PRACTICING. THEY’RE HEADED TO HEMITAGE PENNSYLVANIA TO COMPETE NEXT WEEK, FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP IN NEBRASKA. BUT WHAT EXACTLY DOES COMPETITIVE ROLLERSKATING ENTAIL? ONE OF THE COACHES EXPLAINS. “WE SKATE FIGURE SKATING, WHICH IS FOLLOWING THE LINES, AND DOING EDGES ON THE LINES, WE’RE
DOING DANCE SKATING WHICH IS DIFFERENT TEMPOS, WE DO FREE SKATING WHICH THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ROUTINES AND THEY DO JUMPS AND SPINS, AND WE HAVE TEAM SKATING WHERE THEY SKATE TOGETHER WITH A MALE AND FEMALE PARTNER” AS THE TEAM NEARS THE END OF THEIR SEASON, WHICH RUNS FROM
SEPTEMBER TO AUGUST, ONE MEMBER OF THE TEAM WHO ONLY STARTED SKATING ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, STANDS OUT. 8 YEAR OLD ZOEY SOMETIMES FINDS HERSELF COMPETING AGAINST SKATERS WHO ARE 12 AND 13. SHE TOOK HOME SOME SERIOUS HARDWAR AT PRE-REGIONALS AND REGIONALS…ZOEY HAS BEEN PRACTICING
HARD, AND WILL BE COMPETING IN 7 EVENTS AT THE CHAMPIONSHIP. “SHE STARTED OFF AS A REGULAR PERSON INTERESTED AND THEN QUICKLY WAS QUITE DEDICATED AND IT WAS OBVIOUS RIGHT OFF THE BAT SHE HAD TALENT FOR A PERSON HER AGE. YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH TELL RIGHT OFF THE BAT
WHETHER SOMEBODY’S GOING TO BE TALENTED, BUT IT’S NOT ALL IN TALENT IT ALSO DEDICATION AND SHE HAS BOTH” COMING UP AT 9 AM HERE ON NEWS10 ABC, THE YOUNG SKATER WILL BE JOINING US LIVE IN STUDIO TO TALK ABOUT HER WORK ETHIC AND
GOALS AS SHE GETS READY TO TRAVEL TO HERMITAGE TO COMPETE IN JUST ONE WEEK. WITH YO
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