Welcome
to our site
This
site is dedicated to
providing reliable information on how to succeed in the pursuit of
competitive and recreational winter sports.
The goal of the site is to share information, acquired from more experienced and knowledge- able skaters, parents, coaches, and official judges, with families of new athletes interested in acquiring skills in:
Every
beginning skater undertakes a
journey that may take different paths to develop their skills. There
are many bumps and sometimes interruptions along the way of earning
a gold medal in any of the figure skating disciplines.
Passing tests and entering competitions add to the challenges and rewards associated with the sport. Training often produces frustrating situations that must be confronted in order to enhance skill development. It is the way an athlete responds to the challenges that makes them "outstanding" in the sport of figure skating. The process of becoming a figure skating provides each individual with practical lessons on how to manage their time, prioritize objectives, deal with frustrations, budget limited resources, and focus positively on attaining achievable goals. Figure
skaters acquire
essential self confidence, leadership, and communication skills by
participating in the
training process required to test and enter United States Figure
Skating open and qualifying competitions. These skills have positive
transference into many
non-skating
endeavors such as:
There are many different paths people may take to pursue their personal objectives in competitive and recreational ice sports. Hopefully each individual will find the experience positive and their progress not impeded by decisions that would be made with the opportunity avoid wasted time, energy, and emotional investment if only they had been able to ask the right questions and receive objective advice. All
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