Progress

10/5/2026

Andy has worked very hard on his program, and I am glad the competition is this weekend! He is ready. We are working on some details with his program and having Andy “connect his brain with his body.” He sometimes knows what to do, but just doesn’t do it, and then he can get frustrated with himself, but he doesn’t really have a good reason to get frustrated~ he just needs to keep his body and brain working together so that is a good mental skills for him to work on. Andy’s spiral is getting higher, and his power with his edges has improved a lot in his program. He is doing a good job transferring his spin technique from his one foot spin to his sit spin, and he is doing well understanding how to make his loop jump bigger!

9/20/2026

Andy is doing a great job getting his spiral higher in his program, and he is holding the edges in and out of his mohawks and 3-turns much better as well! His one foot spin is much more centered, and he is doing really well being conscientiousness of the technique. We are focusing on keeping his arms up in his program, and he is skating so fast now I have to add more choreography for him! His waltz jumps have very smooth edges, and his loop jumps are clean (fully rotated)! Once we are done with Rochester competition, we will spend more time working on more jumps and spins and edgework with Andy so that all of his skating becomes stronger!

8/16/2026

Andy has fantastic musicality on the ice! We sometimes do “interpretive” on the ice (it’s where the skater skates however they would like to a random song as long as their movements depict the music), and Andy has great movements and very creative ideas. It is a good exercise to help him polish up his lines on the ice. His Basic 6 elements are good, and we are working on him gaining more height on his bunny hops. He has a much stronger landing position on his waltz jumps now, and Andy is becoming a really good spinner! His backspins and sit spins are very centered, and he can tell/is aware when he is spinning on the wrong edge and can fix it while he is spinning, which is really hard to do!

8/2/2026

Andy did a great job this weekend! His elements were all really strong in his program. He was a little slow with his backwards crossovers, but it’s okay; I know he was just trying to do a good job with them. He will get better with everything as he keeps skating! He is ready for new challenges~ his waltz jump has a great landing now, and his sit spins have been getting more low this week!

7/24/26

Andy did a great job learning a flip jump this week, and his forward star spin has a much better position to it. He did a great job learning some new edge patterns this week, and his program is looking much stronger. He is pushing harder on his backwards crossovers and keeping his arms up better in the program. He is also holding his edges better before and after the three turns. He also has a beautiful spread eagle glide!

6/27/26

Andy does a great job learning technique, and I love his eagerness to learn! We are working a lot on his edges/skating skills, and he did a backspin this week that was at least 5 revolutions, had straight legs and was on the correct edge!

6/19/26

Andy is doing great! Congrats to him on his great skating at Skate Bloomington, and he is doing really great on the ice this summer! He is great at practicing, and he works really hard and has LOTS of enthusiasm for skating! His backspin has improved a lot this week, and so has his sit spin! He’s done a great job holding them for 10 revolution. Andy learned his salchow and toe loop this week, and has started working on his half flip and split jumps. He even landed a few clean axel jump on the floor! The technique needs work, but it was clearly 1.5 rotations in the air! We also changed his program to the Basic 5 elements, and he is doing well learning more skating skill exercises!

5/30/26

Andy is doing really well working to make his crossovers smoother in his program and remembering some new choreography. He learns quickly, and he is doing a great job picking up new skating skill exercises (i.e. forward crossrolls and alternating 3-turns) quickly! He is gaining good heights on his bunny hops and waltz jumps too!