If you're suggesting I move up to silver then my response is I have to move up to bronze first. Which I do plan to do for next year so I can hopefully compete at Adult Nationals next year. If you had seen me skate you'd know I'm nowhere close to silver. Just forget I ever mentioned the 5 jump thing, since it doesn't seem popular among other bronze level skaters, and what the majority of people think is of course important.

Yeah, I would agree for a 1:40 program that 5 jump passes and 3 spin passes is WAAAAAY too much to cram in a program. I like leaving it at 4 jump passes and 3 spins though. Works much nicer choreography-wise for those who just passed their Bronze FS tests.

Of course, I wish I knew THIS was gonna pass before I ditched my old Yanni program! (Just kidding! Yanni had to go... WAAAAY too old!!! Even the dress that goes with the program is ripping apart at the seams. Can't wait to finish my new FS and debut it for all to see!!! Totally departure of my personality and the type of music I usually go for... so this should be a challenge for me. )

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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!!!

Another document from Governing Council that some folks might find interesting--a judges review of IJS, including a breakdown of the PCS marks:
http://usfsa.org/content/Governing%2...e%20Tuning.pdf

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I meant I liked the idea of the test having two spins, not two jumps - but it is all wishful thinking at this point

Well, if you're a guy, it is not unusual that you want to jump more than anything else. One of my coach's students started skating at age 7 because he wanted to jump. He is now an Olympic skater with a triple axel and he STILL is known to sometimes whine, "Can't I just JUMP?"

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That's good stuff! Does anyone know if this was just notes from a seminar given to those judges who attended it, or if these are guidelines that are going to be communicated to every judge in the country? (I would hope the latter, but would not want to assume).

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