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gary beacom Canada Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.45 Clarity of Response 9.82 Timeliness 9.64 Politeness 9.73 Total Questions 26	all questions relating to figure skating technique, equipment, nutrition, training, and performance
Dianne DeLeeuw U.S. On Vacation returns 11/27/2009 View Profile View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.73 Clarity of Response 9.67 Timeliness 9.78 Politeness 9.93 Total Questions 787	I can answer questions about figure skating, choreography, ISI or USFSA. Also questions about competing (my Olympic experience or your own competition). I`m a National referre for ISI. Recently I also have been appointed a National Technical Specialist for US Figure Skating. But remember I am not your substitute for a coach! They can see what you are doing! To correct or instruct you on manuevers is really not what I want to do.

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gary beacom

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all questions relating to figure skating technique, equipment, nutrition, training, and performance

Dianne DeLeeuw

U.S.

On Vacation
returns 11/27/2009

I can answer questions about figure skating, choreography, ISI or USFSA. Also questions about competing (my Olympic experience or your own competition). I`m a National referre for ISI. Recently I also have been appointed a National Technical Specialist for US Figure Skating. But remember I am not your substitute for a coach! They can see what you are doing! To correct or instruct you on manuevers is really not what I want to do.

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2009-11-20 Too Advanced for My Level?:

private lessons will almost always help you advance more quickly because of the extra attention that you will get. when to start private lessons is partly a matter of what your budget is. i am not familiar

2009-11-20 Before Skating Warm Up:

any vigorous exercise will make you break a sweat and get your blood moving, emily, but why don't you try some kind of jumping exercise such as high skipping, to warm up your springyness? just don't overdo

2009-11-17 Practice:

exercises that bend the ankle forward are very useful for a skater, barry. also, stand on one foot and close your eyes. balance comes in handy on that slippery stuff. do your feet hurt because they get

2009-11-16 Blade rockers:

Rocker radius, Adrian, refers to the slight curve of the blade from pick to heel. Your edge matches the arc of a circle fourteen or sixteen feet wide for a seven- or eight-foot radius rocker respectively

2009-11-10 sore feet:

Hi, I have heard of this before. You may not have been fit right unfortunately. Something is being pinched. Work with your skate shop maybe they can stretch the skate. Or try a different lacing pattern

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