Isk8NYC
08-20-2010, 06:15 PM
My new PSA Moves in the Field booklet came last week and I attended a MITF workshop today awesome! The DVD is supposed to be really good, except that the only one available on the PSA site only includes the new/revised moves. You have to use the older DVD to research unchanged moves.
If you haven't already purchased a copy of the PSA Moves Booklet (5th Edition), do it! It's outstanding: next to each pattern, they've listed the focus, test standards/expectations, common errors and teaching tips. I especially like the "Extra Credit" notes. EVERY Moves test is included in its own section - no more flipping pages to find the scattered patterns for a particular Adult track test.
The Requirements section gives the exact rules on How to Pass, Focus Points, and Marking. There's some notes about communication between candidates, judges and coaches as well as some clear "do this, not that" instructions.
There are references to various elements, such as Twizzles, that refer the reader to the "Definitions" section at the end of the book. There, they've defined what the element should look like and what is acceptable/not acceptable.
For example, under "Twizzle," part of the definition specifically states "A series of checked three-turns is not acceptable, as this does not constitute a continuous action."
At our Moves Seminar, twizzles and loops were covered in detail because of the upcoming 9/2/2010 changes to MITF. The seminar leader and several other coaches gave me some new insight to performing, and teaching, twizzles and loops.
My notebook is in the car, but for loops, start by teaching one-foot circles with the free leg and shoulder checked for the first half. Then teach the loops on two feet, with the free leg trailing for the first half of the loop, coming forward for the second half. From there, the skaters can move on to one-foot loop figures.
When I get my notebook, I'll add a few other notes to this thread.
If you haven't already purchased a copy of the PSA Moves Booklet (5th Edition), do it! It's outstanding: next to each pattern, they've listed the focus, test standards/expectations, common errors and teaching tips. I especially like the "Extra Credit" notes. EVERY Moves test is included in its own section - no more flipping pages to find the scattered patterns for a particular Adult track test.
The Requirements section gives the exact rules on How to Pass, Focus Points, and Marking. There's some notes about communication between candidates, judges and coaches as well as some clear "do this, not that" instructions.
There are references to various elements, such as Twizzles, that refer the reader to the "Definitions" section at the end of the book. There, they've defined what the element should look like and what is acceptable/not acceptable.
For example, under "Twizzle," part of the definition specifically states "A series of checked three-turns is not acceptable, as this does not constitute a continuous action."
At our Moves Seminar, twizzles and loops were covered in detail because of the upcoming 9/2/2010 changes to MITF. The seminar leader and several other coaches gave me some new insight to performing, and teaching, twizzles and loops.
My notebook is in the car, but for loops, start by teaching one-foot circles with the free leg and shoulder checked for the first half. Then teach the loops on two feet, with the free leg trailing for the first half of the loop, coming forward for the second half. From there, the skaters can move on to one-foot loop figures.
When I get my notebook, I'll add a few other notes to this thread.