| Is Europe still down ? |
McAffee said nearly half of its clients went offline in Europe. How bad was it ? johns
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| Muscle use: twisting |
Here is an little muscle tidbit that others might find of interest, too. When working quick twist rockers, bracket-three-brackets, etc. You must really twist the torso quickly and in ...
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| Not just a rumor now :-) |
A drawing of our 2nd full-size indoor ice rink is posted for all to see. This time, I'm going to upgrade my tools to something that will get a job done. Last time, I think we used hack ...
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| help making scratch spin circles smaller |
OK now that I can do a basic set and center most of my scratch spins, I want to make those circles smaller. I'm embarrassed to say that they start off about18" in diameter and get down to a...
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| notes on scratchspin set from one who is just getting it |
This AM I suddenly realized that I am finally getting a decent "set" on my scratch spin entry. For those stuck on this step I'd like to offer my observations that helped me learn this. (di...
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| What has happened to the roller rinks? ( a rant) |
Oh gosh. I went to try out my PIC skates at the local roller rink. I used to roller skate as a child, and I looked forward to this visit to my past memories. I took my 12-year-old daughter a...
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| Educational Resource Available For US and International Eligibles |
Title IX qualified skaters are invited to visit: www.wesskint.org (follow logo-link thread for complete explanation, and contact information) Best regards from... ...
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| When the Dutch Waltz gets boring... |
Do it in the other direction around the ice, ie clockwise, not counterclockwise. start with RIGHT foot, left, progressive and then the first swing roll on the LEFT foot. Makes the brain hu...
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| Axels? .. not bad ... but ... |
it kind of ticks me off that I have not been working the timers more. Was watching Coachy and a student do them, and I just had to try. Not bad at all. Had plenty of height, and land at...
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| Skating and lower legs soreness |
If you have a really sore lower leg, it may not be the calf muscle and the cause may be on the opposite side down by the toes. I have had very sore lower legs from skating from time to...
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| Jump thoughts |
I was watching the ISU videos tonight and had an interesting thought about jumps. It looked like the kids in the videos were doing this: 1. Do whatever the appropriate entry is to get ...
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| fun new footwork |
learned some new moves during my lesson today that I had never appreciated, I think they are an exercise my coach uses to teach Junior MITF. Do a FO rocker but only semi-check it right into...
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| Moves in the Field Notes Seminar - August 2000 |
Thank you, Janet Swan Hill. I have been researching the net, in addition to applying my coach's instruction and corrections, and came across the above. It was very comforting to me to see ...
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| Skate lining information |
I learned something new and surprising about skate linings. I was told by some [email protected]#$%@#$ of a salesman a few years ago that linings cannot be replaced. I learned not to listen to inlin...
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| Re: Movies |
In the light of some of your comments regarding the movies I put up a short while ago, I have been doing quite a lot of work on improving my basic spins. I spent a long while today working o...
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| Got my PIC skates |
My PIC frames came in the mail yesterday. I had no trouble mounting the frame onto my old custom Harlicks and setting the wheels. It went rather smoothly. There was a missing T-bushing in th...
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| splatted right on my head :-( |
Oy. Lessons going so well... THEN, I get new skates with new blades and try them out on my lesson... I take a few spills cause they feel weird, but nothing bad, and I fall in the "corre...
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| New European adult skating site |
I've been asked to publicise the following web page. It isn't quite finished yet, but there are some lovely photos: http://users.skynet.be/euroadultskating/ -- Annabel Smyt...
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