The Impact of Physical Health on Performance
“I don’t know if my knee is going to hold up through this. I might fail.”
That’s the thought that drifted halfway through my Adult Silver Moves In The Field (MITF or “Moves”) test.
It was a sunny Saturday in March of 2021. Little did I know it was the beginning of a two-year string of physical hiccups that would block my ability to go to competition.
The Role of MITF in Figure Skating
My last competition was Adult Nationals in 2019. Thanks – or rather, no thanks – to the COVID-19 pandemic, all of us adult skaters pretty much lost the opportunity to practice and compete in 2020. I was hopeful for 2021, but suddenly, the outlook grew cloudy.
My right knee was buckling when I bent it too deeply, which is impossible to avoid in skating. Especially in MITF.
