First thing he noticed was that I lean forward and stick my bum out (see pic). I already have a larger lower body thanks to genetics and lack of exercise, and my posture wasn't doing anything to help it or my skating. No wonder I have lower back pain! He helped me stand straight, shoulders and hips aligned with my chin up. Then he had me skate that way. What a difference!!! It took me a minute to find my center of gravity, but my movements were more fluid and graceful. I will need to practice better posture off-ice as well if I am going to see any major improvements.
Another thing he noticed was that I don't lean into my turns. My upper body and lower body are trying to do two separate things. After having me practice leaning side to side while against the rink boards, he had me try it out on the ice. Putting all fears of falling aside, I finally felt my body leaning into the turn, and I was most definitely securing the outside edge (LFO). My right side is weaker and will take practice.
My FXO's also improved greatly with fixing my posture and leaning into my edges. Even CW are looking better than before.
We finally looked at my skates and realized I don't have them tight enough around the ankle, of course making it difficult to control the skate. My husband tightened them (way too tight!!!) but I got the idea that I need to support my ankle more.
Friday's skate was full of frustrating moments and EUREKA! moments. All in all, I learned a lot from my husband who has never dared put on a pair of figure skates. It was like a physics, kinesiology, and P.E. lesson all in one. He didn't need to know what a swizzle, spiral, or pivot was. So now I have a free coach for keeping an eye on my posture and presentation!
It's back to the ice on Monday for practice and group lessons. A bit of good news: My work schedule is allowing me to continue with group lessons! And I think I will ask about private lessons this week.
10 comments:
Nice picture! I haven't let anyone near me with a camera yet
:-D
Looks like you have a nice extension - although (and it might just be the angle of photo), your shoulders look a little tensed?
One bit of advice that helped me improve my outside edges was to push over your little toe. It's just enough push to get over onto that edge.
It is a nice picture, and nice extension. You could bend your knee a bit more :-) and it does look like you are leaning forward a little.
I've found that if my coach says "chin up" this helps a lot more than "look up" (or "eyes!" as my first coach used to say)
Thanks guys! I think this is one of the first photos my husband took - think of it as a "before" shot. The camera died before I could get pics with a corrected posture. But practice will make perfect (or at least near perfect).
I will try to think "chin up". I think if I hear "look up" I will look for the lights on the ceiling! LOL.
And amanda, your advice on edges worked great!!!
Thanks again you two!
It was extremely interesting for me to read the blog. Thanx for it. I like such topics and anything connected to them. BTW, try to add some pics :).
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