Out of My Comfort Zone...on IceI

I had a couple of coccyx falls and now I wear a coccyx pad in case I fall on my ass again. I don't want to go through that pain again. Let's just say, I bruised places that in reality, the sun cannot shine there without major medical intervention.

Anyway, while I was skating today the coccyx pad kept slipping around. And trust me when you've got something sliding south on your butt, you cannot do a 3 turn.

In the spirit of the season, it was creepy.

When I got off the ice I found the coccyx pad had slid down and rolled up, so I looked like I was hiding a chihuahua in my skate pants.

TMI?

Please God, Please, let no one have taken pictures of me today.

Christmas Gifts for Your Figure Skating Coach

Car Emergency Kit

Actually a good gift for any adult

Ol' Reliable--The Amazon Gift Card

When you don't know what to get

 Foot Care Kit

A nice selection of cremes for the coach who spends hours in boots

And the MOST WELCOME GIFT OF ALL!

The Drama Queen Inside Me....On Ice

I've been improving, really.  My change to 1/2" ROH has forced me to really get down in the knee and correctly hold my body position. I'm gliding like a butterfly.  And many of the things I used to hesitate to do, I'm now doing. It's not like I'm a Gold Level skater, it's like I'm a really, really, incredibly good graduate of LTS.

And since I ditched the 7/16" ROH, I can't rely on the edges to hold me up when I'm in incorrect body position. Since I'm now skating with correct body positions, a persistent pain in my back has rapidly faded away.

And my two foot spins. OMG. For a girl who wouldn't even think about spins two months ago, today I ripped out consistent 4 rotation spins, well-centered, with correct foot position, on the forward spin rocker behind the toepick, silent as the grave, with an exit edge solid as a brick wall. 

CONSISTENTLY WELL-CENTERED!  !  !

Except . . . .Wanna see my one foot spin?

That's right! There's no picture of a one foot spin because there is no one foot spin!

Right now, the old me, the calm mature me would post a picture supporting "Skating is a Journey, not a race." or "it will come".

No, I want my one foot spin and I want it better than now, I want it yesterday!

But on the outside I'm calm. "I'm getting better, I think," I say to my coach.

Her eyes widen with surprise I'd even ask such a question. "Every lesson, you get better and better," she says.

"A little bit better every time, " I reply, "Celebrate the little things."

On the inside?

F*k*g Spins.