I do have a pair of recreational skates that look like "figure skates" but aren't because the blade profile/"toe pick" (pathetic excuse for a toe pick) aren't suitable for jumps and spins. Maybe I'll do a video with those ;)
@@natsskates Yeees. Please. I want to know how much better actual, good skates are, compared to the rental ones. Everytime I ice skate, I wonder, how experienced skaters would do on the rental ones(because I know the rentals are bad, and I've never tried good skates myself). Thank you
My first 6 months of figure skating I spent on "recreational skates". I was able to jump but couldn't start spinning on one foot, so they were hindering my progress. It was only after I got my Jackson Elles with a Mirage blade that I could start spinning beyond a two foot spin.
You are doing really well! I taught figure skating for 20 years, I hope you don’t mind if I could give you some advice on traveling in your spins. On your one foot spin and/or your back spin...when you start to pull your free leg in, try to keep your knee turned out slightly, instead of turning your knee forward (up) and when you start to push the leg down, keep your knee turned out, slightly. Keep your hip stable don’t let it drop or turn in. When you get into the scratch push the heal down and pull toe up, keeping a slight knee turn out. Sometimes the knee turning in can pull your hip, just enough to cause the travel... you will notice that your first part of your spin is balanced and centered and you have really nice turn out of the free leg and strong hips, but when you start to pull in you are getting pulled to the inside when the knee turns forward and up, probably because you hip drops a little bit. This also will help your sit spin and camel, keep a slight knee turn out. Your salchow is nice! Really high with a strong knee bend and lift. Make sure on your toe jumps and loop that you are using your knees for lift and height not just your ankles, off ice can help with that too. Also, on your loop, flip and lutz do not let the free leg, knee turn in to much, you need that slight knee turn out position for those jumps too. I can’t wait to see you next video, you have really accomplished a lot... keep going!
That's great! Yeah the loop is a tricky one, I didn't start attempting it till month 7 or 8 to be honest. But once you get it, the jump has a nice flow.
@@natsskates it really differs with different people is what my coach told me. As an example, it took me nearly 3 weeks to get the salchow because i couldn't understand the leg placement and it somehow really confused me whereas the top loop was something i could do within the first minute of being taught it so i guess it depends
Haha I actually got these skates 6 months into starting figure skating, so I've had them for a year and a half. I'm super happy you finally got your Risports!
@@natsskates Oh my, can't believe they've lasted you so long and haven't broken down with the skills you're doing! Are you planning on new skates too? Thanks! They're a lot stiffer and don't have as much ankle restriction as Jacksons so I feel like I'm able to skate better xD
@@ImoneOnIce lol my skates are nowhere near breaking down, I can probably skate in them for AT LEAST another year! And the weirdest thing is that they're Jackson Elles - stiffness 35! But they're stiff as hell...
@@ImoneOnIce different skaters have different anatomy and different skating styles, and all of those factors determine what stiffness you need and how fast you break your skates, perhaps even more so than your actual skating level. I'm definitely gonna be learning doubles in these stiffness 35 skates, no doubt! And to be honest I don't even know if I'll even need a stiffness upgrade once I finally break these boots 100 years from now 😋⛸️⛸️
Wow so good!! Your jumps are amazing, and I love your sit spin. I’ve been skating for 4 years and I’m still trying to get my jumps higher, especially my loops, and I recently just got my sit spin down
Thank you! Work on your bunny hop and really try to vault off your toepick. If you do the same in your jumps, have your toe pick be the last thing that leaves the ice, they'll be much higher without too much muscle effort. At this stage the height of the jumps is more about technique than how much muscle power you put in. Also entering your jumps with more speed will help.
Thanks but that couldn't be further from the truth. Watch a few Olympic level skaters on TH-cam and you'll see that I'm actually considered an "advanced beginner".
Your skating looks great for two years. I stopped right about the age you began. I’m 36 now and am making up for lost time. It’s amazing how fast it all comes back.
Natalia Shershakova I skated from 18-19. Recently restarted 3 months ago after teaching my God-kids to skate. I have a waltz right now. Which is where I left off 18 years ago. It’s amazing how muscle memory doesn’t forget. What’s your long term goals?
@@CaptainFishHead720 that's great, best of luck with your endeavors! This summer I finally get to meet my online coach, I will be doing a 5 day summer camp with her, where I will have access to a harness. So before then I need to fine tune my technique so that I can land an Axel and double Salchow in those 5 days. My long term goals are to land all my doubles, including double Axel, and potentially try a triple Salchow. But that's probably 5-10 years down the road.
