Figure skating

Popping An Ollie Physics Around Campus Ryan Meehan Physics 102 Spring 2017 This is a picture of me popping an ollie in the basement of Dooley Hall. An ollie is the first trick that many skaters learn, as it is the foundation for almost every other trick and can help skaters avoid obstacles such as small cracks and rocks that could ruin your day, and knees. The physics behind popping an ollie is very interesting, and after teaching my friends, and kids that I babysit how to skate…

often sneaked away from the Edina hornets rink to go watch the figure skaters in the east arena. Aside from what people see on tv figure skating is highly competitive, and it takes just as much mental as physical strength. I started taking lessons at the age of 8, and I learned the basics quickly. I was winning most of my competitions and passing all my test levels until the summer before my junior year. At 16 I still loved figure skating and had a great passion for it, but the results on my…

“Apply all of your corrections, think about everything we have practiced, and have fun! Put your minds to what it is you want to accomplish.” These were the words of my synchronized skating coach before we took to the ice at Nationals. In February 2014, my team and I competed at the U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado. We had a great season leading up to this point, medaling at all but one competition and only missing that one by about half a point. This was…

young age, I have been very involved in athletics and competitive sports. From the age of 4 until age 7, I was part of a ballet, jazz, tap, and acro, competitive dance team. Later on, I moved to figure skating and trained in the sport for nine years. Unfortunately, I was forced to retire from skating, due to some serious calf issues involving 3 surgeries. For this reason, I transitioned to rowing; which is a non-impact sport that would allow me to continue training at a high-performance…

Chloe Kim became an increasingly eminent name in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. The California native started snowboarding at the age of 4, and became the prevailing female half-pipe champion in the world. Kim won her first medal in the X games at the age of 13, and has since earned 3 consecutive gold medals in the 2015-2016 games. This made her the only athlete in the history of the X Games to hold three gold medals before the age of 16. Kim was also the first woman to…

mom was sitting in a booth at the birth place of my new dream. I was a six year old girl, skating with the grace of swan and remembering everything I knew from my many years of experience. And as I finished my routine I realized at that very moment what my new dream was: to go into the Olympics for figure skating. I was thrilled when my mother realized that I have a dream of the Olympics and being the best figure skater. From that point forward I practiced every day for this to be a reality. The…

and 1928 women were allowed to compete in swimming, diving, skating, skiing, tennis, horseshoe pitching, table tennis, fencing, golf, field hockey,…

The Physics Behind Figure Skating Growing up as a child, I always went to the RDV and saw girls my age participating in figure skating. That is when my fascination began. However, I could not join because I was already committed to dancing. Additionally, a movie came out on Disney Channel when I was younger; it was called Ice Princess. The movie centered on a girl focused on physics and she had a similar project as mine: looking at the physics of ice-skating. As she spent time videotaping and…

Why!? Why I didn't start ice skating since when I was younger? I knew that I was into this sport and interested in spins and jumps. The moment that I experienced a love at first sight happened when I was in kindergarten. Before kindergarten, I wasn't really into any sports. In contrast, one day, I was watching the Olympics on TV with my family. I was watching women's figure skating session and all of the women athletes were practicing on ice. After the practice, face of every athlete…

blur, and imagine the ground rising up to meet you. Visualize the world spinning away while waiting for it to come back. Experience the sharp pain of falling, which will make you strive for the satisfaction of perfection. Welcome to the world of figure skating. This day began like any other day, waking up four in the morning to drive 30 miles down to Hackensack, New Jersey. I lived in that blue Honda Odyssey minivan that smelled like whatever meal I had eaten last. I slept, ate, and…