September 26, 2011 Day 23-33 : 10 days school
Monday, trip to Colonial Skating Club, Boxbourough
Mass
Day 33: 10 Days School Credit for completed PPP on “Figure
Skating”
Sophie’s Blog: Write long, detailed, edited journal about
skating to use for your PPP. Write at least 50 good sentences about figure
skating, freestyle, ice dancing, your accomplishments, and your goals for this
year.
Figure skating, f as in freestyle, I as in ice, g as in
glide, u as in unspeakable, r as in rockers, e as in elements, s as in skate, k
as in kick-butt awesome!, a as in amazing, t as in tough, I as in
indescribable, n as in nothings quite like it, g as in great! That pretty much
describes figure skating, well sort of.
There is actually a
whole lot more! Figure Skating is all about making people happy watching you as
much as the elements and the judges, well at least how I see it. How I think
about figure skating though is probably different than most other 11 year old
girl figure skaters though. They think of it as a way to become known all over
the world as the best figure skater there can be, but not me no, I think of it
as an opportunity to perform while using all sorts of cool jumps and spins. But
today I am going to tell you about figure skating at my perspective alright. So
here we go,
let’s start with the most common interest of figure skating,
“freestyle.” Free style consists of 5 different main jumps which are, “the
flip, the lutz, the waltz-jump, the loop, and the salchow.” You can double and
triple these jumps once you think you are ready. There are also three main
spins, “the scratch-spin, the sit-spin, and the camel.” You can advance these
into more complicated spins when you want to such as the flying camel or
pancake sit. You can put any of these elements together with some movements and
footwork to music and you can compete with it. Freestyle is not the only part
of skating though.
There is also something called ice dancing where you skate
with a partner. You learn dances on the ice. And you test the dances to move on
and learn another. You can also do free dancing, with is with a partner where
the couple does lifts and spins and other stuff.
Now I should probably
talk about my skating life. Well, this year I have competed at the pre-juv
level and am about to test for juv. I have landed my double toe-loop, double
loop, and double lutz. Learned 3 different spins, the haircutter, the death
drop, and the beilman. And recently placed first in Providence for a
competition. I hope to land my double flip and start to learn double axel in
the following year, place high in the juviniele level. And get a score over 30.
I first started skating when I was 2 and my grandmother Emma
took me to the rink in Augusta and I skated. She was holding me up by me jacket
and I loved it out there. I decided I wanted to do more of it. Emma’s best
friend is Linda Despres, the head of the Skating Club of Brunswick so I started
taking lessons there. I was in the basic skills until I was six. I learned all
sorts of basic skating moves during the classes and also with my coach, who is
Linda. I was taking lessons with her on Wednesday every week. She took me to a
skating competition in Colorado Springs when I was 7. I took 4th
place in my freestyle event and first in showcase.
I bet you’re wondering what showcase is right! Showcase is
when you perform a program with your elements telling a story with the music
using a prop and a costume. I won first in Colorado with my program Buffalo
Gals. I also did Buffalo Gals in a show one year. Every year the Skating Club
of Brunswick has a figure skating show called “That’s Entertainment.” Where all
the skaters from the club get a solo and skate to it in front of an audience.
The program matches the theme of the show.
I told you my coach is Linda Despres right, Well she isn’t
really Linda Despres she is Linda Big Hair Despres. Linda and I have had a
super good relationship since she started teaching me, until now. She is funny,
the best skating teacher ever, and has Big Hair. She has taught me so well and
I admire her. My ice dancing coach is Rob Yokabaskas and he is great too. He is
super tall, (6 4’ exactly) and he lifts me up over his head and he is awesome
as well. Emma is amazing as well, She supports me in my skating and as a
person, and drives me everywhere and stays and watches me skate. If it wasn’t
for these three wonderful people I probably wouldn’t be skating, or at least
not as well. Thank you to all the people who support me,
Well that’s probably all there is about my figure skating life,
which is a big part of my life! Thank you for reading, BYE! P.S that ending isn’t good so I am just going
to make you laugh with this one instead :P
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