"I've been working on not letting my right leg open up too much on FO3," I tell Miss Bianca. "I think if I keep my hips square it seems to help me with the back edge."
"Hm, let's see." Miss Bianca says.
I demonstrate.
"No," she says, "The issue is that you keep your right hip hiked up and fling it around the turn. So when you go backwards, you're off balance. Let's fix that right now."
I think every coach I've ever had, has told me a variation of this. I just didn't know how to process it. Now with the new awareness I've gained from physical therapy, and stronger muscles around the hip, I'm ready to work on it consciously.
I spent my lesson, getting my hip to un-hike. It's not just a matter of lowering it a little, it's a matter of lowering it a lot. To get my hips even, I have to lower my right hip to the point it feels scary.
"Lower," Miss Bianca says, "Even lower than that."
"Eeeeee!" my brain goes. But it works!
We do some edge exercises, and for the first time on an inside edge, I can feel a sense of power as I get the hips even. What's happening, is that when I hiked my hip up, I was either on the flat or an outside edge ("How do you DO that!" one coach said) when I'm supposed to be on an inside edge. Unhiked, I'm finally on the inside edge.
Nothing's 'fixed' yet, but I think I've had a breakthrough.
Miss Bianca says, "Oh yes, that looks much better." |
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