A blog about skating...from the view of an adult skater. Sometimes I'll write about my own skating journey or about my adventures on my Synchronized Skating team. Other times, I'll write about my own observations as the Ice Monitor at the Ice Rink where I skate. And still other times, I'll write about skating in general, Team USA, the Olympics, or other skating. For now, the names of the coaches and students at the Rink are pseudonymns, but if you know my rink, you'll quickly recognize who is who.

Saturday, March 27, 2010

We got 3rd! Yay.

Out of three...boo.

 The program is so hard...takes so much work...takes so much energy...and there are stupid teenagers talking all the time.



We just watched the video of our performance as well as the other teams in our flight and i'm realizing a couple of things.

Our prgram is too fast. We look like we are frantic...we always seem to be one step behind and trying to catch up without ever quite getting there.

Our program is too difficult...it's choreographed to the best and fastest skaters rather than the least common denominator...so those of us who aren't as good are ALWAYS struggling.

Our program changes EVERY SINGLE WEEK at practice. We've been doing the program since October....six months of changes...it's never the same twice...and then the coach wonders why we get confused.

Teenagers should not be allowed to skate on the adult team. They should have to skate at their own level or not at all.

I appreciate how hard Karen works and all the effort she puts into the team...but gah..i'm just really glad this season is over.

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