{"id":793,"date":"2005-03-26T21:56:52","date_gmt":"2005-03-27T04:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kattywilly.com\/blog\/?p=793"},"modified":"2005-03-26T21:56:52","modified_gmt":"2005-03-27T04:56:52","slug":"driver-has-no-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kattywilly.com\/blog\/?p=793","title":{"rendered":"Driver has no cash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Julie wonders<\/a> “What would I do if one of my daughters wanted to pursue figure skating or something similiar?”<\/p>\n

We tried all kinds of athletic endevours as the girls were growing up. 
\nWe tried Ballet, Gymnastics, Soccer, and living in Florida there is the
\nrequisite swimming lessons.  As I remember it and Cindy isn’t here to
\ncorrect me \ud83d\ude41 but we tried skating with our youngest as an attempt to
\nfix our view that she was walking “funny”.  I think she had a tendency
\nto walk with her toes pointed outward and someone told us that we
\nshould put her in skating lessons as that would force her to keep her
\nfeet pointed straight.  It didn’t take long for our older daughter to
\njoin in as she was tagging along anyway and skating looked to be more
\nfun than sitting on the bench.<\/p>\n

I think one of the things that attracted our girls to skating was that
\nit focused on the individual.  When we were playing soccer we had
\ntroubles with the team aspect.  Lindsey in particular would pay close
\nattention to all the instructions of the coach and do her best to do
\nexactly what she was instructed to do.  When the coach said don’t go
\npast the 40 yard line when you are on defense, you would see Lindsey
\nstanding alone back on the other side of the field as this swarm of
\nkids followed the ball all around the other end of the field.  Several
\nof the boys on the team were less focused.  I think that Lindsey
\ndeveloped a certain amount of internal stress because of her fear that
\nthe coach would be angry with the team because of the behavior of her
\nteammates which she had no control over.  Chelsey was on a team with a
\nsuperstar, the coach’s daughter, who got all the attention and playing
\ntime.  So the team sports didn’t seem to apeal to the girls.<\/p>\n

Figure skating was a way for them to excell at their own pace.  There
\nwere some skaters that were better than they were and others that were
\nnot as accomplished as they were yet.  But it didn’t affect the way the
\ngirls skated.  They were able to work hard on their own to get to the
\nnext level and it didn’t matter what the other skaters were doing. As
\nlong as they did what the coach asked and were able to improve they
\nwere happy.<\/p>\n

I personally like figure skating for the girls.  As a discipline figure
\nskating requires plenty of physical effort.  They constantly work on
\nendurance, strength, flexibility, balance, and plenty of falling with
\nstyle.  For a sport that looks like ballet on ice it sure is ugly and
\npainful while they learn to do it smooth and graceful.  Then there is
\nthe whole performance aspect of the sport.  As a individual sport it is
\nlike few others in the way each competition is also a performance.  An
\nattmept to make a very physical and demanding routine look effortless,
\ngraceful and beautiful.  I can’t imagine a sport that I myself would be
\nmore terrified of.  But Lindsey seems to thrive on the discipline, and
\nreally enjoy the performing.<\/p>\n

One last thing, there are a few cars in the parking lot at the rink
\nwith the following on the rear windows, “Driver has no cash – daughters
\nare figure skaters”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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