Shame! Shame!

Yesterday, my coach, Miss Bianca, spent the whole sessions working on my back edges. We were working on the line next to the short boards when I took a fall backwards. I rolled over onto my knees and dug my toepick in when I realized I had slid so I was only a couple of feet from the boards.

You know that moment when you're tired, and old, and fat, and just want to grab the boards to pull yourself up? I had one of those.

I started pulling myself to the boards,....

When suddenly, Miss Bianca  whipped demonically fast between me and the boards, spread her arms and blocked my way...

"I am not going to let you shame me!" she said.

Really? I'm going to have to put my hand on my knee and push myself upright and everything?

Why My One Foot Spins Go Wrong...(Edited)

I lean out of the circle....then just my head leans out of the circle...

Or my shoulders twist....or I look down...look up...too far to the side...

Or my feet are too far apart....or the toes aren't in the right position....

Or I enter the spin too fast...too slow...too early....too late...the wrong arm forward...

Not to mention that when I hold my arms out in a hoop they aren't hoopy enough but to the left.... or the right....

Right now, to spin I get my hands/arms/shoulders positioned by grabbing my jacket zipper with both hands as I spin, squeeze my gut in, don't look down (look straight ahead), point my toes in, don't bend forward,  and then....

And you know what happens? I find another way to do it wrong!

When You Need a Sharpening

When you slip like this....

 Not Yet

When you Slip like this......

It's Time

When you slip like this...

Too late!! Too Late!!