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Staycation Challenge 5/22




DAY 2: PODIUM RESULTS - Too Much Tuesday!

GOLD: Maddie C - 34 Points!!!!

SILVER: Sydney R - 32.5 Points!!!

BRONZE: Sasha S - 28.75 Points!!

PEWTER: Mia C 26.75 Points!



I know some people can't participate every day for various reasons. DON'T SWEAT IT! Every day is a new day!! I think it's awesome that everyone is doing what they can when they can. KEEP IT UP!



STAYCATION CHALLENGE: Monday, Tuesday & Friday

SHARP4Sports: Mondays - 2:45 ET

OFF-ICE JUMP CLASS: Tuesdays - 3:00 ET

SHARP4Sports: Wednesdays - 1:45 ET

SHARP4Sports: Thursdays - 1:15 ET

OFF-ICE JUMP CLASS: Fridays - 3:00 ET

CLASSROOM: Saturdays - 12:00 ET


TUESDAY & FRIDAY

CLICK HERE to join Off-ice @ 3:00

Meeting ID: 842 1053 6504

Password: 008059

DAILY WORK OUTS SENT IN:

SEND A QUICK CLIP OF YOUR DAILY WORKOUT: 5 POINTS!

I know some of you worked out and didn't have a chance to record it. IT'S A NEW DAY! Send one today!

  • Joy X

  • Mia C

  • Maddie C

  • Sam R

  • Sasha S

  • Sydney R

  • Tahani D

YESTERDAY'S PHYSICAL CHALLENGE: Heel Drop Butt Lifts!

Everyone who enters gets 3 Points!

WINNERS: TIE! Maddie C & Sydney R


YESTERDAY'S VIDEO CONTEST: Too Much!

WINNERS: Maddie C & Sydney R for this CLUTTERED Zagitova!


FASHION POLICE CATEGORY: Too Little Too Late

WINNER: Tahani D & Maddie C For this BARELY THERE feathered look...

HONORABLE MENTIONS: Fabric must be expensive!



2 FOR TUESDAYS TRIVIA: Questions

  • Send me the longest list of SINGLES skaters who've won both the Junior AND Senior US National titles.

  • How much is a PLUS TWO +2 worth on an element? Scale of Values: HERE

YESTERDAY'S TRIVIA: Answers

MEN

  • Sherwin Badger: Junior 1918 Senior 1920-1924

  • Roger Turner: Junior 1926 Senior 1928-1934

  • Robin Lee: Junior 1932 Senior 1935-1939

  • Eugene Turner: Junior 1938 Senior 1940 and 1941

  • Arthur Vaughn: Junior 1939 Senior 1943

  • Robert Specht: Junior 1940 Senior 1942

  • Hayes Jenkins: Junior 1948 Senior 1953-1956

  • David Jenkins: 1953 Senior 1957-1960

  • Tim Wood: Junior 1964 Senior 1968-1970

  • Scott Hamilton: Junior 1976 Senior 1981-1984

  • Brian Boitano: Junior 1978 Senior 1985-1988 

  • Christopher Bowman: Junior 1983 Senior 1989,1992

  • Todd Eldredge: Junior 1988 Senior 1990,1991,1995, 1997, 1998, 2002 

  • Scott Davis: Junior 1990 Senior 1993, 1994 

  • Michael Weiss: Junior 1993 Senior 1999, 2000, 2003 

  • Timothy Goebel: Junior 1996 Senior 2001 

  • Ryan Bradley: Junior 1999 Senior 2011

  • Evan Lysacek: Junior 2000 Senior 2007, 2008 

  • Jeremy Abbott: Junior 2005 Senior 2012, 2014

  • Jason Brown: Junior 2010 Senior 2015

  • Nathan Chen: Junior 2012 and 2014 Senior 2017-2020

LADIES

  • Beatrix Loughran: Junior 1921 Senior 1925-1927

  • Maribel Vinson: Junior 1924 Senior 1928-1933, 1935-1937

  • Suzanne Davis: Junior 1927 Senior 1934

  • Joan Tozzer: Junior 1937 Senior 1938-1940 

  • Gretchen Merrill: Junior 1939 Senior 1943-1948

  • Yvonne Claire Sherman: Junior 1947 Senior 1949,1950

  • Sonya Klopfer: Junior 1949 Senior 1951

  • Tenley Albright: Junior 1950 Senior 1952-1956

  • Carol Heiss: Junior 1952 Senior 1957-1960

  • Barbara Ann Roles: Junior 1958 Senior 1962

  • Laurence Owen: Junior 1959 Senior 1961

  • Janet Lynn: Junior 1966 Senior 1969-1973

  • Elaine Zayak: Junior 1979 Senior 1981

  • Jill Trenary: Junior 1985 Senior 1987, 1989, 1990

  • Kimmie Meissner :Junior 2004 Senior 2007

  • Mirai Nagasu: Junior 2007 Senior 2008

  • Gracie Gold: Junior 2012 Senior 2014, 2016

  • Bradie Tennell: Junior 2015 Senior 2018

  • Alysa Liu: Junior 2018 Senior 2019,  2020

+2 is worth 20% of the base value of the element.

YESTERDAY'S GAME: You Be The Judge!

Picking a Partner! I want you to SELECT A PAIR PARTNER for these skaters and give me a quick 1 sentence reason WHY you chose that partner for them. (1 point each)

  • Michelle Kwan

  • Jason Brown

  • Alysa Liu

  • Bradie Tennell

  • Nathan Chen


YOU BE THE JUDGE: Who You Picked

Michelle Kwan

  • Evan Lysacek: they are both technical and artistic.

