St. Lydwina, Patron Saint of Ice Skating
Copyright © 2003 - 2008 Gordon C. Zaft
Disclaimer: I am neither a coach nor an expert. This weblog is my own personal observations. If you try something I've written about and it works for you, great. Follow my advice/example at your own risk. I can't be responsible for anything that happens to you.
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OUCH!
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The Freedom of Skating
Never Race A Hockey Boy
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The Most Important Move
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My Skates:
Riedell Silver Stars w/MK Pro Parabolic blades.
My Experience:
First time on the ice: May 7, 2003.
Started private lessons January 28, 2004.
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Lessons with Sonya
Lesson #79 "BXOs & Waltz-8"
Lesson #78 "Edges, BXOs, Spins"
Lesson #77 "XOs"
Lesson #76 "Salchow & Russian Stroking"
Lesson #75 "BI Edges & Toe Loop"
Lesson #74 "Spins & More"
Lesson #73 "Spins & Back Russian Stroking"
Lesson #72 "Edge Work"
Lesson #71 "Regrouping"
Lesson #70 "Polishing -- Coarse Grit"
Lesson #69 "Dress Rehearsal"
Lesson #68 "Filling In The Cracks"
Lesson #67 "Spins & Program Work"
Lesson #66 "Program Choreo Wrapup"
Lesson #65 "More Program Work"
Lesson #64 "Program Work"
Lesson #63 "Spins, Salchow & Turns"
Lesson #62 "Making Connections"
Lesson #61 "Program Element Prep"
Lesson #60 "FXOs & Spins"
Lesson #59 "Jumps"
Lesson #58 "Potpourri"
Lesson #57 "Basics"
Lesson #56 "New Blades!"
Lesson #55 "Waltz-8 & Back Edges"
Lesson #54 "Test Prep"
Lesson #53 "3s & BO Pivot"
Lesson #52 "Stops & Salchows"
Lesson #51 "Toe Loop"
Lesson #50 "Edges, Jumps, Pivots"
Lesson #49 "XOs"
Lesson #48 "More 3s"
Lesson #47 "FO3s"
Lesson #46 "Moves Runthrough"
Lesson #45 "Waltz-8 & BXOs"
Lesson #44 "3-Turn Pattern"
Lesson #43 "XOs & Jumps"
Lesson #42 "Perimeter XOs & Back Edges"
Lesson #41 "Back To Jumping"
Lesson #40 "You Guessed It ... Moves!"
Lesson #39 "Moves, Still"
Lesson #38 "Moves"
Lesson #37 "BXOs & Spins"
Lesson #36 "3-Turn Pattern"
Lesson #35 "XOs & Spins"
Lesson #34 "Basics"
Lesson #33 "Jumps"
Lesson #32 "Waltz-8 And 3-Turn Pattern"
Lesson #31 "Toe Loop"
Lesson #30 "Buns O' Steel"
Lesson #29 "Keeping At It"
Lesson #28 "Even More Moves"
Lesson #27 "More Moves"
Lesson #26 "Freestyle"
Lesson #25 "Moves"
Lesson #24 "Hitting The Hard Spots"
Lesson #23 "Dutch Waltz"
Lesson #22 "Prep Galore"
Lesson #21 "Outside Mohawks"
Lesson #20 "More Jumps"
Lesson #19 "Back Edges"
Lesson #18 "Spins & Salchow"
Lesson #17 "Turns"
Lesson #16 "Half Flip & Spins"
Lesson #15 "XOs"
Lesson #14 "Spins"
Lesson #13 "Moves"
Lesson #12 "Jumps"
Lesson #11 "3Turn-A-Ganza"
Lesson #10 "Jumps & Spins"
Lesson #9 "Fear Factor"
Lesson #8 "Moves Runthrough"
Lesson #7 "Off-Ice Training"
Lesson #6 "MITF Workout"
Lesson #5 "Backwards Woodshedding"
Lesson #4 "Back Edges, BXOs, Half Flip, LFI3, Spins"
Lesson #3 "Half Flip, Spins, FXOs"
Lesson #2 "BXOs, FI3s And Half Flip Intro"
Lesson #1 "Beginning Again, Again"
Trial Lesson With Sonya
Lessons with Lucy
Lesson #8 "Canasta Tango"
Lesson #7 "Ice Dance 101"
Lesson #6 "Mixing It Up"
Lesson #5 "3s And Spins"
Lesson #4 "XOs And Spins"
Lesson #3 "Taking My Time"
Lesson #2 "Basics"
Lesson #1 "A New Beginning"
Trial Lesson With Lucy
Lessons with Anna
Lesson #129 "Back Edges Woodshedding"
Lesson #128 "Jump-O-Rama"
Lesson #127 "Salchow!"
Lesson #126 "New Moves Pattern"
Lesson #125 "Slow But Steady"
Lesson #124 "Forward Spin!"
Lesson #123 "XOs, Jumps, Spins"
Lesson #122 "Edges, Waltz-8, Spins"
Lesson #121 "Tape Terror"
Lesson #120 "More Salchow Prep Etc.
