{"id":1097,"date":"2008-07-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/2008\/07\/01\/michelle-scott\/"},"modified":"2008-07-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-01T00:00:00","slug":"michelle-scott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/michelle-scott\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Scott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1096\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/michelle-scott\/michelle_scott\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/michelle_scott.jpg?fit=127%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"127,175\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"michelle_scott\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/michelle_scott.jpg?fit=127%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-1096\" style=\"margin: 3px; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/michelle_scott.jpg?resize=127%2C175&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"michelle_scott\" width=\"127\" height=\"175\" \/>The day I decided to retire from competitive skating changed my life immensely. After much thought I came to the conclusion that I was happy with what I did with my skating and needed to leave my competitive career behind me and see what new obstacles the future would bring. Adapting to a new lifestyle was difficult at first but slowly got easier. While I was competing I attended school but not full time. I was fortunate enough that my school allowed me to only attend 6 class periods out of 8 and miss gym class and lunch. I left school everyday at 12:20 unlike all of my other classmates. My classmates would always say, \u201cI wish I figure skated so I could leave early.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> When I stopped competitive skating I was entering my senior year and wanted to make it my best since I had missed out the past 3 years. I attended school for 7 class periods including gym (which I hadn\u2019t taken since 8th grade). As a senior I was given the privilege of leaving one class period early. Since I wasn\u2019t skating I worked really hard in all my classes. I had honor roll 3 marking periods this year and straight A\u2019s the other marking period.<\/p>\n<p> I finally was able to get involved in school activities and decided to join my classmates in the Powder Puff Football game that takes place once a year. The game was played between the senior girls and the junior girls and our cheerleaders were the guys. This was the first big social event I participated in outside of skating. I also went on my senior trip down in Florida at Disney World and went to my senior prom, where my brother won Prom King. Along with school activities I also got a real job at a local restaurant as a hostess. At the time I was coaching group lessons at my local skating rink as well. Well one day I was rushing to work at the restaurant, running out of my house (in heels) and sprained my ankle. This was the same ankle I injured 4 years before and had skated on it for those 4 years. Unfortunately I couldn\u2019t work as a hostess anymore and had to sit on the side lines at the Powder Puff game cheering my classmates on.<\/p>\n<p> A month later I had arthroscopic surgery on my ankle, 2 days before Christmas. The surgery went well and I was in a cast for 2 weeks and on crutches for a total of 6 weeks. I went to physical therapy 3 days a week for a few months and I am now finally getting back to being the active girl I use to be. I currently am working on getting a freestyle program choreographed so I can eventually test my novice, junior, and senior free program. I still am not able to really jump yet but with time I\u2019ll be getting back to that. I also will be taking the last of dance tests within the next couple of years. I coach a few days a week and have 3 of my own students who all placed first at their first competition in May. I recently graduated in the top 20 percent of my class and in the Fall I will be attending Widener University for Psychology and a Doctorate\u2019s degree in Physical Therapy. For the time being I am enjoying my first summer at home and not living away to train, hanging out with my extremely supportive boyfriend and shopping for cool dorm things! Skating will always be a part of my life and I hope to continue coaching and once done schooling apply my help to skaters and other athletes who have injuries like I did.<\/p>\n<p> ~ Michelle Scott<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The day I decided to retire from competitive skating changed my life immensely. 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