Ice Skating 23

We had ice skating class yday morning. This week, we had wanted to focus on making Lil Shauna looked up, arms up and push harder. Wait a minute... haven't we struggled with these all the time? Sigh, even Lil Shauna realised that. Well, at least she is aware.

It does make a difference when we practice weekly. She warmed up really quickly and went on to do her usual 3-turn and Mohawk drill that she is already super familiar with. As she practiced, I chant the usual "heads up, don't look down, hands up, where is your hand, push harder". She did so when I repeated those magic words but lost it when I kept quiet. Aiyo.

We spent quite some time on the spin. She just couldn't get it right bcos she couldn't stand straight and is always leaning to one side. After almost 15 mins, we gave up and practice something else.

Teacher Raymond caught me before her class and said that there is another competition coming up in Dec! It will be in Thailand this time! Mummy is super excited but the little girl is hesitant bcos she thinks that she is not good enough, too shy and didn't want to lose. I am trying to get her into the right perspective that competition is to gain exposure and not about winning or losing. She is still considering. If she nods her head, it will probably just be Lil Shauna and me going bcos Daddy Lim can't take leave.

I told Teacher Raymond too that we were unsuccessful in correcting her spin. He affirmed that it is really on Lil Shauna's part and nothing much that we can help. Let's just work on more practice.

Lil Shauna learned a new what-looks-like-ballet posture as well as a new hop. Her posture looks very non ballet and so is her ungraceful hop. Lol. Looks like we have some serious work on top of the things that we need to improve/ correct. I shall Google on the spin as well as the new moves.

At the end of the class, Teacher Raymond said that Lil Shauna can compete in the Gamma level. I Google (best friend already lah) and saw that it consists of the 3-turn, Mohawk as well as hockey stop. Hockey stop is new but I don't think the little girl can't manage. She is pretty fluid in her 3-turn and Mohawk already. She just needs to use more strength and have more precise movement.

Let's see how things go. We missed 2 competitions that Teacher Raymond suggested so far. Maybe there would be more coming up.

Mummy Lim