Hi Natalia, I just came across your progress videos and they're really inspiring! I'm 21 also in university and really want to pursue ice skating. I was wondering, when you first started did you take classes? I'm thinking of signing up for the group classes the rink in my town offers for adults, but I'm indecisive because I'm trying to save money for after I graduate. If you did take classes, would you say they helped you a lot? Thanks again for posting these videos, they give me some hope for myself!
Hi, sorry for the late reply! I too was a broke uni student when I started. I was fortunate that my uni offered beginner group FS lessons, and it was $35 per term, for something like 8-10 lessons. I also practiced on my own as much as I could so that I could go to the group lesson each week as a much better skater and learn more. There were a couple of 2-month stints where I joined a figure skating club and took group/private lessons 1-2x per week, when I could scrap up the cash. I would say that if job prospects look good for you, take the lessons now. You'll probably be in a lot of student debt either way, so what's another couple hundred bucks? But you know your financial situation best. It is only now that I've graduated and have a full time job that I can afford proper lessons with a coach.
I forgot to add, check out my online coach Laurie Johnson Krueger! She's only $30 USD per month, so that's a good affordable option if you're real strapped for cash. That's how I made all of my progress in the second year. You can find her on Facebook or elementsthatshine.com. 😊 I'm actually still sending her videos even though I have an actual coach. She has a lot of experience and offers a lot of good insight.
Ah! Can't believe it's been another year already! I love the little bloopers thrown in here and there ;) That salchow is legit so ready for a double omg (Haha my cameo at 3:20 😂)
There's a very good chance that your sit spin travels due to your entry. It's all about the entry, so be sure to work on that with your coach. To fix the back (I also had a curved back before) you can do two things: 1) focus on your shoulders facing the ceiling (I know it sounds weird, but it basically means focusing on your shoulders being upright/vertical, so you may have to use your back muscles to achieve that), and 2) bend your elbows slightly rather than keeping them fully straight, which I also used to do, but don't bend them too much to the point where your lines no longer look nice.
@@natsskates Thank you very much for your advice. By the way, I spotted a guy at 0:29 familiar. Looks like another adult skater I am following on TH-cam.
@@myheartandi999 omg is his name Leon or something? Does he always do hydroblading and lunges? Lol the world is a small place. Send me a link to his channel, I wanna see if we're talking about the same guy
@@natsskates it's frustrating because with skates I stand at 6'6. So everything always feels like I sway side to side. Today I had an awful practice and I test tomorrow. One day at a time but I just want the process to happen already .
@@MarxBrown it took me A YEAR to get my back spin so trust me I know what you mean. I insist that you don't give up. The key is to keep a core twist to the right side (if you're a CCW skater) on the entry and the entire way through the spin. To do this, pretend you're holding a large beach ball on the right side of your body. On the RFI spiralling entry your left arm should be curved in front of your body and your right arm should be straight BEHIND you, and your free left leg should be at a 45° angle behind you rather than completely behind you. As you do the 3 turn and start spinning, your arms will assume the beach ball on the right side position, and your free leg will either be straight or slightly bent or bent in a lowercase h (play with the free leg and find the most comfortable position for you). Keep a strong core twist to the right with your arms holding a beach ball on the right side and do a few rotations until you pull in. I hope this helps?
You’re a great skater, amazing spins! I skated my entire childhood and I don’t think my spins were ever that technically perfect! I can’t believe your sit spin. Do you do yoga? Yoga would really help with strength and flexibility, for when you can’t get enough ice time. You’ll notice a lot of similarities and improvement in your skating. Do you compete? I can’t wait to see your axel jump 😊
Thank you! But believe it or not, I'm still struggling with my sit. It keeps coming and going. There are days I cannot do it at all, and there are days when it's great. No, I do not do yoga (frankly I have no time for it, and these's usually ice time year round anyway), but I will consider your advice for the future! I'm trying to do stretches at home on a daily basis, just started a month ago. I'm about to do my first comp in February 2020. I am working on my axel and am close to landing it.
Very good wish I had videos from The start adult skater skating 1 year and 2 months lol just passed up skate star gold before Christmas working fine tuning salcow toe loop and working on the dreaded loop !! And sit spin and camel !
