singerskates
06-01-2005, 11:04 AM
Weird, Wacky and Wonderful Day On Ice
First the weird: My coach who shows up at the rink 99% of the time
didn't show up and no one new why. It wasn't until this morning before
going to my chiroprator's when I called her did I find out. She was
sick and she still is sick sounding aweful. I hope she gets better
soon. She says she's coming tonight but...
Now the wacky: I hardly ever fall on the ice unless it's because the
coach makes me laugh to hard and I loose all my strength because of
it. But yesterday, we had guest skaters. There was this one guest
skater who might have been 7 or 8 doing lower end double jumps and
stuff who decided to not look where she was going or notice that I was
in a lesson. She skated right into my jump path where I would have
landed properly if she would not have been there. I had just taken off
on a waltz jump when I noticed her about to cross my path, so instead
of killing her, I tried to stop but couldn't stop clean. I ended up
smashing up my left knee good. It did't hurt and still doesn't but it
sure swelled up big time. I stayed on the ice on my banged up knee a
bit and the coaches came running to see if I was Ok but I told them
I'd live and that I was just applying some ice to my knee. LOL It's
already there. Then a minute later I got back up and back to business.
Then the other wacky thing happened: I was heading to the boards and
then turned to go along the boards and then stop when I hit this
extremely bumpy patch of ice (needs to be shaved down big time). My
blade just kept on skipping instead of skidding on the ice so I made
the mistake of grabbing the boards and tore my right shoulder ( the
one that has the rotator cuff injury almost all healed). This was a
rink maintenence issue.
Now the wonderful: I have not been trying camels all that much before
I got my boot/blade problem fixed. But I tried about 6 of them. 3 of
them are just a half short of 2 revs and the other 3 were 1 rev camels.
EAch one had my leg up properly. Back spin is very close to being
there. Just need more practice and more guts. I figured out my loop
issue. I seem to be landing with my foot already on an inside edge
while in the air and my free leg pops out of position because of it.
Same with the flip. Now that I've found the problem, I've started to
fix it.
I'm getting 2 hours of ticket ice today and then another 1 and half of
club ice and hour later after the ticket ice. This will give me a
chance to work on my backspin, camel, loop and flip. I need to conquer
these elements for next Wednesday's test.
So what is weird, wacky and wonderful about your day on the ice? Drop
a line.
First the weird: My coach who shows up at the rink 99% of the time
didn't show up and no one new why. It wasn't until this morning before
going to my chiroprator's when I called her did I find out. She was
sick and she still is sick sounding aweful. I hope she gets better
soon. She says she's coming tonight but...
Now the wacky: I hardly ever fall on the ice unless it's because the
coach makes me laugh to hard and I loose all my strength because of
it. But yesterday, we had guest skaters. There was this one guest
skater who might have been 7 or 8 doing lower end double jumps and
stuff who decided to not look where she was going or notice that I was
in a lesson. She skated right into my jump path where I would have
landed properly if she would not have been there. I had just taken off
on a waltz jump when I noticed her about to cross my path, so instead
of killing her, I tried to stop but couldn't stop clean. I ended up
smashing up my left knee good. It did't hurt and still doesn't but it
sure swelled up big time. I stayed on the ice on my banged up knee a
bit and the coaches came running to see if I was Ok but I told them
I'd live and that I was just applying some ice to my knee. LOL It's
already there. Then a minute later I got back up and back to business.
Then the other wacky thing happened: I was heading to the boards and
then turned to go along the boards and then stop when I hit this
extremely bumpy patch of ice (needs to be shaved down big time). My
blade just kept on skipping instead of skidding on the ice so I made
the mistake of grabbing the boards and tore my right shoulder ( the
one that has the rotator cuff injury almost all healed). This was a
rink maintenence issue.
Now the wonderful: I have not been trying camels all that much before
I got my boot/blade problem fixed. But I tried about 6 of them. 3 of
them are just a half short of 2 revs and the other 3 were 1 rev camels.
EAch one had my leg up properly. Back spin is very close to being
there. Just need more practice and more guts. I figured out my loop
issue. I seem to be landing with my foot already on an inside edge
while in the air and my free leg pops out of position because of it.
Same with the flip. Now that I've found the problem, I've started to
fix it.
I'm getting 2 hours of ticket ice today and then another 1 and half of
club ice and hour later after the ticket ice. This will give me a
chance to work on my backspin, camel, loop and flip. I need to conquer
these elements for next Wednesday's test.
So what is weird, wacky and wonderful about your day on the ice? Drop
a line.