skatingforums.com  

Go Back   skatingforums.com > Figure Skating > On Ice - Skaters

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #26  
Old 11-28-2005, 04:44 PM
Skate@Delaware Skate@Delaware is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Delaware
Posts: 3,188
Quote:
Originally Posted by Casey
and there's 2 other people on the ice. But suddenly, I find that my skills have seriously declined. Frustrated, I'll keep working on them, trying to alter this or that detail to get it back to being right. After an hour, 10 more people show up. Suddenly I can skate again. I think it's something about the distraction - having to keep an eye out for people perhaps, or maybe the additional challenge of doing things with less space to spare...
ooooh, I get sooo nervous when there's too many people on the ice!!! especially the little ones!!! egads! they NEVER watch where they are going and I'm not good enough to predict where they will show up next! The mom in me worries that I might hurt them. And I gave up going to the popular Friday and Saturday sessions because of the dangerous hockey kids.

I love being the only one there! I can FOCUS on doing everything without being disturbed, and run down my laundry list of moves. When I'm the only one on the ice, I can get more done!
__________________
Skate@Delaware
Ah, show skating!!! I do it for the glitter!
Reply With Quote
  #27  
Old 11-28-2005, 05:42 PM
e-skater e-skater is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 166
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrs Redboots
I believe trying too hard is a very common fault in adult skaters - which is why, sometimes, our coaches will just tell us to "shut up and skate!"
Annabel, you know it's bad when your friends (and mine are truly evil, I'm convinced, through and through ) yell it out to you whilst you are skating!!! I've been hearing this one a lot lately!!!! Must be those painful new dramatic program run throughs. I guess you can actually see me ticking off the checklist as I sometimes flow , sometimes halt, through the thing!
Reply With Quote
  #28  
Old 11-29-2005, 08:07 AM
Mrs Redboots Mrs Redboots is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: London, UK
Posts: 1,452
Quote:
Originally Posted by emma
I dont think you can ever try to hard. Most coaches love it when a student really tries and works hard on getting a new jump or new move. The harder you work the better you get !!!!! Your body gets the idea when learning something new by trying it over and over.So if that is trying to hard i would keep on doing what you are doing!
There's a difference between working hard and trying too hard, though. Yes, of course we need to work hard - but sometimes we simply aren't getting the element, and the more we try, the worse it gets (like my cross-cuts this morning, grrrr) until we have to give it up in despair.

Don't forget that, as well as practice making perfect, practice also makes permanent - we don't want to get a mistake ingrained in muscle memory.....
__________________
Mrs Redboots
~~~~~~~~
I love my computer because my friends live in it!
Ice dancers have lovely big curves!



Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:45 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2010, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © 2002 - 2005 skatingforums.com. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2002 Graphics by Dustin. May not be used without permission.
Posts may not be reproduced without the first obtaining the written consent of the poster.