Practice...❕

We practice when we are infatuated with skating and we practice when we want to give up. We practice when we feel like we are growing quickly and we practice when we feel stagnant.

✨ Practice is not something we do based on feelings, it is a habit that forms disciple and character. When you practice no matter your feelings, you will always grow even when it feels discouraging - that may be where the greatest internal growth happens. ✨

"Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty." Prov 21:5

🏠 Practice Anywhere

Practice doesn’t only happen at the rink! You can improve at home by practicing safely and consistently:

👟 Practice steps to dances off skates
👣 Practice challenging footwork patterns with skates off (point your toe!)
🎵 Practice keeping in-time with music (please reach out if you need tempos!)
🧠 Walk through routines mentally
🤸‍♀️ Stretch to improve flexibility (can we get to a split? a Biellmanns? higher arobesques?)
🦘 Jump technique and control
🌀 Spins on a spinner
⚖️ Balance and posture

Practicing at home helps build coordination and confidence before getting on the floor!

📅 Practice Expectations

Regular practice is essential for improvement. Competition skaters are encouraged to attend:

✌ Both weekly classes whenever possible (gotta practice that freestyle and footwork!)
❌ Cross Training Class
🥈 Jr Club: Practice twice per week (See __________)
🥇 Sr Club: Practice at least three times per week (See ________)

More practice leads to:

Stronger skills
Faster progress
Greater confidence
Better lesson quality

The more often you skate, the more comfortable and confident you will become in your art.

🔁 Consistency Matters

Practicing consistently and regularly helps:

✔ Build muscle memory
✔ Improve balance and control
✔ Strengthen technique
✔ Increase confidence

Long breaks between practices can slow progress because skills must be relearned before new ones can be added. Plus, it saves you money so you don't need to take lessons to relearn the same skills! You can be learning new ones. 😎

Even short practice sessions make a difference when done consistently. 🌱

🧠 Practice Mindset

⭐ Practice Mindset

Not every practice will feel perfect and that’s okay.

Practice is the time to:

Try new things

Mke mistakes

Build strength

Improve control

Effort during practice leads to confidence during lessons and competition. 💪

Practice is the time to go hard and leave everything out on the floor! This is the time to make corrections and train. When practice is treated this way, competitions become less scary and more fun - like they should be! When competiting, you just do what you have practice for and try not to think of every correction. This is a time to stay focused, yes, but also to show the world what you have been working on. You can be proud of it no matter what happens, wheather you fall or not

🏅 Competition Skating Practice

🤩 Below is an outline of what a practice session can look like.

👍 A great rule of thumb is to practice a discipline (such as figures or freestyle) for 45 minutes, rest off the floor for 5 minutes, then practice another disciple.

⌚ 45 minutes is considered a decent practice for a disciple, however 2 sets of 45 minutes helps improvement go even faster.

🔥 What to Practice

Practice competition requirements when at the rink for practice time sessions (but sessions are a great time to practice other forms of skating!) See:

Seasonal Requirements
Seasonal Competitions
your notebook,
or just ask me 😊

🏃‍♀️ Warm-Ups (Do 1st)

Especially before Dance, Freestyle, or Freedance...

Warm up using skating exercises:
- Roll-around & Leg Strech - 5 times around the rink
- Scooter Pushes - 3 sets of 5 times in a large circle both directions
Strech at the wall

🤸‍♂️ Strech (Do 2nd)

Strech at the wall

➰Figures & Loops

try videoing yourself! Are you on the line when you think you are?
remember heel-toe!
are your 3 turns on edges?
posture!

💃 Dance

Keeping tempo with music
Speed! Push!
Review all dances, exercises, and patterns
Are you bending your knees enough?
Are you stepping in "and" position every time and letting our edges bring us to where we need to go in the pattern?
Posture! Push pelvis forward into pelvis neutral. Chin up, confidence on, show who you are!

🌀 Freestyle & Freedance

how can we do our elements with great control, speed, and quickness? Repetition (so we can put more into the routine!)
Practice each jump and spin, starting from the easiest (focusing on proper technique to carry into the harder) to the hardest
Posture! Knees! Speed! Show your art!

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