treesprite
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As a 55yo adult who used to be able to do stuff and now can't due to not skating for so long, my main goal is to be able to do with ease certain things I used to be able to do with the ease I felt doing them in the past (even if I don't do them as well because of being an old lady who is out of shape). Basically, I'm talking about non-contortionist spins and simple basic jumps.
Aside from that, just in case I decide a long time from now that I want to take a test, I need to be able to do what is on the test. I passed preliminary freestyle, so my next test would be adult silver moves.
What are people's opinions about me seeing no reason to put off working on the moves in adult silver MIF - which are things I used to be able to do - just because I am not currently able to do things that are on lower tests which I do not have to take? Eventually I want to be able to do all that stuff well, but I would prefer getting started on those test moves so that if I decide a year from now to take the test, I won't have to spend a whole other year working on it. It doesn't mean I won't work on the other things, it just means I'll have more things to work on.
Editing to add that I don't have any plans for competing. A couple times a year a few of the adult skaters will get together and do a very simple group number in the rink shows, and I always say no when they ask me to join them. I think at some point I would like to feel confident enough to say yes and participate in those group things. I don't think I would want to skate solo and get compared to the little kids, or worry that people are focusing less on my skating than they are on the fact of me trying to wear a skating dress when I'm 25 lbs overweight.
Aside from that, just in case I decide a long time from now that I want to take a test, I need to be able to do what is on the test. I passed preliminary freestyle, so my next test would be adult silver moves.
What are people's opinions about me seeing no reason to put off working on the moves in adult silver MIF - which are things I used to be able to do - just because I am not currently able to do things that are on lower tests which I do not have to take? Eventually I want to be able to do all that stuff well, but I would prefer getting started on those test moves so that if I decide a year from now to take the test, I won't have to spend a whole other year working on it. It doesn't mean I won't work on the other things, it just means I'll have more things to work on.
Editing to add that I don't have any plans for competing. A couple times a year a few of the adult skaters will get together and do a very simple group number in the rink shows, and I always say no when they ask me to join them. I think at some point I would like to feel confident enough to say yes and participate in those group things. I don't think I would want to skate solo and get compared to the little kids, or worry that people are focusing less on my skating than they are on the fact of me trying to wear a skating dress when I'm 25 lbs overweight.
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