Figure Skating Essay

Figure skating has been a major part of my life since I can remember. It all started when I was in pre–school and my mom enrolled me in Learn to Skate classes at my local ice rink. Although I started out my skating career constantly falling over like some kind of toddler sized domino, I loved it from the beginning. That all ended when I reached level four. I was struggling with mastering an important move called the "three turn". When test day came and I had to perform the skill in front of my coach, I was so nervous. At the end of class I received my evaluation letter and saw that I had failed the class because of the three turn. This failure meant I would have to repeat the class, which was devastating. While my friends were moving on to Get

As quickly as possible, I ripped open the present that lay in my hands. I couldn 't seem to open this marvelous thing fast enough! The cold, crisp, December air blew from the front door passing by, leaving a frigid feel to the house. It was my eleventh birthday in the year 1972, and there I held in my very own hands, my first pair of ice skates. White as the snow outside my door they were, and a glorious delight filled the air with the excitement over this special gift. I looked over and saw my Mom glaring at my Grandma. Why on earth would she be mad about such a thrilling present? It was such an obvious stare, that it almost seemed like my Mom wanted to demolish my skating career before it even started. That had been two years...show more content...

I put on my skates, and started gliding across the lake. Happiness flowed around me, and I felt the crisp, winter feel of the snow. The weather conditions were perfect for ice skating, better than the abominable harsh winds and copious amounts of snow from last week. I was in my own world, gliding around on the glistening ice, when I suddenly saw a figure standing right beside the ice rink. My mind froze just as cold as it was outside. I quickly realized that this person standing right beside me was my Mother. I quickly ran over to her, and took off my skates. I then gave my Mom an aberrant face, already knowing she was mad. The whole walk home was in silence, and my Mom was clearly irate. When we got to our house, my Mom opened the front door, and I quickly went inside. Before I could even think of what to say to her, she started talking. She asked me why I had disobeyed her, breaking her trust and going against her rules. I screamed back, asking her why she never let me go ice skating, and was always making excuses for me not to go. What started as a small argument, turned into a colossal fight. This continued on for about ten minutes, each of us blaming each other for the fight that went on between us. Finally, she asked me if I really wanted to know why she never let me go ice skating. I quickly nodded my head, and listened to her story. She started off by

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Figure Skating History

The cold has a smell. Now I realize that this idea sounds downright outrageous... Someone would have to be extremely gullible to believe that statement. How can a feeling smell? Well my dear friends ask any figure skater and their definite answer would be "YES!!!". When a skater truly connects with the ice everything right in the world goes left. Why figure skaters can defy gravity, and walk on (frozen) water!Skating is an art form. It requires dedication, patience, effort, and most importantly time. Time is honestly the most important element to a great skater. Now by no means am I a great skater. There are few who can claim the title of great. I am however working towards becoming a great skater, and have had enough interaction with great

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During a figure skating competition, many required elements must be included in the program for each skater. Depending on what level of competition the skater is in, the techniques and difficulty increases. A triple axel is one of the most difficult figure skating jumps. The skater needs to jump from the outside edge of his or her blade, while moving in a forward rotation, rotating three and a half revolutions in the air, and then landing on the opposite foot which they took off from. A triple axel is a lot more complicated than performing a single or double axel because it requires an enormous amount of strength to get high up enough to have time to spin, as well as the ability to rotate quickly.

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From reducing the angular velocity, the skater won't continue to rotate once they have fallen back onto the ice. Instead, the skater will continue to glide across the ice. This happens when the skater moves the position of their arms from being tucked into spreading them out to be able to keep their movement of inertia, as well as, to balance themselves.

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In summary, when landing a triple axel in figure skating, the skater should push off with their foot, creating a downward force, when driving down and off the ice, torque is being set up to give him or her an angular impulse to be able to spin in the air. They bring their arms and legs in closely when in the air, then spread them out, so they don't continue to turn and lose balance when they come back down to the ice. Finally, it is crucial for figure skaters to create an enormous amount of height to be able even to attempt the triple

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As a matter of fact, the Newton's third law, says, For every action there is an equal opposite reaction. Not to mention, it's fairly seen when a skater is moving across the ice they are using strokes to get around. Nevertheless, they are pushing against the ground to create the force to go forward. Also, the force applied to the ice and the skater's skates help the figure skating to be able to do it's spin when lifting off the ground. Likewise, the figure skater is able to have an action on the ice, and the ice is able to have a reaction by how the figure skater is able to skate on the ice. Concluding, an push the skater is able to create, only a very slight bit of friction is caused on the ice, letting the skater to glide very

I.If you're up for a challenge and prepared to test your balance with a new learning experience, you could try what has become one of the most popular Winter Olympic Sports and what people have enjoyed for even centuries before us – ice skating. With nearly two thousand ice skating rinks in the United States, indoor and outdoor, you might have one near you. While most people just hit the skating rink to enjoy a day off with their loved ones, others are more passionate about the sport and go on to be a professional skater. "Professional" referring to competitive status. Either way,figure skating is a momentous past time.

