I've had the pleasure of having a few friends in skating with whom I am competitive, but completely friendly. It's so fun to compare notes on how we're progressing on certain elements.
One friend keeps staying one step ahead of me in her tests, so we've never competed against each other, but we're both trying to get our axels right now. We have the same coaches. She's dying to land her axel, and often talks about my attempts spurring her on.
She reported to me a recent conversation she'd had with Coach.
"How is my axel looking?" she asked him. "Does it look like an adult axel? Or a kid axel? How does it compare to Alejeather's?"
Coach was reluctant to compare our axels, but she pressed him, and he finally admitted, "She gets around more than you do."
"He said I get around more than you?" I asked when she told me the story. "That's only a compliment in figure skating!"
Haha! So true that the comment is a compliment in skating. Do you have any recent videos to share? I am excited to see your progress! It is great to have a friendly "rival" of sorts to push you!
ReplyDeleteI have a video of my program practice from just after Christmas. It's on YouTube, but I haven't shared it here on the blog. I haven't been too happy with most of the footage I've taken recently :-/ But I've been skating well this week, so maybe I'll try again soon and come up with something to share.
DeleteI have some friendly-competitive friends, too. Went to Sectionals last year with one friend but we were in different age categories, this year we will be in the same category. That's all right, she's already placed ahead of me twice locally. Getting closer, though :).
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