tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466093691926458332.post7571930483554410121..comments2023-04-07T10:27:50.934-05:00Comments on Xanboni: The Olympic effectAlexandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04087069977867729538noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466093691926458332.post-3074339931478465802010-03-19T17:58:48.160-05:002010-03-19T17:58:48.160-05:00Hi Xan!
could you please write a post about off ic...Hi Xan!<br />could you please write a post about off ice training? Thanx!confused skaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466093691926458332.post-29729869279458150942010-03-18T12:58:07.504-05:002010-03-18T12:58:07.504-05:00In responce to the tot class. When my dd started ...In responce to the tot class. When my dd started skating a year ago at almost 9, she was so terrified and bad. After the first class (basic 1) I went to the directed and ASKED for her to be put in with the tots. She is/was a straight A student reading Tolkein and understanding it. So putting a 4 year old in the tots is far from saying she is deficient! DD needed extra help and that is where she could get it. Now a year later she is doing bunny hops and ballet jumps and seriously has the skating bug.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466093691926458332.post-4505241660804185412010-03-18T08:23:28.751-05:002010-03-18T08:23:28.751-05:00Ahhhh! Genius!
And thank you for this! As a paren...Ahhhh! Genius!<br /><br />And thank you for this! As a parent, I felt as if in the beginning I was wading blindly at times. Once we had a coach and someone to guide us, things became more clear. But for that in-between time - or until that time, if ever - when a coach can fill in the blanks, a Beginner Figure Skating Parent Primer is a godsend.josetteplank.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16790825543155685363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466093691926458332.post-81832178745701285032010-03-18T08:01:33.321-05:002010-03-18T08:01:33.321-05:00I've learned to call figure skates "regul...I've learned to call figure skates "regular" skates when discussing this with the dads!Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04087069977867729538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466093691926458332.post-74547450569856345102010-03-18T07:46:30.104-05:002010-03-18T07:46:30.104-05:00Even at public skate, I try to approach parents wh...Even at public skate, I try to approach parents whose little ones seem to be having a tough, teary time in hockey skates. Most people don't seem to know exactly how big the difference between figure and hockey skates can be, but once explained and told that the switch to figure will be temporary, they seem genuinely grateful for the advice, and their little guys immediately seem to do much better.<br /><br />Teens at public skate in hockey skates - that's a different story. I know that hockey skates are more "cool", but I'm not quite sure how cool it is to hang on the wall and fall on your butt for an hour. ;-)josetteplank.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16790825543155685363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466093691926458332.post-24459224213370062772010-03-17T22:27:42.312-05:002010-03-17T22:27:42.312-05:00Our first session of Learn to Skate was packed, to...Our first session of Learn to Skate was packed, too! The hockey folks helpfully put away the tables and materials that Ice Coach had set out, so we scrambled to find the LtS stuff while parents came through the front doors, wondering what class their kid would be in.<br /><br />It was nuts. A good problem to have, though. (Not the hockey people, the number of skaters.)Ice Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05639175462486739483noreply@blogger.com