Ice Skating 122: Spins

We had a special appearance on Saturday.

He insisted to go ice skating with jiejie even when I reminded him that jiejie wouldnt have time to skate with him. Jiejie had to warm up and she headed off to the 1/3 ice when it was opened, leaving him to skate alone in the public ice.

As guessed, he was soon bored and spent more time gobbling the snacks that we brought and bought than skating. Zzzzz. I thought he had recently grown taller to stretch out the fats, apparently he didnt like looking leaner. Lol. 

Lil Shauna lost her some of her spins. Dont ask me why; it happens from time to time. Coach Raymond spent some time teaching her new hand actions. She is still a 木头人. The remaining time was spent on her spins. 

Instead of sit spins, which she is still not going down low enough, Coach Raymond has changed that to a pancake spin. It is a variation of a sit spin. Strangely, she can do a pancake spin better than a sit spin. Her back spin is ok on its own but when combined with a scratch spin beforehand, it is still so ever wobbly.

After class, we were talking about the CMI back spin and Coach Raymond wanted Lil Shauna to practice more given that we still have time. He would scrap it if she really cant get it nearing the competition time. 

Daddy Lim took Zaky 1st after the ice time and Lil Shauna went back to the ice after resurfacing to work on her backspin. She wasn't concentrating and was simply burning time. *Angry* She did try hard in the last 5 mins after receiving a tongue lashing. Unfortunately, she fell and was in tears, which marked the end of the practice. Zzzzzz.

After we left the rink, I reminded her of the previous times that she couldnt do her scratch spin, loop jump, flip jump... whatever. It is about finding out and correcting to get the right technique. 

With renewed mindset and determination, we went back to the ice yday. The focus was on her spins and spins only. We identified the issues and she kept practicing part by part to improve her scratch to back spins. After about 30 mins of hard work, she got it. Yay! While there is still much room for improvement, at least she was so much better. She was so pleased with herself and so was I. Hehe. I hope she still remembers it the next time we are back on ice. 

Mummy Lim