Elementary figure skating team competes abroad
Elementary figure skating team competes abroad
2025-03-26
Mingdao Elementary School in Taipei has a figure skating team. From 2016 to 2019, they represented Taiwan at the World Championships, and in the 2018 Asian Championships, they got second place in the four-person division. But at the start, the school just wanted the students to have a safe place to go after class and to release some pent-up energy.
Each lift of the hand and leg is in unison, perfectly timed with the music as they change formation. This is the figure skating team at Mingdao Elementary School in Taipei. They might be young, but they have a surprising power that arrests attention.
Seeking a high score in competition by making no mistakes, they practice hard every weekday. The team members gather after school to train. They’re not afraid of falling. Their only wish is to compete on ever higher, ever bigger stages.
Tang Ko-jou
Skating team member
You can learn some dance moves, some different kinds of jumps, different turns. When working as a team, we can get different results. I think it’s great.
Skating team member
I used to be shy, but after I joined the skating team, I became a little more outgoing.
At first, the school just wanted to give the students a safe place to go after class and to let off some steam. But as they started doing well in competitions, more students started to join. The coaches treat the students like their own children. Aside from skating, they also help with their homework, and even prepare eggs for them to eat every day to replenish their protein after practice.
Tang Chu-wei
Skating team coach
I wanted to go to a remote school to help less advantaged students. But when I first came here, I discovered that Taipei has a school with many students like that. So I thought, since there’s a school like that nearby in Taipei, I’ll go there.
Many students who graduate from Mingdao Elementary come back on their breaks to share their experiences with their younger classmates. The team is like a big happy family, passing on the torch so that everyone can skate onward toward their future.
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動作整齊劃一 明道國小溜冰隊溜向世界
2025-03-26
台北市的明道國小，有一支花式溜冰隊，從2016年開始到2019年，都代表台灣參加世界錦標賽，也在2018年亞洲錦標賽中，奪得四人團體花式亞軍，不過一開始，校方只是想讓學生們，放學後能有安全的去處，同時釋放精力。
舉手抬腳，動作整齊劃一，隨著音樂節奏，變換隊形，他們是台北市明道國小溜冰隊的成員，小小年紀，卻有驚人的爆發力，讓人看了目不轉睛。
想在比賽時不失誤，奪得好成績，通通離不開平日的苦練，溜冰隊的成員，每天放學後，都會集合練習，不畏懼一次次的跌倒，只希望可以站上更高、更大的舞台。
[[明道國小溜冰隊成員 唐可柔]]
“可以學到一些舞蹈肢體的動作，可以學到不同的跳，不同的轉，團隊合作的時候，可以拿不同的成績，我覺得特別好”
[[明道國小溜冰隊成員]]
“原本我怕生，但是一到溜冰隊來，就變得更活潑了點”
一開始，校方只是想讓學生們，放學後能有安全的去處，同時釋放精力，但隨著溜冰隊溜出好成績，愈來愈多學生想參加，教練更是把學生們當成自己的孩子，除了教溜冰，還要輔導功課，甚至每天都會準備水煮蛋、茶葉蛋，在練習後，讓學生們補充蛋白質。
[[明道國小溜冰隊教練 唐竺瑋]]
“(想到)偏鄉去服務弱勢學生，因為我當時來這邊的時候發現，原來台北市裡面有一個學校，是裡面蠻多弱勢生的，所以我當時就覺得說，既然在台北裡面就有這個學校，那我就就近服務”
不少從明道國小畢業的學生們，只要放假都會回來傳授經驗，教導學弟妹，溜冰隊更像個溫暖大家庭，希望一棒接一棒，一起溜向世界。
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