Figure skating is a sport of highly physical challenges augmented with elegant and demanding elements that are not equally pertinent to both genders the sport represents.
Everyone in the sport understands that the competitions, scores and judging nuances apply differently to each ice skating discipline. So, there will be obvious specifics to selecting music for Ladies, Men, Pairs and Ice Dance as well as age relevance. Music for Synchro, likewise, deserves special consideration.
As the skaters mature and their bodies develop, their music needs to keep up with that. Inversely, choosing skating music that is too premature for the skater’s age and ability to interpret it is not advantageous to that skater.
When music that is too advanced for them is given to young skaters, it does not help the skater appear more advanced. Instead, it usually underscores that the skater is not yet quite ready for this music. That is one very common mistake that can and should be avoided.
It is essential to select age-appropriate skating music. At the same time, the skater is expected to develop throughout his or her training season. The skater usually gets new music at the beginning of the ice skating season. Choose one that is only slightly advanced for the skater’s current skill. This will actually help make the skater appear stronger than their music, at first. During season, it will help him pull up and grow into it as his skill and emotional music interpretation increases. Such choice will help make an impression of a well-balanced skating program.
When the music is way too advanced and overwhelms the skating, it looks like the skater cannot rise to the challenge.
Bear in mind, that whenever a skater excels in a certain music genre, it is not recommended to remain with that same genre for several seasons. It is best to set it aside and try a new genre. Getting away from and returning when the skater is more advanced will help demonstrate just how much more advanced he or she had become. Anyhow, variety of genres is far better than always doing same old genre.