I feel you. Also a broke uni student, so I only skated 2 months in a year for my first few years of skating. I don't know if your rink has this, but taking group classes are a ton cheaper, and you get to learn things in a supervised environment especially if the group is small (less than 4 students). I haven't heard of online coaching before. How does that work? :D Btw, your jumps are really nice and high too!, and so are your sit spins Look fw to seeing you progress with axels and doubles :D
I started by taking group lessons at my university rink, taught by members of the varsity figure skating team who are skaters but not coaches. Then I took a few lessons here and there at skating clubs, but I was coachless for a good 6-8 months of my skating journey. Online coaching is super easy, I send her clips of myself through Facebook Messenger and she critiques them. Only 30 USD per month. If you're interested in contacting her, see the details I provided in the description. I'm finally meeting her this summer. Travelling to North Dakota where I'll be working with her and her husband for 5 days on the harness and off the harness, which is why I'm hoping to land those jumps. She thinks I'm ready and will land them. 😁⛸️⛸️
0:53 упал так же на прошлой тренировке, только менее удачно, когда смотрел этот момент аж губу прикусил от сочувствия.=) Супер результат для 2-х лет! Молодец! =)
You've inspired to me to FINALLY take up skating. It's always been my passion and I really just want to "ice dance" with a little bit of spinning and jumping. What was hardest for you and what was your practice schedule like (just briefly like hours/visits to rink per week)? I also liked your 1 year update! Keep going.
I'm glad to hear that, skating will change your life! Be sure to get proper skates and coaching if you can afford it. I train 3 times per week on average, 3-5 hours per week.
Congratulations on your amazing progress, I hope to reach this standard this year :). My question is with lots of these skills, did they click with you once and from then on there you were able to improve? For example, I can’t do a backspin at all and I try so hard. I’m waiting for the day it finally ‘clicks’ but I’m losing hope 🧐
Well my friend, you're in for an exhilarating experience with the backspin. I had started working on it at the end of my first year of figure skating (no coaching). I continued attempting it for the next 7 months (no coaching) and didn't really get anywhere. Then in July I finally signed up with my online coach and started working on it with her vigorously. It took me 7 months WITH my online coach to finally get the back spin you saw in the video. And guess what? I finally got it, it finally clicked, it stuck around for a few sessions AND THEN WENT AWAY (back to a shaky back spin where I would rock back and forth on my blade). Now it's coming back to the one in the video, but slowly. It's a very rocky journey, the backspin is the Evil amongst Evils. So keep trying. Persevere. It may take you many months to get a somewhat decent backspin, even if you have a coach. And it will take YEARS afterwards to get it to look "professional".
Trust me, nothing was more mentally challenging or frustrating than the back spin. Sometimes it made me want to quit. My advice: do not spend more than 10 minutes on it per session, or else it'll psych you out. And don't give up. You WILL get it. It might take months or years but you WILL.
Natalia Shershakova that’s great advice! I’ve only just started working on it but it’s like 1 rev.... 3 at best lol! It’s literally absolute beginner quality, and I just can’t wrap my head around it at all. It seems so evil. But looks easier than a forward scratch??! HOW! Also, how is your axel coming along?
@@laurenapril2104 haha at the moment I still find the fwd spin easier but my BS is getting continuously better. Axel... Haven't progressed at all except a few drills. I don't have a coach right that can be there for me in person. However, this June I'll finally meet my online coach and do 5 days of training with her, and in that short time period I plan to land the axel and double Sal, but that's because she's really good. And it should be doable if I polish all my singles and axel drills by then!
Hey there, i live in toronto and i was wondering if you know of any rinks that run lessons through the summer? a lot of places seem to stop lessons in late spring.
In June/July 2017 I took lessons at the Metro Toronto Skating Academy. Search it up on Google or Facebook. The director's name is Beverley Mills Monsegue.
I'm completely the opposite. My toe loop is still shady, and I have zero height on the flip. And let's not even get into the Lutz. The key to getting height on edge jumps is NOT so much strength as it is the timing of all your limbs, AND making sure that your toe pick is the last thing that leaves the ice. On the Salchow, at the last minute on the hook before I leave the ice, I rock onto my toepick and that vaults me into the air. Also, I use my arms in a scooping motion. I scoop down, and then scoop up in perfect unison with my free leg swinging up. On the loop you definitely need a bit more power than the Salchow, at least for me. I'm still not getting the height I would like on that one. Here the key is to also rock onto your toepick before you leave the ice. But also you want to have a very strong bend in your skating knee and ankle, so that your skating leg acts as a spring. Same thing for the Salchow actually, but for the loop it's even more critical if you want height. Damn that was a long rant.
omg your jumps are so high!!! amazing progress!!!