II.People may see figure skaters on television at an exhibition of professional figure skaters and think to themselves it can't be that hard to skate circles around rink. Anything can become easier over time, with practice and hard work of course. Skating is an awesome sport to participate in, even if it's just your Sunday leisure activity with your family! It's not as common as going to the park and kicking the soccer ball around or shooting some hoops with your family but it can be just as...show more content... Even though you might not have a skating rink in your small town or city, U.S. Figure Skating, which happens to be one of the largest overseeing committees in the Olympic movement has worked hard to put in place as many skating programs across the U.S. for the recreational and the professional skater. With over 170,000 members, in more than 680 various clubs and more than 950 registered basic skills programs. The Basic Skills program was created in 1968 with the goal of teaching skaters the correct basic skills of skating, to have fun and be safe and to promote physical fitness. Since 1968 the Basic Skills program has taught over 2 million people to skate. Just in the year 2013–2014 Basic Skills had welcomed 57 new skating schools. The U.S. skaters have won 53 World Titles and have won 187 World Championship metals, which is more than any other

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Who wants to know the benefits of participating in the sport called figure skating. I know everybody wants to know why they should try this sport. Some things that you get out of this sport are learning how to deal with risks, builds your self confidence, and provides simple exercises. First thing this sport provides you is how to deal with risks. In this sport are always facing the fact that you could hurt. Knowing that the sport you do can cause you to get hurt is not always the best but you learn how to deal with. You learn through lots of practice on and off theice how to catch your catch yourself if you fall. Falling is definitely scary I do not like to fall and I do not really think that anybody does. Second thing that figure skating

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The Physics Behind Figure Skating

When I first started thinking about what I wanted to create for my personal project, I thought about all the different things that I was interesting in and could potentially use. My first thought was going into music because I have a lot of background information though extensive knowledge with different instruments. But once I asked myself how I could potentially use this project as a way to find a career, I noticed that I wasn't able to see myself using music as a career. Later then I had thought about using sports as a way to help me brainstorm a bit more. I had thought about using figure skating and looking into different things such as the following examples: The physics behind figure skating or the history behind the making of the skates.

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When I was young, I fell in love with competitive figure skating. The ice was my second home, and every minute I spent on it was pure bliss. By the time I was ten, I had practices four times a week and several competitions a year. Unfortunately, my path to success did not leave me unscathed. I had many falls and accidents over the years, and getting back up was almost never easy. The worst accident occurred when I was first starting to skate. I was four years old, and it led to my parents almost taking me off of the ice forever. It was a Wednesday. At the time, I only had practice on Wednesday nights and Sunday mornings. I had just gotten my own skates so I wouldn't have to rent them from the rink. They still gave me blisters since they weren't broken in, but I didn't care about the pain when I was flying on the ice. I put on my skates and hobbled over to my teacher. The ice had just been run over by the Zamboni. It shined like a lake of still water. My instructor, Kelsey, told us all to work on our falls as soon as we got on the ice. I got with my partner and worked on my falling and getting up. We had been practicing for about five minutes when I took a bad angle on my way down. My wrists slipped out from under me when I tried to correct myself and my chin slammed into the ice.

Everything went black for a moment and all I could hear was my own heart. When my vision started to return, I saw Kelsey standing over me and asking if I was okay. I couldn't move my jaw without a

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Argumentative Essay On Figure Skating

Fans ooh and ahh when she leaps into the air and land flawlessly and continues her routine without any mistakes. When she bows at the end, the judges discuss for a few minutes and then present her with a 8.5. Not bad for her first routine. After saying a few thank yous she exits the rink and waits anxiously to see what place she got. At the Winter Olympics, many littles girls favorite sport to watch is thefigure skating. But several critics are now debating if it even counts as a sport. Figure skating is a sport because it requires time and effort, people compete to strive, and it contains rules to be a sport. First off, figure skating is a sport because it requires time and effort. Figure skating is called "One of the hardest sports" by many commentators because it requires the skater to be graceful while trying to not make a mistake. Many people say that Figure skating is just jumping and skating on ice but it is much more. Figure skating requires the skater to get enough momentum to be able to control the jump and land while transitioning to the next trick.. To add, figure skating is a sport where you need to go to classes few times a week in order for you to not forget and keep on improving. Many professional skaters spend most of their lives practicing the same routine many times and auditioning to be let into the contests. "Many skaters do a lot of work off the ice at the gym for strength training, practice yoga for flexibility, and work on cardio to build up

