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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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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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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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →