tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679510245284968389.post8464975492952474526..comments2024-03-20T05:41:12.410-04:00Comments on The Ice Doesn't Care: Breaking Up is Hard to DoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679510245284968389.post-11302405253038699112013-06-13T16:35:26.095-04:002013-06-13T16:35:26.095-04:00It's a business arrangement and not a marriage...It's a business arrangement and not a marriage (as I always tell people) just be polite and like Babette mentioned, make sure you are paid up. Many coaches share this type of info amongst themselves, it's a bit like maintaining a good credit rating by paying your bills on time. I also prefer not to burn bridges if possible. Lorihttp://iceskatingforeveryone.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679510245284968389.post-36173059238153171762013-06-13T14:19:29.310-04:002013-06-13T14:19:29.310-04:00I would prefer to give notice, as it gives the coa...I would prefer to give notice, as it gives the coach less reason to complain, but if the coach is being verbally abusive, I would leave too. <br /><br />The rules for elite skaters seems to have loosened up in the last decade. Skaters leave all the time, sometimes quite abruptly. Didn't Frank Carroll have a skater who left and he only found out through the news?Babbette Duboisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05721808053479678691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679510245284968389.post-65071464479957318542013-06-13T11:05:13.136-04:002013-06-13T11:05:13.136-04:00I adore my former coach. But she went and got hers...I adore my former coach. But she went and got herself a day job. I skate weekday mornings and Sundays. She has church on Sundays. So the only freestyles she could coach me were weekday afternoons (ick) and the hella early Saturday mornings. I don't DO mornings. She was fine about me finding a new one.<br /><br />Years ago, in another state, my coach was started to get ornery and rude with my skating. I was starting to dread lessons. So I switched, just like that, to someone new. I gave no notice. I figure I'm not an elite skater. I can switch coaches whenever I want. But this was back before internets. <br /><br />Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09305706048178256604noreply@blogger.com