So, my coach wants me to test for adult skating, but I'm not too sure on how I feel about that. I've read the 2018 rule book and I saw that there was no age limit for testing the normal track for figure skating, nor competing age limit for my age, 20. As of now, I'm not really interested in competing due to college and everything else that could happen my senior year. I do know that I want to coach - I love to help with learn to skate at my local rink at college and at home (two separate rinks). So, I feel like testing the normal track would help me gain a better feel and understanding for my future career and mentees/students. But, my coach said that I couldn't master the normal testing track in time and that I'd need 20 years; on the flip side, my coach wants me to test for adult pre-bronze, adult bronze, and adult silver ASAP - like she's planning on getting a judge to come to the rink for adult pre-bronze and adult bronze, then to go test location in Ohio in a few weeks for adult silver.
Mind you, I started official lessons with my current coach early March and have only had 5 lessons, all either 30 minutes (2) or an hour long (3), with her; I practice an additional 4-6 hours on my own throughout the week, and on occasion the other coach will give me pointers when she's giving lessons and we're both on the ice at the same time. Other background knowledge: I've been skating since I was a kid, learning from an past Olympic hopeful and her ice dancing father, so my coach and I have been refining my skills and tuning them to my coach's expectations. Leading up to the Ohio test date, it's been planned that we'll be going over adult gold and working on jumps, seeing that doubles and axel are next on the to do list with various spins.
I'm wondering if I could test for both adult figure skating tests and the normal test route (preliminary, pre-juvenile, juvenile, intermediate, novice, junior, and senior tests). Just curious if I could do both, nothing else.
Please: no rude comments or anything.
Mind you, I started official lessons with my current coach early March and have only had 5 lessons, all either 30 minutes (2) or an hour long (3), with her; I practice an additional 4-6 hours on my own throughout the week, and on occasion the other coach will give me pointers when she's giving lessons and we're both on the ice at the same time. Other background knowledge: I've been skating since I was a kid, learning from an past Olympic hopeful and her ice dancing father, so my coach and I have been refining my skills and tuning them to my coach's expectations. Leading up to the Ohio test date, it's been planned that we'll be going over adult gold and working on jumps, seeing that doubles and axel are next on the to do list with various spins.
I'm wondering if I could test for both adult figure skating tests and the normal test route (preliminary, pre-juvenile, juvenile, intermediate, novice, junior, and senior tests). Just curious if I could do both, nothing else.
Please: no rude comments or anything.