Help with double jumps

[evvyevs]

Hi, I am a competitive skater and I’m currently working on getting my doubles. I have been skating for around 7 years and I am on doubles. Covid got in the way of some progressions since I was starting single axel at that time. Now, My single axel is great and I achieved double sal and double toe - kind of. None of my jumps are very consistent. I am working on double loop, double flip and double lutz and I can’t rotate my loop, I keep falling on my flip and lutzes are lutzes. I feel like a failure. I’ve been jumping on and off due to hamstring injuries in the summer and early fall, but recently it’s been doing better and I’ve gotten back to doing my double jumps regularly. Though, all my friends seem to be getting them faster than me and I get really jealous and upset with myself since my body won’t seem to be cooperating. I’ve been having mental breakdowns every practice and It’s not that I don’t enjoy practice, I LOVEEE SKATING and I love to work hard, I just get really frustrated with myself when I don’t reach my expectations. To make matters worse, I had practice today and when I got home the back of my leg hurt so bad and it still does, I will kms if my injury comes back. I’ve worked MONTHSSS to get rid of it. Can someone PLEASEEEEE give me tips on double jumps or how to stop going insane during practice. I currently wear Jackson Debuts but they are hand me downs so they’re already kind of breaking down.

Please Help me, Thank you!!!

 

[Ic3Rabbit]

Hi and welcome. Do you have a coach? Are they helping you with this kind of thing? Also, your boots are definitely another issue, hand me downs are probably broken down and may not fit the size and shape of your foot properly, and could cause injury.

 

[evvyevs]

Hi and welcome. Do you have a coach? Are they helping you with this kind of thing? Also, your boots are definitely another issue, hand me downs are probably broken down and may not fit the size and shape of your foot properly, and could cause injury.

Hi, thank you so much for answering. I realize now that I should probably talk to my coaches about this, that is just hard and scary since they are my figure skating coaches not my therapists . They helped me last week by giving me like this worksheet to keep in my mind during practice, but it hasn’t worked. atleast not yet. I’m planning to get new boots after I’m done competing for the season. I think.

 

[Ic3Rabbit]

Hi, thank you so much for answering. I realize now that I should probably talk to my coaches about this, that is just hard and scary since they are my figure skating coaches not my therapists . They helped me last week by giving me like this worksheet to keep in my mind during practice, but it hasn’t worked. atleast not yet. I’m planning to get new boots after I’m done competing for the season. I think.

They are your coaches and it shouldn't be scary. Please talk to them.
Also, if you would like advice on boots post in the boots and blades part of the forum and I would be glad to help you! (You can also send a PM to me).