I went just as usual to skating class today, and the first class was strength and conditioning, and our coach made us run 30 times back and forth a small parking lot, and boy it was tiring. I thought my skating session would be the same as any other day.
I stepped on to the ice and did my stroking. Then, when I got to the jumps, they were just never right. I ended up falling way more than I did in a very long time. By the time I got to my lesson, my coach told me that I was going into jumps slower than usual, and that I was holding back. How could I not? After all those falls, who wouldn't be the least timid going into another element with the chance of falling again!
What was worse, was that after this session, we had enrichment ( a group lesson on edges, speed, etc.). We did double three turns (turns on one leg from forwards to backwards in the same direction). On the leg that I am not good at, I turned once, then on the second turn, my blade (the blade on the skate) got stuck in the ice and I fell twisted. That fall ended up giving me a bleeding knee. I sure hope my skating gets better nearing the competition in October.
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