dbny
03-02-2007, 07:26 PM
I feel that I really haven't made any progress since leaving my old coach almost two years ago. It was so disheartening! Even with my new coach, whom I like a lot, I haven't been able to drum up the enthusiasm to practice enough, and have been thinking fairly often about quitting.
I didn't skate at all last week, but did ski a half day. I skated for myself one morning this week, and noticed F power pulls on R foot were happening rather well, but nothing else seemed to be working. Today I went to the rink where I have my lessons, not knowing for sure if I had one scheduled or not. As soon as I stepped onto the ice, everything felt right. The hardness of the ice was perfect, and the other skaters felt that too. At first I couldn't spin, then I remembered my coach telling me to stay down on a bent knee, and then I hit every one I tried. I asked DH to spot me on my FI and FO threes, as I can always do good ones with just a tiny spot. I've been trying to figure out what does it for about 3 years, and today I cracked it. Reaching for that spotting hand puts me on the front of the blade and even moves my leading shoulder in just enough to initiate the turn. Now all I have to do is imagine reaching, and I can do the turns!!! I did have a lesson, and everything went amazingly well. I asked to work on Prelim power 3's, and my coach changed the step forward in such a way that I can do it! I really do believe that my old coach was just wrong about it. Finally, I asked my coach to look at my power pulls, and did the best F right and left ever, with a great rhythm and I could even hear the rip on every edge change 8O. My coach said she had nothing to add to either the B or F. OMG. How did this happen? Did the skiing have something to do with it? I've been almost manic since my lesson, really flying high, because I've been so down about my skating for soooo long.
I didn't skate at all last week, but did ski a half day. I skated for myself one morning this week, and noticed F power pulls on R foot were happening rather well, but nothing else seemed to be working. Today I went to the rink where I have my lessons, not knowing for sure if I had one scheduled or not. As soon as I stepped onto the ice, everything felt right. The hardness of the ice was perfect, and the other skaters felt that too. At first I couldn't spin, then I remembered my coach telling me to stay down on a bent knee, and then I hit every one I tried. I asked DH to spot me on my FI and FO threes, as I can always do good ones with just a tiny spot. I've been trying to figure out what does it for about 3 years, and today I cracked it. Reaching for that spotting hand puts me on the front of the blade and even moves my leading shoulder in just enough to initiate the turn. Now all I have to do is imagine reaching, and I can do the turns!!! I did have a lesson, and everything went amazingly well. I asked to work on Prelim power 3's, and my coach changed the step forward in such a way that I can do it! I really do believe that my old coach was just wrong about it. Finally, I asked my coach to look at my power pulls, and did the best F right and left ever, with a great rhythm and I could even hear the rip on every edge change 8O. My coach said she had nothing to add to either the B or F. OMG. How did this happen? Did the skiing have something to do with it? I've been almost manic since my lesson, really flying high, because I've been so down about my skating for soooo long.