bodies_in_motion

Figure skating at the enthused adult amateur level isn't necessarily about technique (depending on the coach - they shuffle the classes every term, depending on coach availability and how fast the class is progressing), although they do incrementally teach a lot of skills. I think it took about 2 years to get to the very first spins and jumps, and I feel I've barely got better at some of them in the intervening 2.5 years! It's really interesting in one way, that the more I feel like one of those 'in motion' pics of the really good skaters, the more likely it is that the jump or spin will work -- some of that posture really is about the physics!