Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) and Figure Skating?
Let’s introduce synchronized figure skating. The sport, also known as “synchro,” is a captivating discipline of figure skating that combines elements of singles, pairs, ice dance, and theater on ice.…
Skater Mirai Nagasu on Career and Anxiety
When Nagasu landed her triple axel she had suffered a painful labral tear that chipped away at her hip bone for two years. The triple axel is a legendary figure…
Messing Skates to Gold Medal
Keegan Messing of Sherwood Park, Alta., is off to a flying start in the 2018-19 season as he won the gold medal in the men's event on Saturday at the…
Wearable technologies help 2018 Olympians achieve top performance
By Jaci VanHeest, Associate Professor of Education, University of Connecticut. Wearable systems can reveal just how hard these skaters' bodies are working. As Fitbits and other wearable activity monitors change…
5 Traits of Successful Ice Dancers and Skating Pairs
Source: Working together so intensely for such long periods and for such high stakes, many pairs skaters and ice dancers — whether romantically involved, or siblings, or just friends —…
Your Hardest Figure Skating Jump or Move
We quizzed our over 4,800 friends on Facebook about what was the hardest move or jump they had trouble learning. We received over 100 comments from figure skaters all around…
Meet 6yo Skating Champ Arielle Pascual
All those jumps, flips, spins, loops, and other figure skating moves may appear difficult, but not to six-year-old Arielle Pascual, the reigning national champion in her age group. Such scintillating…
Mennen Sports Arena’s ‘Learn-To-Skate’ 1 of Top 5 In The Country
MORRIS COUNTY - Mennen Sports Arena 'Learn-To-Skate' program has been cited by Figure Skating (USFSA) as one of the top five programs in the country and is recognized for their…
The Coach-Friend Conundrum in Figure Skating
Hot Topics in Adult Skating by Renee Lacy You are an adult skater who loves skating. Your coach is an adult who also loves skating. Should you socialize away from…
How to Choose Music for a Sport that Requires Music
5 Steps for Figure Skaters by Catherine Collings Let’s face it. There are many sports that require music to compete such as Figure Skating, Gymnastics, Dressage, and Synchronized Swimming (to name…
