We started the practice out with a hard off-skates workout that made one girl puke and another girl sit down thinking she was gonna. I will stress now that water is a HUGE factor in your success with practices in a hot, sunny, outdoor environment. If you didn't drink enough water on Friday night, you suffered. I was not exempt from this, having gotten overzealous with alcohol consumption. The donated bottle of Gatorade Recovery drink that Daisy gave me to slam SAVED MY LIFE. I apologize for not having my act together. I'm happy to say that's a rare occurrence!
After some basic review of stops and falls, we moved on to transitions, which is turning to skate the opposite direction. I stressed getting lower and using your core as your support system, turning your head first, then shoulders, hips, and toes. "Open the door, close the door." Work on this off skates as well as on skates. This girl says it's a mohawk turn, but most people call it a transition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC_HgSTmpwQ
This skater does it without picking up her feet. It's more similar to the jump turn we practice. Either of these techniques are adequate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMgIMfC4grY
We also learned how to run on our toe stops from a dead stop to pick up some momentum. We tried running 3-5 strides on our toe stops. Some of you really got the hang of it! That will come in handy later. It's a great skill to know, especially when you need to get going to catch the pack after you fall!
We did transitions and then put down our toe stops to stop, taking a bow as we did so to get low and have greater balance. The end result looks like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMRPnNsZhKY
I'm not really sure what her back foot push about but it looks like sticky skating to me. Except we use both legs in a sticky skate, not just one. She also gives a demo of a good, long crossover at the end. Notice how low she gets and how she "falls over" her standing left leg at the end of it.
We ended the practice with some endurance work to try out that 27 laps in 5 minutes business. It was pretty hard and tends to be one of those daunting skills for all incoming fresh meat. Just keep working on your endurance and your agility, and I promise you will get there!
Also practice your jam skating. Who can shoot the duck? Please wear your helmet and other equipment, unlike this crazy lady.
xox, Calamity
On to skating stuffs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC_HgSTmpwQ
This skater does it without picking up her feet. It's more similar to the jump turn we practice. Either of these techniques are adequate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMgIMfC4grY
We also learned how to run on our toe stops from a dead stop to pick up some momentum. We tried running 3-5 strides on our toe stops. Some of you really got the hang of it! That will come in handy later. It's a great skill to know, especially when you need to get going to catch the pack after you fall!
We did transitions and then put down our toe stops to stop, taking a bow as we did so to get low and have greater balance. The end result looks like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMRPnNsZhKY
I'm not really sure what her back foot push about but it looks like sticky skating to me. Except we use both legs in a sticky skate, not just one. She also gives a demo of a good, long crossover at the end. Notice how low she gets and how she "falls over" her standing left leg at the end of it.
We ended the practice with some endurance work to try out that 27 laps in 5 minutes business. It was pretty hard and tends to be one of those daunting skills for all incoming fresh meat. Just keep working on your endurance and your agility, and I promise you will get there!
Also practice your jam skating. Who can shoot the duck? Please wear your helmet and other equipment, unlike this crazy lady.
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| Shoot that duck, girl. Kapow! |
xox, Calamity
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