Anyway, I admire the way some people do a big semi-circle then at the last minute the free foot crosses onto the outside edge, and you push off with the old skating foot from a T position. Finally, this summer I asked Coach Amazing if she could help.
She stood too one side and watched me do my 'cross rolls'. What I was doing was rather pathetic flat curves and only occasionally landing on the outside edge.
"I see what you're doing wrong," she said, "You're starting your free leg forward too early."
I was treating the cross roll like a swing roll. What I was doing was bringing the free leg forward at the top of the curve, and I wasn't bending my knees enough.
What I *should* have been doing was bending the knee much much more, and not bringing the freeleg forward until the last second.
It took me a while to break myself of the habit of bringing the free leg forward too soon, but once I mastered bringing the freeleg forward at the last second, I found that with the proper kneebend, I was automagically in a proper T-push position for the next edge.
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| Well, at least I only have to worry about TWO legs! |
Legend. Colour me purple with jealousy.
ReplyDeleteT? How does one T with the behind foot turned inward? So the heel of the front foot is in the middle of the OUTSIDE of the behind foot? oh my....ouch
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