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- Feb 10, 2017
Hi everyone! Today I went to the rink to test out my new skates and it went very well! Kind of. So I'm still super new to skating, and I'm still just getting the hang of basic forward movements stuff. Pretty much all I can do is go forwards and do forward swizzles.
However. I was trying to figure out how to do backward swizzles today, and I just CANNOT for the life of me get the hang of it. I used to be able to do them VERY slowly and shakily with my older recreational skates, but with my new ones I either end up hitting my skates off each other or just falling forwards. I'd get a video of it so you guys could see what exactly I'm doing wrong, but honestly it would just be embarrassing lol and I don't really have anyone to video me anyways, but if anyone has any basic tips on that it would be very appreciated!
Also, another issue I have is that I can't stop! I tried to do a t-stop today but I get too scared to lift my foot high enough to position it correctly in order to stop. :/ (I am a super nervous skater and I'm not really afraid of falling per say, but I just hate the feeling of almost-falling so I never take any risks, and that includes learning to stop apparently lol. I'll get over that eventually though, I hope.) I just always end up skating up to the boards to hold on to so that I can slow down, and it's kind of embarrassing especially if I try to stop in the middle of the rink and fall because I can't stop fast enough when a little hockey kid comes speeding past haha.
I tried "scraping" the ice with my blade while holding on to the boards in order to get a feel for the t-stop, but like, I literally can't even do that??? I'm not sure if I have the angle wrong for my blade or what, but my foot always ends up twisting around sideways and then shifting so my toe pick digs into the ice. And then I fall. Also, when I try to do a t-stop AWAY from the boards, I just can't seem to even turn my foot the right way to place it behind my other foot, and then I end up losing my balance and falling. I can do it perfectly fine off-ice, but i just can't position it right on the ice. What the heck am I doing wrong? I tried to do it for almost half hour before I gave up and resorted to working on some really shaky one-foot glides (with my one foot like two inches off the ice to catch me if I lost my balance) so maybe that will help me get the t-stop?
I want to be able to at least get down my forward crossovers and stopping by the end of summer before I go off to college and FINALLY get a coach, but at this rate I'm not really sure I'll be able to accomplish that. I don't have a coach right now as I'm just going to be home temporarily for the summer before I go off to college, which is where I'm planning on finding a steady coach to stay with for the next 4+ years, but if anyone has any advice or tips, I'd be very grateful!
Also, I'm sorry for my post being all over the place. I am just kind of annoyed at myself right now because I really want to be able to just get the basics down before college and have some confidence in myself for once instead of just falling when I hit a teeny bump in the ice. Thank you everyone!
However. I was trying to figure out how to do backward swizzles today, and I just CANNOT for the life of me get the hang of it. I used to be able to do them VERY slowly and shakily with my older recreational skates, but with my new ones I either end up hitting my skates off each other or just falling forwards. I'd get a video of it so you guys could see what exactly I'm doing wrong, but honestly it would just be embarrassing lol and I don't really have anyone to video me anyways, but if anyone has any basic tips on that it would be very appreciated!
Also, another issue I have is that I can't stop! I tried to do a t-stop today but I get too scared to lift my foot high enough to position it correctly in order to stop. :/ (I am a super nervous skater and I'm not really afraid of falling per say, but I just hate the feeling of almost-falling so I never take any risks, and that includes learning to stop apparently lol. I'll get over that eventually though, I hope.) I just always end up skating up to the boards to hold on to so that I can slow down, and it's kind of embarrassing especially if I try to stop in the middle of the rink and fall because I can't stop fast enough when a little hockey kid comes speeding past haha.
I tried "scraping" the ice with my blade while holding on to the boards in order to get a feel for the t-stop, but like, I literally can't even do that??? I'm not sure if I have the angle wrong for my blade or what, but my foot always ends up twisting around sideways and then shifting so my toe pick digs into the ice. And then I fall. Also, when I try to do a t-stop AWAY from the boards, I just can't seem to even turn my foot the right way to place it behind my other foot, and then I end up losing my balance and falling. I can do it perfectly fine off-ice, but i just can't position it right on the ice. What the heck am I doing wrong? I tried to do it for almost half hour before I gave up and resorted to working on some really shaky one-foot glides (with my one foot like two inches off the ice to catch me if I lost my balance) so maybe that will help me get the t-stop?
I want to be able to at least get down my forward crossovers and stopping by the end of summer before I go off to college and FINALLY get a coach, but at this rate I'm not really sure I'll be able to accomplish that. I don't have a coach right now as I'm just going to be home temporarily for the summer before I go off to college, which is where I'm planning on finding a steady coach to stay with for the next 4+ years, but if anyone has any advice or tips, I'd be very grateful!
Also, I'm sorry for my post being all over the place. I am just kind of annoyed at myself right now because I really want to be able to just get the basics down before college and have some confidence in myself for once instead of just falling when I hit a teeny bump in the ice. Thank you everyone!