THANKS GIRL! But I've yet to become as flexible as you ;)
omg i love u
I want to see a video of experienced skaters skating using THE rental skates. I really, sincerely do.
I do have a pair of recreational skates that look like "figure skates" but aren't because the blade profile/"toe pick" (pathetic excuse for a toe pick) aren't suitable for jumps and spins. Maybe I'll do a video with those ;)
@@natsskates Yeees. Please. I want to know how much better actual, good skates are, compared to the rental ones. Everytime I ice skate, I wonder, how experienced skaters would do on the rental ones(because I know the rentals are bad, and I've never tried good skates myself).
Thank you
Leon Inagaki Get your own skates. It makes a world of difference.
My first 6 months of figure skating I spent on "recreational skates". I was able to jump but couldn't start spinning on one foot, so they were hindering my progress. It was only after I got my Jackson Elles with a Mirage blade that I could start spinning beyond a two foot spin.
I definitely will get my own skates. Just, I currently don't have money.
OMG YOUR PROGRESS IS BEYONG AMAZING WHAT
Thank you 😊⛸️⛸️
You're incredible! Keep up the good work!
Thank you! 😊⛸️⛸️
Natalia Shershakova No problem! 😊
That height!!😍 Once again, amazing progress, you still inspire me when it comes to figure skating❄️
Thanks for the kind words
Hi jumin han
You are doing really well! I taught figure skating for 20 years, I hope you don’t mind if I could give you some advice on traveling in your spins. On your one foot spin and/or your back spin...when you start to pull your free leg in, try to keep your knee turned out slightly, instead of turning your knee forward (up) and when you start to push the leg down, keep your knee turned out, slightly. Keep your hip stable don’t let it drop or turn in. When you get into the scratch push the heal down and pull toe up, keeping a slight knee turn out. Sometimes the knee turning in can pull your hip, just enough to cause the travel...
you will notice that your first part of your spin is balanced and centered and you have really nice turn out of the free leg and strong hips, but when you start to pull in you are getting pulled to the inside when the knee turns forward and up, probably because you hip drops a little bit.
This also will help your sit spin and camel, keep a slight knee turn out.
Your salchow is nice! Really high with a strong knee bend and lift. Make sure on your toe jumps and loop that you are using your knees for lift and height not just your ankles, off ice can help with that too. Also, on your loop, flip and lutz do not let the free leg, knee turn in to much, you need that slight knee turn out position for those jumps too. I can’t wait to see you next video, you have really accomplished a lot... keep going!
Thank you very much for those tips, I'll definitely keep that in mind. Yes, I do need to use my knees more on the toe jumps for sure.
You're so amazing ! 😱💕
Thank you!
You seem to be a natural talent! Love your spins
Thanks so much 😊⛸️⛸️
It definitely is progress from the first year. Your jumps are higher. You also look more comfortable on the ice.
Thank you so much! I also have a 3 year video where I started working on axels and a little bit on double salchows.
Natalia you progressed so much!!! And the subtitles are truly genuinely incredible
Thanks!
You’re amazing, also I feel like the loop jump would be really hard I’m still working on my salchow and waltz but that’s all the jumps I can do lol
That's great! Yeah the loop is a tricky one, I didn't start attempting it till month 7 or 8 to be honest. But once you get it, the jump has a nice flow.
@@natsskates it really differs with different people is what my coach told me. As an example, it took me nearly 3 weeks to get the salchow because i couldn't understand the leg placement and it somehow really confused me whereas the top loop was something i could do within the first minute of being taught it so i guess it depends
love this progress video!
Looking great!! GIRL, DID YOU FINALLY GET NEW SKATES AFTER THE FIRST YEAR?! :D
Haha I actually got these skates 6 months into starting figure skating, so I've had them for a year and a half. I'm super happy you finally got your Risports!
