Skating Camp 7 x 7

Skating Components Camp  7 x 7

7 components:

1. Skating Skills, for skating skills at camp we worked on edges and how to refine them.

2. Transitions, for our transitions class with Tanith Belbin we worked on new and different transitions that could be used from element to element.

3. Performance Execution: for Performance Execution class we learned a choreographed dance and practiced performing it and working on facial expressions.

4. Choreography: For choreography class we worked with Josh Babb and learned a choreographed number and then performed it to work on our learning new choreography skills. 

5. Interpretation: In interpretation class I worked with Josh Babb and Saga Katz on Musical interpretation.

6. Spins: I worked on spins and how to get enough bullets to raise my level.

7. Music: I did a class with Saga Katz on how to choose the best music that is right for you.

7 Pictures*

To come!

 

7 sentences: Describe the camp like an advertisement

1. The South Carolina components camp is perfect for every skater competing in the IJS system!

2. We have the best advisors in the business, including Olympic champion Tanith Belbin.

3. This all includes our “Coaches Camp,” as we call it which teaches about the IJS system too.

4. We will have two parties and a performance from every group taught by a different choreographer.

5. There will be 8 50 minute classes every day that practice a different component.

6. There will also be a parenting class on team building that will take place while the children are skating.

7. This is definitely the best camp to work on these very important skills for skating!

7 ways this camp will help my skating:

1. Working with these professional coaches will definitely help my skating.

2. It will help my competition score go up since both Linda and I learned some tricks to raise up points. 

3. It will help because of the choreography I learned can be put in my program and can be used to get more points in competition.

4. I learned a lot about what judges like from actual national judges, and I put some of the things they said they liked into my program.

5. I think that this camp will help my skating because of the classes that my coach took, she learned a lot and she will teach me everything she learned.

6. This camp helped with my stamina, because of the 10 hour days and the STARS program.

7. This camp helped me meet other skaters and see what their strategies were and stuff.

7 new moves I learned:

1. I learned a choreographed number to “Cuban Peach”

2. I learned how to do a Choctaw which is an edge move.

3. I learned a choreographed step sequence, to a Jungle Book song.

4. I learned how to do a rocker, Choctaw loop, which is another edge move that is all on the same foot which is good for points.

5. I learned a forward to backward lunge transition which is good for that component.

6. I learned how to do Wally’s from power pull, a Wally is what they call a non-classified jump.

7. I learned how to do a shoot the moon at camp.

7 people I met:

1. Karen Kwan, Michelle Kwan’s sister, I learned choreographed step sequences from her. 

2. Tanith Belbin, I learned different transitions from her.

3. Saga Katz, I learned Music from her and Interpretation skills.

4. Kim Heim, I learned Judging from her where we watched videos and judged them.

5. Paula Wagener, I learned Artistry in Motion from Paula, we learned a dance.

6. Justin Dillon, We worked on performance Execution with Justin. 

7. Suzy Seminack, We learned Skating Skills from her.

7. A personal essay one paragraph

I have gone to USFS’s Components Camp twice and I can honestly say that it keeps getting more and more impressive, the staff is just so amazing and so are all the volunteers that help as team leaders. I went to a camp in Ohio in 2011, and I can say that both were absolutely fantastic. I really like that Coaches and Parents can have their own classes too. My favorite part about this year’s components camp was working with all the different instructors and watching all of their different techniques and finding a way to put that into my skating. I loved meeting all the skaters on my team and seeing what I could learn from then, as well as making good friends with all of them. I definitely want to go back to Components Camp in the future, and work with new instructors, and learn so much more!