Tag: figure skating beginner
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Figure Skating Practice: What training looks like for a 5-year-old figure skater
I let my daughter stay home today because yesterday was one of those days for her. As a junior athlete she now trains 5 days a week. And sometimes she is just tired, or sore, or both. Our training schedule that day was: If you want to stay in the program, all of these are…
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Taking trial lessons at the skate club
After going to public sessions for a few weeks, eventually we decided to take trial lessons at the local skate club. Like most parents actually, I could’ve just signed my kid up for lessons, but I decided to join her, because I had been on the ice with her from day one, and frankly, I…
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My 3-year old took her first steps on the ice
My little on took her first steps, or more like… her cute little clumsy sliding attempts, on the ice in Germering, a small town near Munich, where the rink is open again. Germering is one of these suburban places where, for the most part, there’s nothing much to see except the Soviet Union-esque concrete buildings…