@@natsskates Oh my, can't believe they've lasted you so long and haven't broken down with the skills you're doing! Are you planning on new skates too? Thanks! They're a lot stiffer and don't have as much ankle restriction as Jacksons so I feel like I'm able to skate better xD
@@ImoneOnIce lol my skates are nowhere near breaking down, I can probably skate in them for AT LEAST another year! And the weirdest thing is that they're Jackson Elles - stiffness 35! But they're stiff as hell...
@@natsskates That's actually insane after this long I'd imagine them on their last legs ahaha but I guess that's good!
@@ImoneOnIce different skaters have different anatomy and different skating styles, and all of those factors determine what stiffness you need and how fast you break your skates, perhaps even more so than your actual skating level. I'm definitely gonna be learning doubles in these stiffness 35 skates, no doubt! And to be honest I don't even know if I'll even need a stiffness upgrade once I finally break these boots 100 years from now 😋⛸️⛸️
Wow super good!
I love your loop jump !
Thanks girl! Still want more height though, and bit of refinement of technique so that I can turn it into a double. 😊
Wow so good!! Your jumps are amazing, and I love your sit spin. I’ve been skating for 4 years and I’m still trying to get my jumps higher, especially my loops, and I recently just got my sit spin down
Thank you!
Work on your bunny hop and really try to vault off your toepick. If you do the same in your jumps, have your toe pick be the last thing that leaves the ice, they'll be much higher without too much muscle effort. At this stage the height of the jumps is more about technique than how much muscle power you put in. Also entering your jumps with more speed will help.
AMAZING. YOU ARE PRETTY GOOD. And I like your sense of humour! 😂❤
Thanks 😁⛸️⛸️
You can even be considered as a professional skater, you look so determined and...whatever adjective in this world, very very good💪🏼👍
Thanks but that couldn't be further from the truth. Watch a few Olympic level skaters on TH-cam and you'll see that I'm actually considered an "advanced beginner".
Your skating looks great for two years. I stopped right about the age you began. I’m 36 now and am making up for lost time. It’s amazing how fast it all comes back.
Awesome! How long did you skate before you stopped, and what jumps did you get to? What jumps are you doing right now?
Natalia Shershakova I skated from 18-19. Recently restarted 3 months ago after teaching my God-kids to skate. I have a waltz right now. Which is where I left off 18 years ago. It’s amazing how muscle memory doesn’t forget. What’s your long term goals?
@@CaptainFishHead720 that's great, best of luck with your endeavors!
This summer I finally get to meet my online coach, I will be doing a 5 day summer camp with her, where I will have access to a harness. So before then I need to fine tune my technique so that I can land an Axel and double Salchow in those 5 days.
My long term goals are to land all my doubles, including double Axel, and potentially try a triple Salchow. But that's probably 5-10 years down the road.
Hahaha love the Salsa Music :D and good Progress :) I'm still working on mine !
Salsa is the BEST!
Natalia, very nice figure skating video! I so enjoyed watching. You are very graceful! Thank you for sharing! :-)
Thanks for the kind words!
@@natsskates You are very welcome! :-)
Hi Natalia, I just came across your progress videos and they're really inspiring! I'm 21 also in university and really want to pursue ice skating. I was wondering, when you first started did you take classes? I'm thinking of signing up for the group classes the rink in my town offers for adults, but I'm indecisive because I'm trying to save money for after I graduate. If you did take classes, would you say they helped you a lot? Thanks again for posting these videos, they give me some hope for myself!
Hi, sorry for the late reply!
I too was a broke uni student when I started. I was fortunate that my uni offered beginner group FS lessons, and it was $35 per term, for something like 8-10 lessons. I also practiced on my own as much as I could so that I could go to the group lesson each week as a much better skater and learn more. There were a couple of 2-month stints where I joined a figure skating club and took group/private lessons 1-2x per week, when I could scrap up the cash.
I would say that if job prospects look good for you, take the lessons now. You'll probably be in a lot of student debt either way, so what's another couple hundred bucks? But you know your financial situation best.
It is only now that I've graduated and have a full time job that I can afford proper lessons with a coach.
I forgot to add, check out my online coach Laurie Johnson Krueger! She's only $30 USD per month, so that's a good affordable option if you're real strapped for cash. That's how I made all of my progress in the second year. You can find her on Facebook or elementsthatshine.com. 😊 I'm actually still sending her videos even though I have an actual coach. She has a lot of experience and offers a lot of good insight.
