What Is a Figure Skating Coaching Family Tree?:
Every figure skater took lessons from another figure skater. That figure skater learned how to skate from a certain coach, and that coach gained knowledge from someone else. A coach's group of students were/are kind of like cousins or even brothers and sisters.
Every figure skater is connected through a coaching family tree.
Figure Skating Knowledge Is Passed From One Generation to Another:
Figure skaters usually know one another in "generations" that are about ten years apart. For example, competitive figure skaters from the 1960s and 1970s may have known one another as children. Some of those skaters went on to become ice skating coaches in the 1980s. The skaters trained by those coaches may have begun teaching skating in the 1990s or in 2000. Figure skating knowledge is passed from generation to generation.
Make Your Own Figure Skating Coaching Family Tree:
Who was your main figure skating coach? Did you have many other coaches? Who were the coaches of your ice skating coaches? When and where did you take lessons? Where and when did your coach(es) take lessons? Where did their coaches train and who taught them?
Passing the Joy of Skating On:
Are you a figure skating coach? Did any of your ice skating students go on to become figure skating coaches? Did any of your students become ice skating champions? How many skaters have you taught? How many of your skating students have passed their love of skating on to others?
Every Figure Skater Is Connected to Another Figure Skater:
Put all this information together and you will see how figure skaters of all generations are connected. It seems like every figure skater is somehow connected to another figure skater.
