10-11-08 Skating Practice

[HallieMonroe]

Hey! I'm a skating coach down here in Jersey..... and if you'd like I can send you a video reply with some tips and pointers.

[chimchar817]

woo!!! camels are my FAVORITES!!! :]]]nice job! you have improved:]

[morgail]

thanks:) I like camels a lot more than I used to. They took me forever to get consistent.

[StellaVanderqqch]

You know, there is some day, you can do whatever you like, nothing is right :(

but good job !

I love your spins =)

[morgail]

so true!

Thanks:)

[YuNaKimIsNumbr1]

i hate when it gets foggy in my rink! does that annoy u???

[morgail]

It's weird at first, but I guess I get used to it:)

[EmoBloodVideos]

for your axels do a very strong push when your in T position. then jump in the air and rotate then land with your leg up; dont worry about the 2 little rotation that you did. :]

[morgail]

thanks for the tips!

[figuresk8er09]

oh my gosh you look great! your axel attempts are looking good. you have a really good air position, you just need more snap!

[morgail]

thanks! It's getting there...slowly.

[smico4eva]

wow!!!

you have lostsooo mush weight

[morgail]

thank you:)

[icesk8er67]

on your axels don't be afraid to fell and don't look down!!!!

[morgail]

thanks for the tips! haha...I do look down a lot on those! I think I'm looking to see how far around I got.

[camiheartzacnskating]

wow... a really long time since the last video! You really look a lot slimmer! What's your secret? lol. Anyway, your axels look a lot better that the last vid, they are really really close!

[morgail]

thanks! No secret, just lots of skating;)  I just skate 4-5 days a week (3 days for 50 minutes, 2 days for about 1 1/2 or 2 hours). And I try not to overeat. That's about it!

[Yprkia]

wow great! and what a nice rink with smooth surface...i skate only 3 hours a week at most...i'm jealous...i can go to the rink only twice a week and now i cant even do that because of my sinusitis :(

[HaileyDawn05]

oh yes, and your arms aren't doing anything right now, they're just kind of there. That caused me lots of trouble, make sure you use them :)

[morgail]

thanks for your tips! I noticed I wasn't getting much knee bend in the take-off, but didn't think about arms. :)

[HaileyDawn05]

on your axels, your not really getting any momentum to make the rotation in the air. Make sure you bend deep in the knee, and then once you feel the catch in the ice bring your free leg through and snap into backspin position. Good attempts though!

[mizzi101]

Well those flying camels were much better than mine are!! lol

And one of those axels was really close!!

Great job :D

[morgail]

thank you! I need to stop doing that weird stepping onto my left foot thing on axels and just let myself fall.

[mizzi101]

I know, I had the same problem, mostly with double sal. I kept going onto the wrong leg, but when i allowed myself to jump fall, it got somuch easier, and I found myself landing them!!! :D

[figureskater717]

one axel was really close! PLease don't take this personally but you really lost a lot of weight!

[morgail]

thanks! I've lost something close to 40 lbs. I still have some more to lose, but I'm really happy about what I've lost so far:)