Ice Skating 111: Sit Spin and Flip Jump

It had been a while since I am this excited to blog about Lil Shauna's ice skating. She had been so stuck at flip jump and sit spin. Zzzzz. Has it been forever?

Saturday morning's practice didn't turn out well bcos the rink was so crowded. In addition to that, the girl bumped her head on a metal bar the day before and had been whinning non stop about the little bump on her head. Seriously, it wasnt much, I cant even see the bump clearly if I don't look properly. I was reminded of the mega bump that Zaky had a long time back.

Lil Shauna insisted that her bump was bigger than this when she 1st got it. No wonder we need to change her glasses. Ha!

She did the usual stuff before lesson and it was nothing to shout about. Moreover, we missed ice last Sunday bcos of her flu. Lack of practice + stuck = yawning mummy. I didnt even want to expect much. She was still trying unsuccessfully to do her sit spin before Coach Raymond called her for lesson.

I saw her go through the usual footwork practice. Then it was flip jumps after flip jumps. She wasnt able to do the complete round for a lonnnggg time and needed to master that before she can move on. Coach Raymond corrected her posture bit by bit and she FINALLY got it! Woohoo!

Then she moved on to sit spin. The 1st few ones ended with her on her butt. No surprise. Just as I paid some attention to her, she was suddenly doing the SIT SPIN!!!!! She did it, she did it, she did it!

I was so thrilled, more thrilled than she was! I kept looking at her, unable to believe my eyes and grinning from ear to ear. I recorded her sit spin and had been watching the video every now and then, remembering the joy.

After class, I asked her how she did the sit spin and she had no idea. Something just clicked. Her confident boost and she happily went back to the ice for more flip jumps and sit spins after ice resurfacing. Hehehe.

We missed ice again on Sunday bcos we had make up Chinese class; she skipped Chinese on Friday bcos of the bump. Zzzzz... with CNY around the corner, we wouldnt be back on ice until a week later. I hope she still remembers her sit spin and flip jump then. Boo!

Mummy Lim