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unicorndukeI went ice skating last night at the rink that is quiet and has weekday evening skating hours. No rink has them except this one and I'm so glad I found it. The hours are 7-9pm and it's usually pretty empty. It also costs only a dollar. Not a full size rink but a decent size.
I got there last night and there were four people practicing skating in hockey skating (including me), a couple on a date, and parent and kid and one family. So pretty quiet. One of the people practicing skating was obviously pretty new at it. She was just starting crossovers and was doing okay. Definitely couldn't stop but she was getting there.
After I skated for an hour and 20 minutes or so, I sat down and started taking my skates off. She ended leaving about the same time and had sat across from me. She had on a st. lawrence university hoodie so I figured she was either in college or just out of college.
I decided to talk to her and took a minute to figure out what to say. We chatted for five minutes or so and as it turns out, she was teaching herself to skate. I didn't really give her advice, but mostly encouragement because she'd only been doing it for a month and was already trying crossovers! Which is pretty dang good! I told her I was in her spot a little over a year ago and it just takes more skating time to get better.
So that was kinda neat. Hopefully I see her again there and maybe I'll look up how to teach how to stop because she definitely needs to learn that and maybe would enjoy learning? Who knows.
I've been working pretty steadily on backwards skating and I've got good crossovers in each direction. Something is a little funny about them, maybe I'm taking too long strides or something, I still haven't figured it out. I've also been working transitions and they've been improving a little. Still not natural feeling but getting there on both mohawk and two foot transitions.
I got there last night and there were four people practicing skating in hockey skating (including me), a couple on a date, and parent and kid and one family. So pretty quiet. One of the people practicing skating was obviously pretty new at it. She was just starting crossovers and was doing okay. Definitely couldn't stop but she was getting there.
After I skated for an hour and 20 minutes or so, I sat down and started taking my skates off. She ended leaving about the same time and had sat across from me. She had on a st. lawrence university hoodie so I figured she was either in college or just out of college.
I decided to talk to her and took a minute to figure out what to say. We chatted for five minutes or so and as it turns out, she was teaching herself to skate. I didn't really give her advice, but mostly encouragement because she'd only been doing it for a month and was already trying crossovers! Which is pretty dang good! I told her I was in her spot a little over a year ago and it just takes more skating time to get better.
So that was kinda neat. Hopefully I see her again there and maybe I'll look up how to teach how to stop because she definitely needs to learn that and maybe would enjoy learning? Who knows.
I've been working pretty steadily on backwards skating and I've got good crossovers in each direction. Something is a little funny about them, maybe I'm taking too long strides or something, I still haven't figured it out. I've also been working transitions and they've been improving a little. Still not natural feeling but getting there on both mohawk and two foot transitions.
