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WOW so cool. YAY!!!! For three turns my coach tells me that i rush them . Ur supposed to feel a kind of momentum or push and that kinda helps me to turn the other way- I still suck at them in general tho especially on certain sides. I also do it a lil differently from you but I thought I’d share that knowledge 😃. Great progress especially for 26 months! I skated with a 70 year old the other day and I, 19 years old could not keep up and eventually tripped on my toe pick and fell out of exhaustion LOL. Anyone can do it.

Things I’d rather do than a back crossover: 1. Waltz jump 2. Salchow jump 3. Split on the ice 4. Pet a shark

I am 40 and been skating since 5 years old, people always think that I am much younger than my actual age.

I am 40 and been skating since 5 years old, people always think that I am much younger than my actual age.

Hi. I'm wondering if you're only working on the same one or two elements in a session? Have you tried connecting the skills you have already learned? Learning one element in isolation is fine at first, but it is more fun and effective to practice different steps and transitions:)

Hello Jen! I'm so happy I came across your channel. Im a newbie beginner skater who started in my mid twenties and the way you show your progress has been very helpful and relaxing to watch as well. Do you also share on instagram? Would love to follow you on there as well. Hope to see much more of your progress! X

hi i am around 40 and learning to skate for the first time. thanks for the inspiration, keep going and enjoy yourself

Oh, I forgot to add something that has helped me in the past with back cross overs is imagine yourself sitting on a chair. For me it gets me to bend the knees without repeating in my head “bend knees..bend knees…bend knees” over and over. 😊

You inspire me so much. Due to a series of injuries and unfortunate events I have to learn to skate all over again from moment one. This will be my fourth time starting over. I have felt so defeated but seeing someone else have a slower journey gives me hope. Thank you for your updates.

You totally inspired me to take lessons; I’m been a year and I’m still trying to get my forward crossovers. Congrats on getting your backwards crossovers!

Motivated by your 3turns thanks for sharing jen

Hello, Jen! I used yoga bricks to train shoot the duck off-ice. It's not that difficult to sit down, but to get back up is a real deal. I hope you enjoy every time when you're on ice. I was hospitalized in March, and it went a little bit wrong. Now I'm trying to come back but can only skate forward slowly at the moment. I try to remind myself about patience but it's actually so difficult to be patient.

Love seeing your content! Are you taking lessons at the rink? I'm an adult beginner too and enjoy seeing this type of video!

Thanks for sharing! Keep up the great work.

Love that you’re documenting your journey! Skating isn’t easy and after a few years it’s so easy to forget how far you come from the early days. You’re doing great!

Go girl! 🎉

Yu are working sohard n your backward cross overs - may I give you a few tipps? Because your rotation is wrong. Your bottom is looking the way you go - but your upper body should turn towards the middle of the circle. Your arm, which is in skating direction is higher that the other arm, but both arms are facing the circle. Your face should look in the direction you are going - in the same direction like you bottom - so that your body is rotatet nearly 180°. Otherwise your hard work won't become successful.

Nice work, fine three turns❤

Wow lots of progress

Hello, Jen, great to see you on ice once again! Progress may be slow but it's still progress. At least I have to remind myself of that every time I feel impatient. I did my first shaky 3-turn about 18 months ago, and 9 months ago I learned the last one (backward outside). And last summer I felt happy that I could do all kinds of 3-turns, but then the fall came and I suddenly realized that my 3-turns were in fact rather poor. So here I am still nursing my 18 months old forward outside 3-turns, and still stumbling, and still twitchy, and my most recent fall was from a 3-turn.

You are killing it ! I just started ice skating (27) and it’s so much fun! Love seeing people pick up a hobby I’m working on backwards crossovers they are my biggest enemy 😭

You can do it, it can be tough getting back into the swing of things but the best thing is that you're trying. Also wishing you luck in regards to your career.

this is amazing! KEEP IT UP :)

So glad to see you again, Jen. You rock!

Wow good job! I didn't learn that turn yet. I will try it tomorrow! I also just started age 40! 😀😃❄️⛸ it's never too late🎉

Amazing! I just started learning bacisc on my own t2 yo, but my mum just started learning skiing at 44yo, its so lovely to see. Thank you for posting this.

