TRAINING FOR 2 MONTHS FOR MY FIRST ADULT FIGURE SKATING COMPETITION

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TRAINING FOR 2 MONTHS FOR MY FIRST ADULT FIGURE SKATING COMPETITION

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For the past 2 months, I’ve been training for a new figure skating goal which is to compete at my very first figure skating competition as an adult and passing my adult bronze free skate test. This is my journey to competing at the 95th Annual Middle Atlantic Figure Skating Championships.
Figure skating is something that is a deeply personal part me that is embedded into my identity since I discovered it 3 years ago. Hope this provides some interesting insight into the sport of figure skating as well as provide motivation for everyone try something new and challenge yourself (‘:
I will try to upload my competition program with the actual music in a separate video so this one is not copy-righted so please look out for that!
S H O U T O U T S
Special thanks to my incredible coaches and specialists that I worked with in New York!
Freestyle:
Denise Beaumont
Edges & Skating Skills/Choreography:
Eliot Halverson | Former US National Champion
Additional big thank you to the friends who helped me at these events as a “skating mom” lol:
Emma Jang | former junior grand prix competitor, 2x National Champion of Taiwan
IG: @emma.jg
Ethan Chen
Thank you to Chelsea Piers Skyrink for providing a safe place for figure skaters to train during this time. Check their training facilities out if you are in the NYC area.
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M U S I C
Chill | Sakura HZ
Not for Nothing | Otis McDonald
Solitude | rook1e
Otis McMusic | Otis McDonald
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Genre Music: Workout - Trap - Training - Motivation
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* C O N T A C T + C O N N E C T *
IG: @cathydingg
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Email: hello@cathy-ding.com
* L I L B I T A B O U T M E *
Recent 2020 college grad from University of Pennsylvania - Business Major woo!
Based currently in NYC | 23
Life ~Passions~: Fashion, Fitness, Figure Skating, Food (wow all the F's just like 2020), and of course photography/cinematography + digital content creation
#figureskating #adultfigureskating #adultskater

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@valentinavandenberg291 2 жыл бұрын

As a former competitive figure skater you don’t know how much I loved this video! I always had so much respect for adults learning to skate and even compete. You have beautiful spins and you don’t travel much which is fantastic and you didn’t hesitate going into the second jump on your combination jump which was fantastic as well! Nice edge work and pretty hands! The makeup and dress was gorgeous! I felt like a proud coach watching this😂 I noticed in warm up both on and off the ice you kept the arms tight and over the right side of the chest and you got that left hip up and over to the right and kept the hips nice and tight! The hips is what I see most people struggle with. Great work!

@cathydingg 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all the kind words and for watching my video! Appreciate it so so much!

@sf2studios 2 жыл бұрын

Every time you say fail, I can hear my coach saying, "It's not pass or fail. It's pass or RETRY".

@cathydingg 2 жыл бұрын

Words of wisdom haha

@mfuentes4961 2 жыл бұрын

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. -Nelson Mandela Congrats on your first competition!👏🏽😄

@cathydingg 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! Love the quote that you shared- inspires me to keep going (':

@riversonglovesthedr 2 жыл бұрын

This was really really good. All your jobs had great height and good form. You got right back up when you fell and didn't miss a beat. Judges look at how you respond to falls to. I won 4th in a competition once because several of us fell but most of them sat and cried for a moment. No time for that. Your dress was gorgeous and you have great edges.

@cathydingg 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Appreciate you watching the video and all the feedback!

@PatriciaJoy 2 жыл бұрын

I've been skating for fun for a few years an now I really want to try competitions! It looks so fun!

@cathydingg 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! They are so fun!

@Serena_2190 2 жыл бұрын

I fall all the time lol the iced floor and me are besties at this point lol but in all honesty YOU DID GREAT!!

@cathydingg Жыл бұрын

Thank you love! Appreciate it (:

@whodatpacker 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing your skating journey! Fell this morning doing crossovers so this was the motivational pick me up I needed to hear!!

@cathydingg 2 жыл бұрын

YES! Keep going girl you can do it- I believe (: Crossovers are low-key sometimes the worst haha

@fjrbdjrnrmdndnrnnd6678 Жыл бұрын

I know your comment is from a year ago, but today I was trying to do a crossover and my toe pick got in the way and fell.. i feel you

@carolinebackstad Жыл бұрын

I love that you explain everything!! Im trying to learn as an adult aswell bu I have no teacher only internet

@haleykasinger6513 2 жыл бұрын

You did really good 👍🏻. Im just glad your ok after you had that big fall. I know how much falling while skating can hurt. I’m telling you this toe picksLOL.😩😜! But you did awesome and kept skating like a rock star. You did awesome!!👏🏻👏🏻yay. PS a absolutely love your ice skating dress !! OMG SOO SPARKLY!!