Lesson #119 "Another Dorky Day"
Lesson #118 "Waltz-8, Spins, Waltz Jump"
Lesson #117 "Inside 3s"
Lesson #116 "Moves Workout"
Lesson #115 "Basics & Small Jumps"
Lesson #114 "Spins, Edges, Turns"
Lesson #113 "Spirals"
Lesson #112 "Back In The Woodshed"
Lesson #111 "Skating In A Fog"
Lesson #110 "The Right Foot Show"
Lesson #109 "3s, Sals & Toes"
Lesson #108 "More BI3s"
Lesson #107 "Waltz Jumps & XOs"
Lesson #106 "Power-3s And BI3"
Lesson #105 "Minor Breakthroughs"
Lesson #104 "Fun With Salchow Entrance"
Lesson #103 "Move-A-Ganza"
Lesson #102 "Waltz Jump & Spin Entrance"
Lesson #101 "Jump Entrances"
Lesson #100 "Milestone"
Lesson #99 "FXOs"
Lesson #98 "Jumps & Spins"
Lesson #97 "Alt-3s"
Lesson #96 "Moves Test Runthrough"
Lesson #95 "Michelle Kwan Has Nothing To Worry About"
Lesson #94 "Yet Another Backwards Day"
Lesson #93 "Freestyle Stuff"
Lesson #92 "Aggressive!"
Lesson #91 "Waltz-8 & 5-Step"
Lesson #90 "Turns & Fun Stuff"
Lesson #89 "Moves & BXRs"
Lesson #88 "Moves Woodshedding"
Lesson #87 "In N' Out"
Lesson #86 "Crossovers & 3s"
Lesson #85 "Back To Jumping"
Lesson #84 "More 5-Step Mohawk"
Lesson #83 "5-Step Mohawk & Power-3s"
Lesson #82 "Still In The Trenches"
Lesson #81 "Spins & BI3 Prep"
Lesson #80 "Spin Entrance & Waltz-8"
Lesson #79 "Basics"
Lesson #78 "Crossovers, Crossovers, Crossovers"
Lesson #77 "Spins & BXOs"
Lesson #76 "Waltz Jump Entrance"
Lesson #75 "New Moves"
Lesson #74 "Waltzmania"
Lesson #73 "Moves & Spins"
Lesson #72 "Waltz Jump Progress"
Lesson #71 "In The Trenches"
Lesson #70 "Workout"
Lesson #69 "Waltz Jump, Still"
Lesson #68 "Turns & Spins"
Lesson #67 "Connnecting Moves"
Lesson #66 "Waltz Jump Part 2"
Lesson #65 "Getting Back On The Horse"
Lesson #64 "Back At It"
Lesson #63 "Skating 102"
Lesson #62 "Skating 101"
Lesson #61 "Waltz Jump!"
Lesson #60 "Backspin And Waltz Jump Prep"
Lesson #59 "Waltz Jump Prep"
Lesson #58 "Putting It Together"
Lesson #57 "Back Spin, Ho!"
Lesson #56 "Another Backwards Day"
Lesson #55 "Control, Control, Control"
Lesson #54 "Crossovers, Still"
Lesson #53 "A New Trick"
Lesson #52 "LFI3, Again"
Lesson #51 "Slip-Sliding Away"
Lesson #50 "Freestyle"
Lesson #49 "Edges & Spins"
Lesson #48 "Spin Prep"
Lesson #47 "Slavedriver!"
Lesson #46 "Mohawk Combo From Hell"
Lesson #45 "More Woodshedding"
Lesson #44 "Woodshedding"
Lesson #43 "All 3s, All The Time"
Lesson #42 "Solid Work"
Lesson #41 "Crossrolls Etc."
Lesson #40 "'Wow!'"
Lesson #39 "Mo' 'Hawks"
Lesson #38 "Back Edge Frustration"
Lesson #37 "Freestyle Stuff"
Lesson #36 "Turns, Etc."
Lesson #35 "Potpourri"
Lesson #34 "Forward Skating"
Lesson #33 "Swing Rolls & Waltz Walkthrough"
Lesson #32 "Turn, Turn, Turn"
Lesson #31 "Workout"
Lesson #30 "More Back Edges"
Lesson #29 "Another Backwards Day"
Lesson #28 "Bunnyhops And Mazurkas!"
Lesson #27 "Back Mohawks & Choctaws"
Lesson #26 "Best Foot Forward"
Lesson #25 "Another Backwards Day"
Lesson #24 "Spin Progress"
Lesson #23 "Moves"
Lesson #22 "Edges & Turns"
Lesson #21 "Backwards Day"
Lesson #20 "Back Edges"
Lesson #19 "Potpourri"
Lesson #18 "Mohawk Overtime"
Lesson #17 "BO Edges And Spin Hell"
Lesson #16 "3s, 3s, 3s"
Lesson #15 "It's All Coming Back To Me Now"
Lesson #14 "'Perfect'"
Lesson #13 "LFI3!
Lesson #12 "Jumps"
Lesson #11 "Spirals and Lunges"
Lesson #10 "Motorin'"
Lesson #9 "Darn LFI3s!"
Lesson #8 "More Progress!"
Lesson #7 "Progress"
Lesson #6 "Dorky Day"
Lesson #5 "Fun With Crossovers"
Lesson #4 "Spinning Like A Dervish"
Lesson #3 "Edges, Edges, Edges"
Lesson #2 "Edge Pressure"
Lesson #1 "RFO3!"
First (Trial) Lesson With Anna