Balancing Art and Sport in Figure Skating

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Today @clairecloutier tweeted the link to this essay by Coach Matthew Lind who "shares his thoughts on what's working and not working in figure skating right now":

The Case for Handwork: Balancing Art and Sport in Figure Skating

A trip to the museum... Last year I moved just outside of Providence, RI to be closer to my job at The Skating Club of Boston. Providence is a beautiful city with a thriving culture and art scene and it has been really fun to explore. One of my favorite places that I’ve discovered by far is the...

www.matthewlindcoaching.com

 

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Today @clairecloutier tweeted the link to this essay by Coach Matthew Lind who "shares his thoughts on what's working and not working in figure skating right now":

The Case for Handwork: Balancing Art and Sport in Figure Skating

A trip to the museum... Last year I moved just outside of Providence, RI to be closer to my job at The Skating Club of Boston. Providence is a beautiful city with a thriving culture and art scene and it has been really fun to explore. One of my favorite places that I’ve discovered by far is the...

www.matthewlindcoaching.com

The problem isn’t that coaches and skaters today don’t know how to create beautiful skating, the problem is that we don’t reward them properly when they do.

SO MUCH THIS