Friday FS Zoo
I skated the Friday a.m. FS at Chandler. The schedule has changed a bit and now that summer is here it was pretty crowded. Well, not really that many skaters but it felt very hectic and busy -- about 12 skaters and 6 or 7 coaches. Maybe I'm getting a little wimpy :-). I got quite a bit done anyway though.Worked through my list of stuff. Salchow... I did several that were just fine but also several where I went in and didn't even really jump; not sure what's going on there exactly but it was weird. Spins -- hmmph. Toward the end of the session I really tried to relax and think about the stuff I worked on with Sonya on Monday and that helped a bit.
posted by Gordon @ 11:51 AM
2 Comments:
At 11:54 AM ,
Baffled said...
Pay attention to your knee bend next time you try your Sal. I find that if I can't jump or it is whimpy either I had my knee already bent going into the jump or it was ramrod straight. My coach has me doing the three turn with a straight knee and then bending deeply as I start turning to jump. Kind of like using my knee as a spring. You have to load it up in order for it to release properly.
BTW, I'm another adult skater who is a blogging fool. I found your blog through the very nice article in Skating Magazine. I'm glad to hear of another adult doing patch. Yeah!
Silver Blades
At 10:27 AM ,
Gordon said...
Hey, thanks for this. I have been thinking about the knee bend into the sal too and I think you are right.
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