Ah! Can't believe it's been another year already! I love the little bloopers thrown in here and there ;)
That salchow is legit so ready for a double omg
(Haha my cameo at 3:20 😂)
Couldn't have gotten through this rough year without you
@@natsskates ❤❤❤
Love your sit spin. My sit spin travels a lot and my back is curved.
There's a very good chance that your sit spin travels due to your entry. It's all about the entry, so be sure to work on that with your coach. To fix the back (I also had a curved back before) you can do two things: 1) focus on your shoulders facing the ceiling (I know it sounds weird, but it basically means focusing on your shoulders being upright/vertical, so you may have to use your back muscles to achieve that), and 2) bend your elbows slightly rather than keeping them fully straight, which I also used to do, but don't bend them too much to the point where your lines no longer look nice.
@@natsskates Thank you very much for your advice. By the way, I spotted a guy at 0:29 familiar. Looks like another adult skater I am following on TH-cam.
@@myheartandi999 omg is his name Leon or something? Does he always do hydroblading and lunges? Lol the world is a small place. Send me a link to his channel, I wanna see if we're talking about the same guy
You did great. I'm almost at the two year mark and we're kinda on the same page. Back spins are very hard for me but I'm working on it every day'
Keep at it!! Don't give up on the back spin because you WILL eventually get it, I promise, and the day you get it will be a very glorious day!
@@natsskates it's frustrating because with skates I stand at 6'6. So everything always feels like I sway side to side. Today I had an awful practice and I test tomorrow. One day at a time but I just want the process to happen already .
@@MarxBrown it took me A YEAR to get my back spin so trust me I know what you mean. I insist that you don't give up.
The key is to keep a core twist to the right side (if you're a CCW skater) on the entry and the entire way through the spin. To do this, pretend you're holding a large beach ball on the right side of your body. On the RFI spiralling entry your left arm should be curved in front of your body and your right arm should be straight BEHIND you, and your free left leg should be at a 45° angle behind you rather than completely behind you. As you do the 3 turn and start spinning, your arms will assume the beach ball on the right side position, and your free leg will either be straight or slightly bent or bent in a lowercase h (play with the free leg and find the most comfortable position for you). Keep a strong core twist to the right with your arms holding a beach ball on the right side and do a few rotations until you pull in.
I hope this helps?
@@natsskates I'm heading to the rink for a second session. I will apply this. Thank you for your tips.
You’re a great skater, amazing spins! I skated my entire childhood and I don’t think my spins were ever that technically perfect! I can’t believe your sit spin. Do you do yoga? Yoga would really help with strength and flexibility, for when you can’t get enough ice time. You’ll notice a lot of similarities and improvement in your skating. Do you compete? I can’t wait to see your axel jump 😊
Thank you! But believe it or not, I'm still struggling with my sit. It keeps coming and going. There are days I cannot do it at all, and there are days when it's great. No, I do not do yoga (frankly I have no time for it, and these's usually ice time year round anyway), but I will consider your advice for the future! I'm trying to do stretches at home on a daily basis, just started a month ago. I'm about to do my first comp in February 2020. I am working on my axel and am close to landing it.
Very good wish I had videos from The start adult skater skating 1 year and 2 months lol just passed up skate star gold before Christmas working fine tuning salcow toe loop and working on the dreaded loop !! And sit spin and camel !
Awesome, best of luck with your skating!
I feel you. Also a broke uni student, so I only skated 2 months in a year for my first few years of skating. I don't know if your rink has this, but taking group classes are a ton cheaper, and you get to learn things in a supervised environment especially if the group is small (less than 4 students). I haven't heard of online coaching before. How does that work? :D
Btw, your jumps are really nice and high too!, and so are your sit spins Look fw to seeing you progress with axels and doubles :D
I started by taking group lessons at my university rink, taught by members of the varsity figure skating team who are skaters but not coaches. Then I took a few lessons here and there at skating clubs, but I was coachless for a good 6-8 months of my skating journey.
Online coaching is super easy, I send her clips of myself through Facebook Messenger and she critiques them. Only 30 USD per month. If you're interested in contacting her, see the details I provided in the description.
I'm finally meeting her this summer. Travelling to North Dakota where I'll be working with her and her husband for 5 days on the harness and off the harness, which is why I'm hoping to land those jumps. She thinks I'm ready and will land them. 😁⛸️⛸️
0:53 упал так же на прошлой тренировке, только менее удачно, когда смотрел этот момент аж губу прикусил от сочувствия.=)
Супер результат для 2-х лет! Молодец! =)
Лучший в мире падальщик - это я! Кстати не так больно как оно кажется со стороны))
Спасибки!
