consistent
-Get two triples consistent
-Improve the overall quality of my skating. My confidence, speed, presentation, all that crap
-Improve my flying spins

Accomplishments:
-I tested zero dances
-I tested through Intermediate in moves and Juv in FS (I wanted to test through JUNIOR?! What was I on and can I get me some more of that?!)
-I competed at regionals, but at Open-Juv
-No consistent double axel, but getting much, much closer. Had to stop seriously working on them, though, to focus on KEEPING my other doubles while sick and passing tests.
-No triples, either, although they were far from tragic when I attempted them a few weeks ago after not trying any since the summer (and even then it was only occasional).
-I DID improve the overall quality of my skating. Quite a bit, actually, when I look back on my competition from 2008
-I DID improve my flying spins (although still no consistent death drop).

I guess there's still hope for me to at least LAND some clean double axels by the end of the year.

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I was only able to judge Mids, but considering I gave birth two weeks later..
Lutz is back, and in combo, but I don't have it in a sequence this year.
Camel and combo - back!
Silver moves - passed!
silver free - I suppose I will start working on putting a test program together.
Finding time for me has been ok, as hubby works it out and I find that time WITH the baby works at the rink too thanks to a lot of compassionate and loving babysitting skaters.

Oh yeah, then there was that little event that me, flying camel and a few others hosted...

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

Wang chung!