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momof3chicks
06-19-2009, 11:03 AM
This morning my 8 yo dd landed it moving and with a glide. Her coaches and the other parents cheered!! LOL Pardon my stupid filiming, I forgot that I couldn't flip it like a picture- sorry for having to crane your neck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ3X-aVt7bg
londonicechamp
06-19-2009, 01:27 PM
Hi momof3chicks

Congrats on your daughter's axel achievement. You must be really thrilled. :D

londonicechamp
momof3chicks
06-19-2009, 03:23 PM
Hi momof3chicks

Congrats on your daughter's axel achievement. You must be really thrilled. :D

londonicechamp

Not as thrilled as her!! She came flying off the ice yelling did you see??? And the leaped onto me and hugged me grinning from ear to ear! How could I NOT see, the whole rink cheered!!
FigureSk8Dad
06-19-2009, 06:08 PM
Congrats to you and your daughter!!! I just love to see the kids land axels for the first time. It's such a milestone for them and I think it gives them a renewal of confidence and goals. I know your dd has been landing these for little awhile and I'm sure she's just delighted that she's skated into the jump and landed with a glide. It's like another huge step forward. Tell her to keep up the good work, we're all enjoying the progress via your posts!

CONGRATULATIONS!
isakswings
06-19-2009, 07:27 PM
This morning my 8 yo dd landed it moving and with a glide. Her coaches and the other parents cheered!! LOL

FANTASTIC!! That's wonderful. YOur daughter has EVERY right to be proud! That's quite an achievement!
Mrs Redboots
06-20-2009, 09:52 AM
What lovely news! I hope it is the first of many. Did you celebrate?
momof3chicks
07-07-2009, 03:06 PM
What lovely news! I hope it is the first of many. Did you celebrate?


With an ice cream! Check out the video
herniated
07-07-2009, 04:40 PM
Wow!!! That's great!! Congrats to her!!!
momof3chicks
07-08-2009, 04:45 PM
Thanks all!

Today, she did it in her program- with no problem at all. Her coaches were ecstatic! She is going to skate up to pre-preliminary at the end of August and try it out. She is over the moon!!
cazzie
07-12-2009, 04:51 PM
That is great.

My daughter's axel gone off a bit at present and she is so cross about it. (Apparantly over-rotating it by some way and then falling). She needs it in her next program so here's hoping out summer holiday and a break from skating sorts it!
isakswings
07-12-2009, 08:32 PM
Thanks all!

Today, she did it in her program- with no problem at all. Her coaches were ecstatic! She is going to skate up to pre-preliminary at the end of August and try it out. She is over the moon!!

Good for her! It seems to me that is the hardest thing to do once the kids have their axels... doing it in their programs and landing them consistantly while in their programs.

Dd's friend has her axel and will land it during practices and landed it in one of her programs this last weekend. However, she missed it in the next 2 programs! I think she over thinks it and needs to let herself just do it w/o worrying about it. I think she over roatates when she thinks too much about it. If she just does it, she does fine. Who knows, huh? I think when my daughter starts landing her axels I will likely hold my breath each time she does one in competition. LOL!
BuggieMom
07-12-2009, 09:53 PM
I think when my daughter starts landing her axels I will likely hold my breath each time she does one in competition. LOL!
Yes, you will, as well as every other jump, jump combo and jump sequence she ever does!
Girl, better get used to stress!! :lol::lol::lol:
isakswings
07-13-2009, 06:27 AM
Yes, you will, as well as every other jump, jump combo and jump sequence she ever does!
Girl, better get used to stress!! :lol::lol::lol:

Oh I know! She's learning small jump combos and I think those little ones are going to make me nervous too. YIKES!