  • Todd Eldredge: because there is a good height difference (6 inches), there jumps look similar and it would be cool to see a righty/ lefty pair.

  • Patrick Chan: Their both artistic and strong on the component side

  • Yuzuru Hanyu: because they are both super awesome and have really good technique.

  • Adam Rippon: because they are both very flowy and expressive skaters

  • Max Aaron: because they both represent strength.

Jason Brown

  • Mirai Nagasu: they are both so sweet and both artistic and technical. Their personalities will click.

  • Amber Glenn: because they both perform with so much emotion and incredible skating skills

  • Mariah Bell: because they are both smooth on the ice and have fun personalities

  • Alena Kostoryana: because they both are amazing artists on the ice who could skate an amazing program together

  • Evgenia Medvedeva: because they both show emotion in their dances, their performance is really good and might be even better together.

  • Sasha Cohen: They can do matching Russian Splits

Alysa Liu

  • Vincent Zhou: they are both young, so it will give them a lot of time to progress and excel.

  • Vincent Zhou: because they match on jump levels

  • Johnny Weir: because I think seeing Alysa with fancy clothes on would be amazing.

  • Yuzuru Hanyu: because there is a huge height difference and their jumps are similar

  • Nathan Chen: because side-by-side quad lutzs would be tough to beat

  • Shoma Uno: because they are both good jumpers

Bradie Tennell

  • Yuzuru Hanyu: They are both really graceful, so they will flow together.

  • Evgeni Plushenko: because they are both awesome skaters.

  • Javier Fernandez: because they are both very dramatic skaters

  • Evan Lysacek: because they are both tall.

  • Evan Lysacek: They are both from Chicago and their jumps are almost identical

  • Evan Lysacek: because they are both very tall and have a similar skating style.

Nathan Chen

  • Karen Chen: Nathan Chen is pretty short for a guy, and Karen Chen is pretty short as well, so height won’t matter. They are also both really strong skaters.

  • Alexandra Trusova: because they could dominate technically 

  • Sasha Trusova: because then they are the quad queens and kings 

  • Yuna Kim: because they have both been a two time world champ and both have set records and they might be even better as pairs.

  • Alexandra Trusova: because they are both powerful jumpers

  • Yuzuru Hanyu: Because they're rivals.


GREAT JOB!!!

TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED TUESDAY!!!



As always, EVERYTHING is FREE and EVERYONE is WELCOME, SO TELL YOUR FRIENDS!


 


STAYCATION CHALLENGE is 5/22 Today is Flashback Friday to the 70's: The Bradie Bunch


with special guest 2018 US National Champion...

BRADIE TENNELL



THANK YOU to EVERYONE who attended my classes at...

YOU made them so successful they've ask me to teach MORE classes in the coming week!

HOW IT WORKS: I'll be keeping track at home and updating you all on yesterday's scoreboard! You can earn points in a few ways:

5 Points:

  • Submitting a clip of your daily off-ice workout

  • Submitting a winning clip of your physical challenge


3 Points:

  • Winning a contest

  • Submitting a clip of your physical challenge

  • Correctly answering trivia


2+ Points:

  • Showing your work on trivia or games


1 Point:

  • Submitting an entry into a contest

  • Submitting an entry into a challenge

  • Submitting an answer for trivia

  • Submitting an answer for a game

DAILY WORKOUT: TOM FRIDAYS: Remember OFF-ICE at 3:00!

OR

ANY CLASS: Sharp4Sports.com


I'LL BE TEACHING MORE CLASSES NEXT WEEK

Registration Opening Soon!


CONTESTS: TODAYS PHYSICAL CHALLENGE: Russian Twists!

  • Set your timer for 45 SEC

  • MAXIMUM repetitions in 45 seconds WINS!

  • See video for FORM STANDARD

  • HOLDING YOUR SKATE!!!!!


FAMILY PHYSICAL CHALLENGE: Balance! (Monday thru Friday)

  • See below for FORM STANDARD

  • Arms FOLDED & EYES CLOSED

  • Set your timer for 60 seconds

  • Best balance WINS!

  • You can submit BOTH feet and I will use the stronger of the 2

  • You get 5 POINTS for submitting EACH family member on the day you send in! (2 per skater)

  • Winning family member's skater gets an additional 5 POINTS added to their total at the end of the week!

  • Children, spouses, aunts, uncles, grandparents, siblings all WELCOME!


VIDEO CHALLENGE: The category is...


Send me the best program you can find, I'll judge and the winners will be announced and have their entries shared.


  • Tom, Bradie and Giselle! Best GISELLE PERFORMANCE of all time!

FASHION POLICE: The category is...


  • Best of Bradie: Favorite Bradie Tennell FASHION moment!

PHOTO BOMB: The category is...


  • Bradie Bunch: Funniest BRADY BUNCH PHOTO OR MEME you can find!


TODAY'S TRIVIA: Today's Question...

  • Made in Chicago: Send me the longest list of US INTERNATIONAL competitors from the CHICAGO area. (.25 point each)

GAME: You Be The Judge! Picking music! I want you to SELECT AN EXHIBITION PROGRAM for BRADIE and give me a quick 1 sentence reason WHY you chose that song for her. (3 points)


Submit all entries to: MATT@MatthewLindCoaching.com

IF ANYONE WANTS OFF ICE ROTATIONS FEEDBACK YOU CAN ALSO SEND ME A VIDEO AND I WILL RESPOND OR FACETIME WHEN I CAN!

I WANT YOUR IDEAS AND FEEDBACK! If you have an idea for a theme or a contest!

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