Practice Thread

[overedge]

This is a weird summer for me because for the first time in a long time, I have some actual time off! So I can skate! But two of the three rinks in our area are being rebuilt, so there aren't as many public skate sessions as usual

I hardly skated at all during the fall and winter because of the timing of the one adult session a week at my club. Tonight was my second session of summer school, and while the first half-hour was pretty dire, I got my groove on in the second half-hour. Which was kind of important because I was at least twice, if not three times, as old as the next oldest skater on the session I had to represent the adults well! But it's nice to be back on the ice.

 

[Japanfan]

I hardly skated at all during the fall and winter because of the timing of the one adult session a week at my club. Tonight was my second session of summer school, and while the first half-hour was pretty dire, I got my groove on in the second half-hour. Which was kind of important because I was at least twice, if not three times, as old as the next oldest skater on the session I had to represent the adults well! But it's nice to be back on the ice.

You go girl!

 

[antmanb]

This year has been a complete bust for me skating wise - the knee injury I had in March got better only to give way to an ankle injury (that I can't explain at all) since the end of May but i'm booked in to see a physio on Monday about it. In the meantime I've cancelled my lessons with my coach for the next few weeks to see what the physio says.

I've never taken a proper break from skating - even when I've had injuries and problems I've gone and tried to do what I could avoiding any problem areas but this ankle pain is made so much worse in my skating boot that I can't even go and skate around so i'm thinking of just taking the summer off and going back when i'm back off holiday in September.

 

[overedge]

My club's summer schedule changes from week to week, and some people being confused about the session time plus some people getting stuck in traffic after work....meant that I had 45 minutes' ice time to myself yesterday.

The ice was pretty chewed up from learn-to-skate, and it was a little soft from the heat outside. I did figures even though I couldn't see my tracings, which was probably a good thing Then I did some stroking and jumps and spirals. It was really fun.

 

[Bunny Hop]

Outside counters are hard.

That is all.