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What Is Synchro To You?

It’s time to  meet the rest of the team! You’ve met me and heard my stories of Team Reflections. I thought of different ways for you to meet the girls and learn about their individual takes on synchronized skating. I asked each of the girls to come up with one word they could use to describe synchro…

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Memories with Melissa…

Being a skater there are so many people that inspire me. However the one that inspires me the most is my former coach, Melissa or better known on my team Mel bell. I met Melissa when I joined team reflections, she was the assistant coach to Amy, head coach of team reflections. My first impression…

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Change for the best…

The practice after critique can bring many changes. This year it did just that. After taking what we heard from the judges into consideration our coach decided to make a couple changes to the program. Most of these changes included… Continue Reading → Continue reading

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Capitol Critique

Capitol Critique is a time for teams to, for lack of a better word, be critiqued. The only two things necessary to be there is having a synchronized skating team and a complete program. The point of this is to hear from judges first hand,… Continue Reading → Continue reading

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A Spooky Opportunity

The USFSA (United States Figure Skating Association) has some amazing opportunities for figure skaters. One of which I had the chance to participate in this past week, Nancy Kerrigan’s Halloween On Ice. This was something I’ll never forget, we had… Continue Reading → Continue reading

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It All Starts Here…

What is synchronized skating?  Synchronized skating is a team sport in which 8-20 individual skaters join as one to perform a program in a competition or show. Judges look for specific elements including blocks, circles, wheels, lines, intersections, moves in… Continue Reading → Continue reading

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