Forward outside three turn
I skated from 2pm to 8pm yesterday. That is 6 hours. Minus two 30 minutes of ice resurfacing session, equals 5 hours. It's record time for me. I was tired and hungry, since I had my lunch at like 1:15pm, but I persevered, and it paid off. I'm really happy.
I had some problems with the boots, which makes me want to have my own skates even more. But I have to wait for my dad to go to the states to get them for me. The first rental skates I got, the left boot was missing of one hook. It didn't give me the ankle support I needed, so I changed another pair during ice resurface.
Disaster really happened then. My coach mistook my lesson time and asked me to be on ice at 3pm when I wasn't even ready. I reached the rink a little late that day, so I didn't have much of a warm up. Plus the boot issues, I really wasn't prepared. So anyway I stepped on the rink. Eek. Slipped. Tried to stand. Slipped again. Tried stroking. Couldn't really do it without slipping. So coach asked me what was wrong. I said very slippery. Asked me to stop giving excuses. I was like what!! It really was slippery and I had no idea what was wrong. After not being able to stroke, and saying it was so slippery again, coach said maybe the blade is blunt. Finally a constructive suggestion. She asked me to quickly change boots.
So I did it.. quickly. Sprinting to the skate collection counter barefooted, well I had my socks on. Tied the boots quickly too, and a little too tightly. Coach drew a big circle for me to do my crossover. But the boots were too tied, I couldn't skate properly. Decided to tell her now that my class was supposed to be at 3:30pm. So we continued after that, with me retying my boots and practicing a little before it resumed. Could skate a little better, but was still crappy.
So I practiced after lesson. Since I had a long time left before I had to go home, I decided to do it step by step. I kept reminding myself to control my edge for three turn. And about an hour later, I finally gotten my left forward outside three turn with landing. Phew. It took me a lot of practice to get it.
Then by 7pm, I could do both left and right forward outside three turn. And quite well too I think. It was easier to practice at night, since there were less public skaters. Most were figure skaters. And I met a new friend, Meera. :D
Don't know when's the next time I can go skate since my parents wanted me to cancel my Monday class and go with Sunday. So I had to book Sunday. No idea when I can get a time. Coach asked me why I didn't tell her earlier, she just gave her spot to someone else. Screw the counter lady. Last week I said I wanted to book Sunday, and she said no it's full. Jeez.
Anyway I'm really happy with my accomplishment in forward outside three turn. That's Gamma level, though I haven't really done Beta level yet. Wonder why coach is skipping that level, would it be easier?
I had some problems with the boots, which makes me want to have my own skates even more. But I have to wait for my dad to go to the states to get them for me. The first rental skates I got, the left boot was missing of one hook. It didn't give me the ankle support I needed, so I changed another pair during ice resurface.
Disaster really happened then. My coach mistook my lesson time and asked me to be on ice at 3pm when I wasn't even ready. I reached the rink a little late that day, so I didn't have much of a warm up. Plus the boot issues, I really wasn't prepared. So anyway I stepped on the rink. Eek. Slipped. Tried to stand. Slipped again. Tried stroking. Couldn't really do it without slipping. So coach asked me what was wrong. I said very slippery. Asked me to stop giving excuses. I was like what!! It really was slippery and I had no idea what was wrong. After not being able to stroke, and saying it was so slippery again, coach said maybe the blade is blunt. Finally a constructive suggestion. She asked me to quickly change boots.
So I did it.. quickly. Sprinting to the skate collection counter barefooted, well I had my socks on. Tied the boots quickly too, and a little too tightly. Coach drew a big circle for me to do my crossover. But the boots were too tied, I couldn't skate properly. Decided to tell her now that my class was supposed to be at 3:30pm. So we continued after that, with me retying my boots and practicing a little before it resumed. Could skate a little better, but was still crappy.
So I practiced after lesson. Since I had a long time left before I had to go home, I decided to do it step by step. I kept reminding myself to control my edge for three turn. And about an hour later, I finally gotten my left forward outside three turn with landing. Phew. It took me a lot of practice to get it.
Then by 7pm, I could do both left and right forward outside three turn. And quite well too I think. It was easier to practice at night, since there were less public skaters. Most were figure skaters. And I met a new friend, Meera. :D
Don't know when's the next time I can go skate since my parents wanted me to cancel my Monday class and go with Sunday. So I had to book Sunday. No idea when I can get a time. Coach asked me why I didn't tell her earlier, she just gave her spot to someone else. Screw the counter lady. Last week I said I wanted to book Sunday, and she said no it's full. Jeez.
Anyway I'm really happy with my accomplishment in forward outside three turn. That's Gamma level, though I haven't really done Beta level yet. Wonder why coach is skipping that level, would it be easier?
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