Skating Fridays
Not a Fluke You know how sometimes you learn a new thing and think you’ve got it? And then the next day it disappears? Well,…
Skating Fridays
Mind Trickery – a Double Salchow Success Story! I landed my first (and only) clean double salchow in 2019. It was definitely a fluke because…
Skating Fridays
Birthday Double Salchow Attempt For my birthday earlier this month, I took the day off. My friend K and I drove to take a lesson…
Skating Fridays
Almost Landed! My quest for the elusive double salchow continues. For the past few months, I felt like I have regressed on this element. I…
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Click Boom I have a really bad (adult) skating habit: I do not make ankle contact in any of my jumps. While ankle contact isn’t…
Skating Fridays
Double Salchow Update Sadly, I feel like this jump is regressing. My coach and I have done just about every exercise in the book and…
Skating Fridays
Spotting (Ballet technique for Figure Skating Jumps) I’m continuing to enjoy my ballet classes every other week. Although we focus on my upper body, we’ve…
