My mom cracks me up sometimes, though unintentionally. The last time we went skating together, I worked on axels, and she came up to me and said, "That's twice today I've seen you fall on your wrist. I don't think you should work on those anymore." (She hadn't seen the other eight times.)
Recently I was chatting with a coach I don't know too well, and I mentioned I was considering testing in a few weeks but wasn't sure I'd be ready. He replied, "You just need to practice more." Oh yeah, I already spend all my free time and money at the rink, but it's really simple, just practice more!
My coach has told me a couple of times that I'm holding my leg like a dog about to pee. That always makes me fix the problem pretty quickly. Also, when I was learning flip jumps, my hands kept falling down in front of my legs, and she said, "There's nothing to protect there!"