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Little Miss Figure Skater
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If you've been on instagram lately, you've seen the Little Miss memes. So here's our skating contribution to it!! :)
We’re on Tiktok!
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https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRKMYPVB/ (click here to watch our first TikTok!)
And hit that follow button ;) because we're going to be posting some fun videos about skating and other sports as well as info about our products!! Can't wait to see you there!
Summer Training Tips: Program Training Outside
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- Published on Sunday, 16 May 2021 00:33
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How can you train this summer if your rink is still closed under covid restrictions?
RUN PROGRAMS OUTSIDE
You’ve likely seen many figure skaters on social media turn to roller skating during the pandemic, but you don’t even need to purchase new equipment to keep your skating skills fresh!
Go somewhere with a decently-sized outdoor space (and flat ground to prevent twisted ankles). Work through your program as realistically as you can. Even though you’re not on-ice, practice your choreography to your music. You can even add in off-ice jumps to keep things as realistic as possible!
Figure Skating: The Glamour of NYC
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- Published on Friday, 22 March 2019 00:09
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Figure skating has long been the most stylish, most glamourous part of the Olympic Winter Games. However, figure skating also has a very glittering past.
You’ve heard of Fifth Avenue. Before it was a fashionable destination, stylish New Yorkers flocked there for skating. Private skating ponds required membership but gave their members an atmosphere of live music, held splendid costume balls, and drew in the chicest skaters. Can you imagine skating to the sounds of an orchestra, while being dressed to the nines and alongside the most fashionable people?
Skating also took to the stage in the era: A 1915 Broadway show included a leading lady who was also a skating prodigy and some hotels had iced stages for shows. Harper’s Bazaar would also even publish fashionable skating dresses and hairstyles for skating.
Skating united itself with these dazzling, sophisticated lifestyles. One of the most elegant avenues in the world owes its glamour, in part, to figure skating.
Photos: via Untapped Cities, 6sqft
Christmas Gift Guide 2018
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- Published on Tuesday, 04 December 2018 21:03
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It's that time of year! We absolutely love Christmas shopping--there's just something so meaningful about discovering something lovely and fitting for your friends and family. To help you out a bit, we've assembled a list of some gifts that will be a figure skater's favorites. From the handmade to the practical to the simply fun, we hope you're inspired and discover something unique to give the skater you love. (Links located below images.)
Thankful
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- Published on Thursday, 22 November 2018 22:21
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So much to be thankful for. Not to sound cliché, but honestly, where would we be without coaches that push us and parents that support us? Thanks, parents especially, for constantly cheering us on and paying for our ice time, coaching, skates, dresses, competitions, and on and on. We know you’ve sacrificed for us, and we’re so grateful. https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t9c/2/16/1f9e1.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">????
World Ballet Day
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- Published on Wednesday, 03 October 2018 02:02
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Some of the countless reasons why figure skating remains such a beloved sport include artistry, elegance, and grace. However, these attributes are not always attributable to skating itself. In academics, mathematics is foundational for the sciences. In the arts, ballet lies behind all great figure skating.
Skating never taught me that a dancer’s posture is beauty itself. Skating never taught me how to move my body with such precision and freedom. Skating never taught me that one sweeping motion of the arm feels like motion lingering through time and space. Ballet instructed me in the quick snap of a jump; ballet taught me to esteem both strength and flexibility. Ballet instructed me its rich artistic history, its gorgeous lines, its movements, and its passion.
Ballet taught me in a way nothing else ever could to communicate the emotion of my soul in the motion of my body.
In celebration of World Ballet Day, I would encourage you to continue in ballet or sign up for your first class! Ballet will not only mold you into an artist and increase your sensitivity to the feelings within music, it will also help develop your flexibility and strength (especially your core and static strength).
If you’re looking for some inspiration, check out this clip of my favorite ballerina in my favorite ballet by my favorite composer: Svetlana Zakharova and Denis Rodkin in Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. Also watch this rehearsal video from the Royal Opera House where Fumi Kaneko and Nehemiah Kish dance the Sugar Plum Fairy pas de deux from The Nutcracker. (I have fond memories of watching The Grand Rapids Ballet Company’s version of this as a child in their production and it is still one of my favorites!)
Happy world ballet day. May you jeté all day.
How Super Champions Face Challenges
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How do you face challenges? It can be tempting to be disheartened and demotivated but viewing roadblocks as stepping stones instead can make us tougher athletes and stronger people. An article by Pecel, Collins, and MacNamara in Frontiers in Psychology found that Super Champions (“great” athletes) view challenges positively—even before they encounter them.
The authors studied the experiences of athletes across three differing levels of performance; Super Champions, Champions, and Almosts. After interviewing the participating athletes, the authors compiled the experiences and began to see patterns of behavior that differentiated the Super Champions from the Champions and the Almosts.
One of clear distinguishers was simply how Super Champions faced challenges. Notably, they often had a preexisting attitude of learning from challenges. While some Champions had this outlook, Almosts, on the other hand, “seemed almost entirely reactive.” Simply put, Super Champions are distinguished in that they view challenges as “catalysts for their development rather than roadblocks.”
Lesson Number One: Before you face a challenge, choose to see it as an opportunity to grow.
In addition, the Super Champions demonstrated a high level of commitment to their sport. They were internally driven, very focused on details and improvement, and sometimes, in their retrospective view, a bit too critical of themselves. In contrast, Champions and Almosts tended to be less committed, viewed challenges more negatively, and did not cope well. They also were motivated to improve by comparison with others rather than on an internal drive.
Lesson Number Two: Be whole-heartedly committed.
Lesson Number Three: Be internally driven to improve yourself.
(Don’t be mainly motivated by outdoing your rivals.) Work to be your best.
I hope the above study recap was intruiging and motivating. (For the full study, please click here.) And if you are an athlete looking for tools as you conquer your next challenge, you can find our comfortable and highly effective padding here. Our final thoughts for the day? Embody the Olympic Motto: Faster, Higher, Stronger.
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