@cathydingg 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Haley! Appreciate you watching!

@MH-be6hr Жыл бұрын

Great going! It's so much more difficult for an adult to learn basic skating, let alone figure skating. I took a few group lessons when I was in the sixth grade. The problem was that I was tall: 5' 61/2"! That doesn't help with balance, center of gravity, etc. I could do a decent scratch spin, but skating along the ice was difficult in the crummy rental skates. They had no support in the feet/arches and in the sides. My ankles pronated (turned inwards), and that was the kiss of death to my skating, along with my height! Then one day, after the lesson ended, I was skating along, just barely, along with my dad. He was doing much better than I was, and he was 6' tall and weighed around 300 lbs! Oh, well... 😕 Then it happened. My toe pick got caught in a rut in the ice, and it flipped my feet up into the air and my behind onto the ice. 😮😯😲😩😖 OUCH!!! I broke my coccyx (tailbone), and it took 3 months for it to heal. 😥😢🤕 I still love figure skating, but I now enjoy it as a spectator sport! Turns out, I'm a pretty good putter at golf! 🤗⛳🏌

@cathydingg Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and sharing your story!! Hope you recovered fully and I'm glad so still have a good relationship with sport as a spectator! (:

@carlymartin7041 2 жыл бұрын

Good for you! You killed it! Love it when people go for their goals even when their grown up! Never too old!

@cathydingg 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Carly! Your support means a lot (:

@lilyflower491 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for making these videos! I've started skating with my 12 year old sister and I desperately want to try a program one day! You're amazing

@cathydingg Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and glad I can help! I believe that you will definitely be able to do a program one day so keep pushing forward!!

@NoThankUBeQuiet Жыл бұрын

Based on my experience with similar competition styles (Not ice skating but test based competition) It's the easy stuff that gets you usually. People focus so hard day of on the complicated stuff, they forget to focus on the easy stuff because of the relief of getting past/worry about upcoming move

@cathydingg 8 ай бұрын

I agree! That's really good advice!

@aprilsmith7760 Жыл бұрын

Well done I nearly had heart failure when you fell but well done for keeping on I was a figure skater from the early age of 17 months old but due to disability now I’m unable to skate in adulthood but my youngest daughter has taken over the mantle and even though she’s classed as an adult now she still practises when not working xxx

@cathydingg 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing your story! That's incredible and I wish your daughter an amazing skating journey! The skating will continue in the family and I love hearing about that!

@hjksy Жыл бұрын

Really late, but you did a great job! I went to a rink the other day for fun and I feel like something just clicked in my head like, "this is what I want to do", it first started with just wanting to go to the rink often, but I might've clicked on Yuzuru Hanyu's "Haru yo, koi" performance, and honestly if I were there at the Gala Exhibition I would be sobbing because of how beautiful it is. (Not saying that I didn't shed tears while watching the video) Just watching Hanyu perform really made me want to try skating out for myself too. I've heard it's easier to start skating younger, and as of right now, I'm eleven. I was contemplating saying that in my comment, but it's true. So as you know, eleven year olds, or children in general, are pretty broke. Although, I don't know if that's just me. So obviously, my parents will have to cover for my skating expenses if I were to go out and try to pursue it. Do you have any not too expensive but gets the work done skates for beginners? I have watched your ultimate guide to figure skating, but I'm really only finding public lessons in the rinks near me, but I don't know if it's just because I'm stupidly blind or there is genuinely no private lessons. Do you have anything on finding private lesson coaches? If you have any tips for me as a young skater if I do choose to start skating, it would be really nice if you could add that into your reply. Your ultimate guide really helped me to be confident in pursuing figure skating. Thanks a lot! I hope you can get even better at figure skating than you already are!

@zerayembi1724 Жыл бұрын

i started at 14 in outdoor rinks in my area and am now (2 years later) working on toe loops & single foot spins! my biggest tip is to get skates & go to a few public sessions then if you like it a lot, try to find classes at a rec centre or something like that. those will give you a strong foundation & you can find a coach through them as you progress. please don’t feel like you’re too old to pursue figure skating, many people start at your age or even older & still find joy in the sport. i wish you good luck!

@iluvning2 2 жыл бұрын

I love your ice skating videos

@cathydingg 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Emma! Appreciate your support and more skating videos will be coming soon!

@evasage14 Жыл бұрын

so incredibly proud of you, you’re doing something that you love and that’s really special! thank you so much for including that fall, it really shows your integrity and humility as a person and skater-not to mention the importance of getting back up!! you’re amazing💓

@cathydingg 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Your comment means so much to me and is so kind. And I agree! Such a core part of skating is never giving up and always getting back up so thank you for emphasizing that!