Hello, Jen, nice to see you back on ice! You should have had your birthday recently, so my congratulations! Nice to see you trying 3-turns on both sides. I wonder how do you usually spend your ice time. Do you have some kind of ice routine?

i am no where near being an adult but oh my god this video has been a huge inspiration

I saw all your videos right now. I barely know how to roller skate and went ice skating only two times (we don't have many places for ice skating in Brazil since its not part of our culture), so i'm now getting some inspiration and seeing some iceskating videos. Usually people like me just want to jump to intermediate/advanced stuff, but you're focused and patient and i can learn from that too. If you loose some fear of doing spins and jumpings (like waltz jump) you will master for sure! Wish you all the best ! Keep inspiring people !

Those backward crossovers aren't the right technique: the outside leg does not literally cross over the inside boot, it stays on the ice and slides downward in front of the other foot. You also don't seem to have the same confidence gliding backwards with your legs crossed as you do gliding forwards, you seem to be in a rush to uncross them. I don't know if you were taught this technique as part of a progression to correct backward crossovers but I think you're not going to go much farther with it so, if you can, maybe you can arrange a drop-in lesson with a coach and get some help learning the correct technique so you can practice it on your own. Keep it up, you can master this! Backward crossovers are a very unnatural and uncomfortable motion at first, but when you get past that they become one of the smoothest and best feeling elements on the ice.

Sehr schön :) .... fange jetzt erst wieder an, bin 59, das letzte Mal vor 20 Jahren auf Kuven gestanden. Was soll's? Ich möchte einfach nur Spaß ;) Alles Liebe für Dich ... Liebe Grüße Marita aus Deutschland...

Keep on, Jen! Love your lunge posture. 👍

To have wow effect you have to add 20 years at least to your age. For me it seems u r not enough strong for figure skating. If u will get more fit, your figure skating progress much faster

Not much progress at all

You seemed to be very intentional and in control of your movement! Good luck with future training!

Awesome. Hugs from Mexico

Nice!

sis， you are too slow because you are falling not enough。 First, train your strength off-ice, especially your core and legs. Second, wear protection pads for the elbow, knees, hip, and hands, then speed and lean your body to feel different edges. Usually, 20 Months should be complete 1A. Third, you are still better than me. Keep going!

I love this, I thought I was too old and i’m just 16, seeing this gives me hope in starting to figure skate❤

Looking good! Keep going girl! I started skating myself, and I am 29. Seeing you progressing is such an inspiration. Hank you for sharing!

Hi Jen, I watched all your progress from 1 month to now. Your progress encourages me a lot. I am 43, just started skate from last October. I past Leant to skate 1. I am looking for to buy my own skate. Did you wear your skates from beginning until now. What model is it? My goal is good all basic skills and can do some half jumps if I can but not double jump or triple jumps. I don’t want to change the skates just after a few months.

Good work!

Hey for the crossover don't pick up the foot try to keep it on the ice you want to also lean into the circle I see that you kinda are out of it.But amazing work though.

Amazing

I'm 45, and I've been learning figure skating for a couple of years too. I support you, well done! Greetings from Russia!

I’m so sorry to hear that. You’ll be okay. Tip- off ice (stretching, off ice jumping and other training routines) pay off as well- even if you don’t get as much ice time, you’ll get through this rough patch. Just remember why you started.

Glad to see you again! I wasn’t sure but it looked for me that more than month passes since your previous video. Even thought about weighting you to ensure, are you doing well. Sad update, but I believe after all everything is for the good. Sometimes it’s good to take a pause and work on the existing skills. During the summer I had only one group lesson per week instead of 2-3, and then few weeks without lessons at all. but tried to practice by myself. And eventually I had good boost! My coach even asked me after “vacation” if I took private lessons 😅 because she was really impressed by my progress) And I hope you will find good new job and will be able to take as many classes, as you want. And maybe find new coach :) good luck!

Hello, Jen! I've already started to worry, glad to see you again. Hard times may happen, hope they don't last long. It's so nice to see a one-foot 3-turn! This is a great step forward! At one moment I decided I had mastered all kinds of 3-turns and could move on. But now I'm back to polishing my 3-turns because I need them to be better, much better to connect them to other steps and elements.

I'm also a 41-year old mom of two who started skating last year! Thanks for sharing your journey... its definitely harder at our age lol. Sorry to hear about your job situation and fingers crossed for you. Are there any outdoor rinks where you live? Here in Canada I am super lucky to have a free outdoor rink close to my home in winter and I can't wait for it to open.

never to old to rock :-] i am older, and still trying