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Only 1 triple attempt is allowed in Juvenile. (As of a few years ago, after ~20 years of triples not being allowed at all at that level.)

Yes, this. From first movement (after the music starts) to last movement. If the music is cut several seconds shorter than the maximum time allowance, it's possible that the skater could still be moving after the music has ended but fully stop within the allowed time, in which case no...

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I'm reading this book for a class I'm teaching: Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger It's a pretty fun read, which is a good thing for a class of middle schoolers, although it is aimed at an adult audience.

I was thinking that my own employment situation is such that I don't feel I can afford to make significant monetary donations these days... But I have received a lot of Amazon gift cards in the past few years and had built up a balance there that I don't really use. So I just found a local food...

Or for ice dance in general. Agree! There could always be air castanets.

Yes, I started watching that a few months ago. Currently taking a break but now I intend to go back to watch the rest.

I just finished reading The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See. Fascinating look into the culture of women free divers on Jeju Island in Korea and the traumas that occurred there during during the Japanese occupation and in the post-WWII alliance of South Korea with the US, with a 21st century...

For all skating, you generally get speed by bending your knees and pushing against the ice with your blades. The specific ways of pushing will be different depending what kind of stroke you're doing with each step. Work on that with your coach -- we can't just tell you in words how to do...

It depends which dance you're doing. But yes, most ice dancing, and most figure skating, involves skating on one foot at a time. There are just different ways of pushing and changing from one foot to the other. That's what makes the different steps to keep the dances interesting.

Rocker Foxtrot was the required pattern in the junior rhythm dance as recently as 2024. In 2020 and 2021 seasons it was Tea Time Foxtrot.

For solo, you don't need to worry about what your partner is doing, or worry about them worrying about what you're doing. But you do need to feel steady on your feet and not try to make things up on the spot that might be more challenging than what you're ready for technically. Learn a number...

Yes, that's true. You need to be comfortable with your skating and focus on your skating technique so you don't fall. Dancing on the floor can be very improvisational, but dancing on ice needs to be planned carefully. ESPECIALLY if you're skating with a partner, you need to know exactly what...

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And dance has 6. Bratti/Somerville are included under the last pair team. It's because there are only 5 pairs that there's an odd number total, leaving the open slot at the end.