Before my lesson, I was watching her teach her student (a girl of about 8) how to do lunges. Miss Bianca thinks lunges are "a cute little element". She took the girl's hand to help her balance going down and coming up. "You're next!" she said cheerfully. I eyeballed the hand holding assistance. "You know I can take you down in a heartbeat don't you?"
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| Miss Bianca thinks, "I will get my revenge..." |
Ten minutes later, when my lesson started, I laid down a competent lunge right off and said, "That's it for today!" We both laughed. I was better than the eight year old too!
After reviewing my basic skills, I did a two foot spin. After Lake Placid and my 10 minutes in Evelyn Kramer's spin class, I can do a two foot spin. I never thought that would happen. It's not a great spin, it's a slow, ladylike spin. Just two revolutions.
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| Slow but steady... |
Miss Bianca told me to pretend I had a string attached to the top of my head and pretend it was pulling me up to the ceiling. This was to keep me from looking down when I did a spin.
So I did a 3-turn entry and got an extra revolution...not any extra speed though. Conservation of angular momentum's got me down....
The string theory works though. I don't get dizzy and I get an extra revolution.
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| Here I am in the appropriate upright position while Miss Bianca instructs and an ice tourist stares. |
The string theory works though. I don't get dizzy and I get an extra revolution.
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| Good head position in a back spin! |
It took me forever to get a half way decent two foot spin. Next up: pick up that out board foot--sometimes I can do that and sometimes the magic just doesn't happen. I find that tightening my core (also known as sucking in my welling gut) helps
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