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Poll

Where do you go for figure skating information?

n/a
0 (0%)
www.skatingforums.com
43 (24%)
Facebook group or key friends
19 (10.6%)
Twitter
5 (2.8%)
Another message board
16 (8.9%)
Skating organization: ISA, ISI, ISU, NZIFSA, Skate Canada, USFSA, etc.
35 (19.6%)
Magazines: World Figure Skating, Blades on Ice, etc.
7 (3.9%)
Articles online or printed
16 (8.9%)
Coach
32 (17.9%)
Other
6 (3.4%)

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Offline FigureSpins

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Information Survey
« on: August 12, 2013, 03:18:36 PM »
From what sources do you get figure skating information?
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Re: Information Survey
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2013, 03:43:12 PM »
We can only vote for ONE?

I use all of these sources.
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Re: Information Survey
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2013, 04:19:53 PM »
Rats!  Thought I checked that box and it's not letting me edit it now.  Let's go with "most often used."
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Re: Information Survey
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2013, 04:37:53 PM »
I thought it was interesting that "Coach" was not an option in the poll.

Anyway, I've gotten so much incredibly useful information from this forum about everything from equipment to testing to competitions to choosing a coach, music or apparel. It's made me feel much more relaxed when I go into a situation like testing for the first time because I've known what I might expect thanks to the contributions of members here.

Very useful indeed.
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Re: Information Survey
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2013, 05:15:00 PM »
May I humbly suggest to start another poll with multi check? otherwise sfs will win hands down. Thanks mod!

Actually I get most of the info here for my own skating. spectator skating is another story.
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Re: Information Survey
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2013, 05:15:30 PM »
the forum and wiki...

But I don't really count.... :blush:
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Re: Information Survey
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2013, 05:31:13 PM »
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I thought it was interesting that "Coach" was not an option in the poll.

I second this thought.  Though I suppose you could use the "other" option for coach. 

As much as I enjoy reading the forums the final authority on figure skating for me is my coach.
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Re: Information Survey
« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2013, 05:38:07 PM »
Poll updated
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Re: Information Survey
« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2013, 06:12:09 PM »
I guess it really depends on what information I need. Obviously my coaches have final say on all things technique, etc. However, my friends on Facebook and everyone here are also good sounding boards when I'm just not quite understanding something. Mainly use Facebook to figure out who's going where for what competitions, new products, or general skating issues. Mainly use USFS website for rule book, pattern dance list, that sort of thing. Spectator stuff is icenetwork and twitter. Drills and exercises for fun is twitter for the most part.
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Re: Information Survey
« Reply #9 on: August 20, 2013, 12:34:33 PM »
What drills and exercises are on Twitter?
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Re: Information Survey
« Reply #10 on: August 20, 2013, 01:38:55 PM »
Some of the coaches (like Tom Zakrajsek or Audrey Weisiger) use twitter and Facebook to put up their instagram or youtube videos of different drills and such. Sometimes my skating friends share them on there too.
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