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Traffic Solutions
In last April’s installment, The Traffic Issue (click here), I wrote about an ever-present and perilous issue in Figure Skating Town: crowded freestyle sessions. For those of you who have wi… more →
Current Skate of Mind
Traffic Solutions
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joc1400 wrote 2 months ago: In last April’s installment, The Traffic Issue (click here), I wrote about an ever-present … more →
Monkey see, Monkey skate
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joc1400 wrote 5 months ago: The staff of Current Skate of Mind has noticed that a particularly entertaining skating video is cu … more →
Dream Skating Students
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joc1400 wrote 5 months ago: I’m not saying I don’t love the skating students I currently have. In fact, I already w … more →
Running at Midnight
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joc1400 wrote 5 months ago: Once an athlete, always an athlete, right? Hmm…unfortunately, this isn’t really the cas … more →
Review: Champion Cords
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joc1400 wrote 6 months ago: I’m finding that there are millions of different ways to explain skating techniques and milli … more →
Alternative Uses for Ice Skates
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joc1400 wrote 7 months ago: In these increasingly troubled economic times, I think rather than compulsively purchasing new item … more →
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Rink...
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joc1400 wrote 7 months ago: So I was going to post a book review today, but that will have to wait until next week. Something … more →
Happy Halloween
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joc1400 wrote 8 months ago: Yup, I love Halloween. It’s silly, it’s goofy, it’s creative. It involves devilis … more →
Power Skating: A Memo
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joc1400 wrote 8 months ago: To: My power skating students and the skaters of the world Re: The benefits of power skatin … more →
Skaterwoman to the Rescue!
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joc1400 wrote 8 months ago: She skates faster than a speeding bullet. Glides with more power than a locomotive. She triple axe … more →
Hello Facebook
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joc1400 wrote 9 months ago: So I finally gave in to something I’ve been resisting for a long time. I’d been getting … more →
What I Did this Summer
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joc1400 wrote 9 months ago: I’m back. I hope your summer was excellent and that your fall is coming together nicely. Geek … more →
Beat the Heat
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joc1400 wrote 1 year ago: Back in January, I outlined (okay, whined about) the fact that coaching skating is “one of t … more →
Congratulations Graduates
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joc1400 wrote 1 year ago: Dear 2008 Graduates (and, retroactively, graduates from years gone by), We have been skating toget … more →
The Practice Guarantee
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joc1400 wrote 1 year ago: Practice makes perfect. But nobody’s perfect. So why practice? I read this inscription on a … more →
Test Session 101
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joc1400 wrote 1 year ago: Lately, in my capacity as a skating coach, it seems like I’m always on my way to a test sess … more →
PSA Conference: Power in Numbers
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joc1400 wrote 1 year ago: Sunset from 95th Floor of John Hancock Building in Chicago this past Saturday. Skating seems to b … more →
Careers not Chosen
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joc1400 wrote 1 year ago: This week, I’m flying to Chicago for the Professional Skaters Association Conference. While … more →
Recipe for an Ice Show
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joc1400 wrote 1 year ago: It’s ice show season. Some rinks and clubs host their ice shows at the end of the summer or d … more →
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