Sunday adult session practice
Nov. 23rd, 2014 08:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
icepixieI semi-sorta successfully did a Salchow off one foot today!
Okay, so instead of a nice sequence of:
1. Left forward outside three turn
2. Swing right leg around in a controlled manner while turning in one place on left foot
3. Go up onto left toe to hop off it, thus making a hook on the ice
4. Do kind of a pivot into a waltz jump,
(all of which I can do as long as I let my right foot tap the ice for balance during part two), it was more like this:
1. Left forward outside three turn
2. Swing right leg around wildly while scraping a biggish circle with left foot
3. Go up onto left toe after overrotating, no hook in sight
4. Hop about two inches.
But my right foot didn't touch the ice until the landing! That happened a lot faster than I thought it would.
Half lutz also got slightly better. It helps if I remember to stand up straight rather than leaning forward on the takeoff. I think I managed one where I didn't come to a complete stop when I picked in.
Back scratch spin is up to a revolution and a quarter before I lose my balance. Baby steps.
Skating at the other rink is always a mixed blessing, because while I do indeed love the adult sessions (there were four of us on there most of the time, growing to six for about a half an hour, and everyone looks where they're going and is polite and awesome), the other rink's pricing structure is wacky. The cost of a freestyle session is $12 no matter how long the session is, compared to $4 for every 45 minutes at my usual rink. So I feel compelled to stay for the whole session once I pay my $12, even if the session is two hours long. (That's about the point where I break even, actually.) I can improve things pretty steadily up until the 90-minute mark, at which point things begin a sharp downward curve as I get tired (and, honestly, start to worry about wiping out because I'm so tired). So that last half hour isn't very useful, but I don't want to waste it, but my back is killing me and all my muscles will protest tomorrow, but...
Meanwhile,kyriacarlisle is probably saying, "You get THAT MUCH ICE for THAT LITTLE MONEY and some sessions have only FOUR PEOPLE, all of them adults, and you're COMPLAINING??? OMG, I hate you." Heh. Tax-funded municipal rinks are a wonderful thing.
Okay, so instead of a nice sequence of:
1. Left forward outside three turn
2. Swing right leg around in a controlled manner while turning in one place on left foot
3. Go up onto left toe to hop off it, thus making a hook on the ice
4. Do kind of a pivot into a waltz jump,
(all of which I can do as long as I let my right foot tap the ice for balance during part two), it was more like this:
1. Left forward outside three turn
2. Swing right leg around wildly while scraping a biggish circle with left foot
3. Go up onto left toe after overrotating, no hook in sight
4. Hop about two inches.
But my right foot didn't touch the ice until the landing! That happened a lot faster than I thought it would.
Half lutz also got slightly better. It helps if I remember to stand up straight rather than leaning forward on the takeoff. I think I managed one where I didn't come to a complete stop when I picked in.
Back scratch spin is up to a revolution and a quarter before I lose my balance. Baby steps.
Skating at the other rink is always a mixed blessing, because while I do indeed love the adult sessions (there were four of us on there most of the time, growing to six for about a half an hour, and everyone looks where they're going and is polite and awesome), the other rink's pricing structure is wacky. The cost of a freestyle session is $12 no matter how long the session is, compared to $4 for every 45 minutes at my usual rink. So I feel compelled to stay for the whole session once I pay my $12, even if the session is two hours long. (That's about the point where I break even, actually.) I can improve things pretty steadily up until the 90-minute mark, at which point things begin a sharp downward curve as I get tired (and, honestly, start to worry about wiping out because I'm so tired). So that last half hour isn't very useful, but I don't want to waste it, but my back is killing me and all my muscles will protest tomorrow, but...
Meanwhile,
kyriacarlisle is probably saying, "You get THAT MUCH ICE for THAT LITTLE MONEY and some sessions have only FOUR PEOPLE, all of them adults, and you're COMPLAINING??? OMG, I hate you." Heh. Tax-funded municipal rinks are a wonderful thing.
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Date: 2014-11-27 03:12 am (UTC)