My Figure Skating Goals

Last updated: 06/04/2018

I started this page for my own reference as a reminder of my long term goals but soon realised it made just as much sense as a page for everyone to see.

My long term figure skating goals are as follows:
  • Complete the Skate UK course
  • Get my own figure skating boots
  • Get my own coach and start having private lessons
  • Get my own nicer pair of figure skating boots
  • Complete the Skate Star course
  • Learn all the single jumps and at least one double. Ideally I'd like to be able to do more than one double but I'd die happy after one. I'm crossing them off when I feel I can execute them with grace and some consistency and I've coloured the ones I can do but without any quality... yet
    • Toe Loop
    • Salchow
    • Flip
    • Loop
    • Lutz
    • Axel
    • Any double
  • Learn the main spins:
    • Upright - I'm beyond bad at spins, so much work required...
    • Sit
    • Camel
  • I'd like to do the NISA certificated levels, but the other elements are more important in the race against my ageing, adult body's deterioration!
  • Start competing in adult competitions around 2019 or 2020
  • Pipe dream territory: find a reason/excuse to own an EVEN NICER pair of skating boots/blades
And my current short term goals are:
  • Finesse the loop, mostly working on arm positioning and holding the takeoff position before taking off
  • Finesse the flip, similar to the loop adjustments
  • Do Axel. I'm officially learning it at the moment but I still can't get past single rotation into  the required one-and-a-half
  • Spins are a total mess and back where they were way back when I started. Attempt to get back some semblance of my upright spin
  • Sit spin can take a back seat for now
  • Forward clockwise crossovers still need a bit more work, and I need to be careful about how I place my weight in backwards clockwise crossovers (always practise your crossovers!)
  • Consider sending music to my coach for review...

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