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icepixieMuch better practice today! I tried a different pair of skates, still 5's, and while they still don't exactly fit right, it was much better than last time. (I think the length is actually fine, it's just that I need a wider model and they don't rent them. The time may have come to buy my own...)
I think I've finally broken my knees' resistance to bending. It felt like I managed twice as much knee bend on everything today as I did on Wednesday, from stroking to swizzles to this cool slalom-y move I picked up somewhere, probably from sharing public skate sessions with all the hockey skaters in this town over the years.
I got bored with one-foot glides on flats (which I'm still not very good at in the way my instructor wants us to do) and went to one-foot glides on alternating inside edges, which are much more fun. I tried it on outside edges, but that was to laugh. Need to build up some confidence before I try that--on an outside edge, you can't just put your other foot down if you feel unstable.
I also figured out backwards stroking! Well, okay, it involves a lot more butt wiggling than the people who do this for a living, but it's going backwards without swizzles, so I will count it as a win.
At one point, I...accidentally did a forward pivot, I think? Or something very close to it. I managed it intentionally a few times as well. I can't do it from a standstill, but if I build up a little speed beforehand, it works.
Finally, I managed a much better version than usual of that crouchy move that isn't quite a shoot the duck, since I don't have one leg off the ground, but given that I'm not, you know, six, I feel like it's quite an accomplishment anyway. I even managed to get myself back upright without falling down!
(It was at this point where my knees started crying, "What did we ever do to you?!" And I reminded them of the physical therapy I had to do when I was 21 because of them. Yeah, payback's a bitch, isn't it?)
And now there is a long weekend, during which I will watch a movie, write things, and go to the Local Used Book Emporium, because the box of books for trade rattling around in the trunk of my car is getting a bit full. Wheee!
I think I've finally broken my knees' resistance to bending. It felt like I managed twice as much knee bend on everything today as I did on Wednesday, from stroking to swizzles to this cool slalom-y move I picked up somewhere, probably from sharing public skate sessions with all the hockey skaters in this town over the years.
I got bored with one-foot glides on flats (which I'm still not very good at in the way my instructor wants us to do) and went to one-foot glides on alternating inside edges, which are much more fun. I tried it on outside edges, but that was to laugh. Need to build up some confidence before I try that--on an outside edge, you can't just put your other foot down if you feel unstable.
I also figured out backwards stroking! Well, okay, it involves a lot more butt wiggling than the people who do this for a living, but it's going backwards without swizzles, so I will count it as a win.
At one point, I...accidentally did a forward pivot, I think? Or something very close to it. I managed it intentionally a few times as well. I can't do it from a standstill, but if I build up a little speed beforehand, it works.
Finally, I managed a much better version than usual of that crouchy move that isn't quite a shoot the duck, since I don't have one leg off the ground, but given that I'm not, you know, six, I feel like it's quite an accomplishment anyway. I even managed to get myself back upright without falling down!
(It was at this point where my knees started crying, "What did we ever do to you?!" And I reminded them of the physical therapy I had to do when I was 21 because of them. Yeah, payback's a bitch, isn't it?)
And now there is a long weekend, during which I will watch a movie, write things, and go to the Local Used Book Emporium, because the box of books for trade rattling around in the trunk of my car is getting a bit full. Wheee!
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