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I sat on the couch when my mom changed the channel. Viktor was sitting in a conference meeting about his career. I rolled my eyes as he contemplated for a moment then spoke. "At the moment I want to continue skating but I might take a break. As of late I feel like I'm missing something and I would like to find it....Or them", he finished with a playful smirk. It was the third year that he had won gold, makes sense though, I had always placed first and he placed second. He was always behind me but with me gone he had all the opportunity to get the gold. Father stood beside Viktor with a proud smile, I scoffed before jumping off the couch. Our house was nice and spacious, the perks of being a great fashion designer. I ran up to my room and pulled a white tee and black sweats on. My mother was wearing a black suit with a pencil skirt, the usual. On the way out the door I yelled "See ya mom!" in Chinese and grabbed my skates. Even though I didn't compete as a figure skater I couldn't stay away from the ice. I ran all the way to the skating rink to meet my best friend. Bei Shu Lai has been my friend since I quit my skating career. He was standing next to the door with a grumpy looking Wei Wei. "Nate I hope I get something in return", Wei Wei yelled at me in Chinese. "Anything for you beautiful", I said and Shu Lai made a noise. We both looked at him as he spoke in his native tongue, "Can you not flirt with my sister, I don't need her–" "Okay, Inside", I cut him off

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Reflection Paper On Figure Skating

The second my feet lifted off the soap–caked floor, I felt different. The skin on my neck was tingling, adrenaline was racing through my body, and my bones were engaged in a newfound excitement. My mother was wrong. The bathroom floor is a fun place to go "figure skating" on soap suds. My sister, Emily, and I began our skating journey atKent State University, where we had been enrolled in "Learn To Skate" classes for as long as we could remember. Spinning circles faster than a horse around the kitchen table in our socks was a common occurrence. We were perpetually moving.

Thus, it should not have been a surprising event when one lazy Saturday morning, Emily and I were sitting around playing dolls as we waited for our parents to wake up. For a six and nine year with the energy of a small volcano, it was as boring as sitting and watching paint dry. It is my Achilles heel to cause trouble when my mind is not stimulated, so I ventured off down the hall into the bathroom to see if there would be anything interesting to do there. My sister grabbed my hand and pulled me into a somewhat tangled, clumsy dance that was supposed to represent the figure skating we did at Kent. We couldn't have looked much better than theCleveland Browns playing football, but for us, we felt as if we would be going to the Olympics in figure skating within the next few weeks. However, spinning around in our socks eventually grew tiring, as well, so we looked for a way to make the bathroom floor truly

Competitive Figure Skating Research Paper

For the past nine years of my life, I have been a competitive figure skating. Every morning before school and every afternoon following, I spent every minute of my free time bettering myself. I trained intensely 6 days a week, followed by a one day rest. I took an innumerable amount of workout classes and maintained a strict, no carb diet for four years. When I was 14 years old, I hit puberty. The body I knew so well, was able to balance on a Вј of an inch blade, had completely changed overnight. I became unable to do almost every single jump and spin, things that had become second nature to me. I was completely devastated and cried every time I glided onto the ice. My whole career as a figure skater had completely crumbled in my mittened hands.

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"That's so cute!" It is a disgusting phrase to hear as an athlete, to have all your dreams and desires wrapped up and defined as "cute". No one says this to wrestlers or runners or swimmers. Yet it is a common reaction to the phrase, "I'm a figure skater". It is as if all the frustration and falls and tears are ignored. No one realizes how much the act of being a figure skater has ingrained itself in my day to day life – that sometimes destructive drive to achieve, the need for perfection because it is the only acceptable outcome. Still, I am constantly summed up or written off as a girl with a "cute" hobby. Skating is not another trife hobby. Figure skating has become a repetitive gruel of day in–day out passion. To me, there is nothing "cute"...show more content...