You've inspired to me to FINALLY take up skating. It's always been my passion and I really just want to "ice dance" with a little bit of spinning and jumping. What was hardest for you and what was your practice schedule like (just briefly like hours/visits to rink per week)? I also liked your 1 year update! Keep going.
I'm glad to hear that, skating will change your life! Be sure to get proper skates and coaching if you can afford it.
I train 3 times per week on average, 3-5 hours per week.
@@natsskates Thanks!
Congratulations on your amazing progress, I hope to reach this standard this year :). My question is with lots of these skills, did they click with you once and from then on there you were able to improve? For example, I can’t do a backspin at all and I try so hard. I’m waiting for the day it finally ‘clicks’ but I’m losing hope 🧐
Well my friend, you're in for an exhilarating experience with the backspin. I had started working on it at the end of my first year of figure skating (no coaching). I continued attempting it for the next 7 months (no coaching) and didn't really get anywhere. Then in July I finally signed up with my online coach and started working on it with her vigorously. It took me 7 months WITH my online coach to finally get the back spin you saw in the video. And guess what? I finally got it, it finally clicked, it stuck around for a few sessions AND THEN WENT AWAY (back to a shaky back spin where I would rock back and forth on my blade). Now it's coming back to the one in the video, but slowly. It's a very rocky journey, the backspin is the Evil amongst Evils. So keep trying. Persevere. It may take you many months to get a somewhat decent backspin, even if you have a coach. And it will take YEARS afterwards to get it to look "professional".
Trust me, nothing was more mentally challenging or frustrating than the back spin. Sometimes it made me want to quit. My advice: do not spend more than 10 minutes on it per session, or else it'll psych you out. And don't give up. You WILL get it. It might take months or years but you WILL.
Natalia Shershakova that’s great advice! I’ve only just started working on it but it’s like 1 rev.... 3 at best lol! It’s literally absolute beginner quality, and I just can’t wrap my head around it at all. It seems so evil. But looks easier than a forward scratch??! HOW! Also, how is your axel coming along?
@@laurenapril2104 haha at the moment I still find the fwd spin easier but my BS is getting continuously better. Axel... Haven't progressed at all except a few drills. I don't have a coach right that can be there for me in person. However, this June I'll finally meet my online coach and do 5 days of training with her, and in that short time period I plan to land the axel and double Sal, but that's because she's really good. And it should be doable if I polish all my singles and axel drills by then!
Hey there, i live in toronto and i was wondering if you know of any rinks that run lessons through the summer? a lot of places seem to stop lessons in late spring.
In June/July 2017 I took lessons at the Metro Toronto Skating Academy. Search it up on Google or Facebook. The director's name is Beverley Mills Monsegue.
How old are you??
In this video I would have been 22. Now I am 24!
How do you get height on jumps like the loop/salchow ? I’m fine with toe jumps but anything else 😅🥴
I'm completely the opposite. My toe loop is still shady, and I have zero height on the flip. And let's not even get into the Lutz.
The key to getting height on edge jumps is NOT so much strength as it is the timing of all your limbs, AND making sure that your toe pick is the last thing that leaves the ice.
On the Salchow, at the last minute on the hook before I leave the ice, I rock onto my toepick and that vaults me into the air. Also, I use my arms in a scooping motion. I scoop down, and then scoop up in perfect unison with my free leg swinging up.
On the loop you definitely need a bit more power than the Salchow, at least for me. I'm still not getting the height I would like on that one. Here the key is to also rock onto your toepick before you leave the ice. But also you want to have a very strong bend in your skating knee and ankle, so that your skating leg acts as a spring. Same thing for the Salchow actually, but for the loop it's even more critical if you want height.
Damn that was a long rant.
Why do all these jumps look the same to me 😂 (I dont skate btw) even when u fall u still manage to look good lol
Haha go on TH-cam and find a video where they do a breakdown of the 6 types of figure skating jumps
👍🏼 . Great job. Also, You have really nice legs!
Thank you :)
I just found your video and your progress is amazing. Im also interested in online coaching.
Do feel free to contact Laurie Johnson Krueger on Facebook or through email! She'll be very happy to work with you.