@lisabaltzer4190 2 жыл бұрын

It seems that no matter if you are left or right handed, you do spirals better on your right leg. I am left handed and spin and jump clockwise, but do spirals better on my right leg and spread eagles leading with my left foot.

@cathydingg Жыл бұрын

I totally agree!! I also think my spirals feel way more stable on my right leg- perhaps it is a dominate leg balance thing but who knows haha

@alexb4185 Жыл бұрын

I’m getting my first proper skates on the 18th of Feb and starting private coaching twice a week on the 23rd. I’m 17 and competing is a huge dream of mine, I hope I can do it one day!❤

@cathydingg 8 ай бұрын

You can do it! I definitely believe in you and hope your skating journey has been going well!

@alexb4185 8 ай бұрын

@@cathydingg omg i totally forgot about this comment! im now working on my axel & double sal, and did my first competition in november 🥳☺️ just got my second pair of boots (edea chorus!) because i killed my first ones (jackson elles). My coach is the sweetest ever. Mad to think how much has changed since i wrote that comment! ❤️

@cathydingg 8 ай бұрын

@@alexb4185 Ah omg that is so awesome! It's amazing that you are already working on your axel and double sal!! Congrats on getting so far on your journey and hoping to hear about more great things about your progress in the future! Good luck!

@sukjoochoi 10 ай бұрын

flip jump in 2 months. Wonderful.

@SashaStarshine 2 жыл бұрын

You did crazy amazing!!! Great job.

@cathydingg 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Sasha!!

@maytan4146 Жыл бұрын

Don’t give up and work hard. I hope u win of ur competition for medal. If u fail, it okay. Work hard again

@BabyCaratMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this video!!! Great Job Cathy!

@cathydingg 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Carla! Glad it was helpful (:

@angelllllllllllllllllll 2 жыл бұрын

Can you please show us how you trained from the very beginning when you first start training too to now

@cathydingg 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Angel! Yes for sure- I will be releasing more skating videos soon but if you want to check out my training like an olympic figure skater video on my channel, that details a lot of the training that I do both on-ice and off-ice!

@revelation1215 Жыл бұрын

Late to the 🎉 but you are an inspiration very beautiful on the ice.

@cathydingg 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!!

@adultskatewithjlo Жыл бұрын

Omg i love your coach giving feedback in the video 😂

@cathydingg 8 ай бұрын

Haha pure 100% comedy of me suffering

@user-yv3xx9bo7x 2 жыл бұрын

I love your turns😍

@cathydingg 2 жыл бұрын

Ah thank you!! Still working on perfecting them (':

@selinanachtmann2705 2 жыл бұрын

yey, a new figure skating video from u. :)

@cathydingg 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! More skating videos will be coming soon!! (:

@selinanachtmann2705 2 жыл бұрын

@@cathydingg looking forward to it :)

@creepystills 2 жыл бұрын

I love how I recognised Eliot immediately haha

@cathydingg 2 жыл бұрын

Haha Eliot is great!!

@emilielarsen3862 2 жыл бұрын

I got competition nerves on your behalf and I’m not even there

@cathydingg 2 жыл бұрын

Haha yes so much pre-competition anxiety (':

@lisabaltzer4190 2 жыл бұрын

You look good on the ice.

@cathydingg 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Appreciate you watching!

@cookiechocolatechip 7 ай бұрын

I really want to figure skate, but since im only 14 and live at least 3 hours away from a rink i cant, plus stubborn parents dont help

@cathydingg 7 ай бұрын

Ah I’m sorry to hear about your situation ): don’t worry! One day the opportunity will definitely present itself and it’s never too late. If you end up pursuing an education at college, you can start in college or whenever you have the ability to have financial freedom or an ability to move! For now you can also do off-ice training to stay strong until then!

@shihyichiang 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Cathy, I really enjoy your video and the information you shared. My question is that do a lot of figure skaters have more than one coach to help them get ready for the test or competition? Do the coaches give contradicting advice or they usually together for the skater? Thank you!!

@cathydingg 2 жыл бұрын

Hey! Great question and I think it depends on you but most elite skaters do have multiple coaches due to them being a specialist in one particular thing. I think usually at rinks there are "coaching teams" of 2-3 coaches to tend to coach together and have a similar method. Sometimes they do give different advice but that can help or harm. Sometimes trying different approaches with different coaches can help you figure out what works best for your body but there are also times where 2 different techniques can throw you off (for more technical stuff like axel) so depends on you! If you are just starting, trying out a couple different approaches won't hurt