Cutting bits of me that cannot handle the pressure and stress; developing pieces of the more disciplined me; testing my concentration; forcing my mentality to be flexible; enlarging the best of me: my determination, integrity, confidence, ingenuity, independence. Ultimately, skating leaves me more focused, more disciplined and more confident. It shapes my character, reminding me that success only feels worthwhile if it has a bit of blood behind it; skating tells me to try again, to keep working. Perseverance has been my grace. And as my skating career comes to a close, I have taken the time to teach those around me. The young skaters I teach think I am inspiring them, but they change who I am, altering me into a more caring, compassionate person. Although I am uncertain of my future, I know that I will find something to love as much as figure skating. In moving on from figure skating, I take my memories and my character with me, hoping to find a way to simply better the world. Skating has shaped my identity and left be a better person. When I find it, I know that my time as a figure skater has created a strong, independent woman ready to face the challenges

From a young age, I started figure skating. At around the age of nine, I began a part of the first synchronized skating team at the rink. I continued doing this until we no longer had enough people at my small local rink. I used to come do an off–ice class on Tuesday and would hear and occasionally watch a new team of skaters, who competed Theatre on Ice. The next year I decided to join the team. That year was the first year that we broke up into two teams. I was on the open team which consisted of thirteen other skaters. After about seven months of practicing, we heading to the national competition in Cape Cod, MA. I did not have high expectations for how we were going to place because the same team the previous year did not place well.

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Figure skating is a very popular and well–liked sport in the Olympics for multiple reasons. Skating has been part of the Winter Olympic Games since 1924, and is sticking around! It's both fun to watch, yet can be tricky to understand. Many people enjoy watching the Olympics as a source of entertainment or amusement during their downtime in the day. All ages around the globe find it enjoyable to watch the worldwide competition online or on television. Figure skating has been the most popular for many years now. But what do we truly know about the unique sport?

The start of figure skating began with an American who goes by the name of Jackson Haines. He had incorporated dance and ballet intoice skating . Along with that, he also invented the 'sit spin' and made curved blades so turns and jumps would be easier to perform. It's believed that figure skating dates all the way back to the 19th century. Other than Haines, many others began following movements as well. Jumps and spins were not nearly as advanced and complex as...show more content... Jumps such as single axels are skills taught even at young ages, and can even advance to double, triple, and more with training. But these hard abilities take time and years of practice to achieve. In the Olympics and other big competitions, there are restrictions set on the things you can do. In lifts, jumps and throws are not allowed. Music restrictions are based on the routine, but depending on the event, the song can be anywhere between 2 minutes and 40 seconds to 4 minutes and 10 seconds. For scoring, 7/9 are used. Scoring and placing is very difficult and since they stopped using the six point system a few years ago, many of those who play and watch the sport have found it hard to understand and comprehend while watching competitions or even performers. Skaters such as Meryl Davis have most likely got the tricky system down, Get more content

Another significant extra–curricular activity I pursued for eight years is figure skating. I started at six and quit at sixteen. I like to consider myself as a successful athlete becuase I competed in lots of competitions and received approximately 30 metals. I competed individually at the regional level and with my synchronized skating team at the national level. During my figure skating career, I tested my dances, skills and solo and have almost all possible levels for each area of the discipline

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LV Figure Skating Strengths

This website was designed at first to be for LV Figure Skating Bunch. However, as I have developed it, I realized & found it harder to retrieve or get information from other members of the team. So I decided that I will just continue but only for my two grandkids who are a very active member of the LV skating group. There are several objectives for this website: One, mainly to record their activities, keep and watched their developing skills, their improvement as day goes along. Also, to share their story: when they started, how many hours a week do they practice, trophies and awards won, etc. Information about the competition, the date / location, reason why the competition is so important gain experience, fulfill goal, worked so hard, etc.

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Ice skating can be a difficult sport to learn because there are many steps to learn before you can even think about going into a competition. To be able to start you will need a pair of professional ice skates, ice skating nylons, a ice skating dress or clothes suited to practice in like loose sweatpants and a long sleeves. First, you need to learn the basics of ice skating. You need to be able to balance on the ice without holding onto the wall, falling, and wobbling side to side. In order to move on to the next step you have to skate smoothly with ease so you will look professional to the judges. At the beginning you will most likely fall a lot, especially if you are not used to balancing onto a pair of shoes with a thin blade attached...show more content...

You two will keep doing that until you are able to do it on your own without the help of your instructor. Before you start to make your routine, you will have to choose a song that will match perfectly with your routine in the making. It may sound hard to pick the perfect song for a routine that is not even made up yet, but for the first part all you have to do is find a song that you will be able to skate and dance to. The most important rule you should remember while you are picking you song is that the song has to be absolutely clean or else the judges will either deduct points from your score or you will be disqualified – it will most likely be the latter. Once you picked out a song give it to your instructor to listen to and see if they approve of your choice of music. The second part is that your instructor will either be able to make up a routine to go along with the music you had chosen or they will tell you to choose a different song. Another option is that they can choose a song for you to skate to. The reason why the last two options are there is because your instructor may not like the music you had chosen since before they even listen to the music you chosen they are already figuring out what will be put in your routine and how it will be put together. Next, you will begin practicing your routine in parts before you

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