Ice Skating 17 and 237

Zaky mentioned that he wanted to stop his ice skating class when he was bugging for his aggro inline skates. Did he stop? Not yet, we agreed to continue with May's lessons as we have booked Coach's time. Is he still as passionate with aggro skating? The forest fire seems to look more like a bush flame now. Will he stop ice skating? He doesn't know but agrees that he would at least cut down on the number of lessons. 

He still looks like a dead fish many times during lesson. I know that it is not fun doing the same thing over and over again and yet barely getting it. In the 2nd picture, Coach asked him to stand straight to do his 3-turn and he ended up with a protruding tummy. Hoho. But I saw him improving. Slowly but surely. 

Lil Shauna is no doubt still with the sports. Ice skating has become more and more interesting for her (as compared to Zaky) with good skating peers and inching improvements. Oh, the competition results are not out yet. It had been more than a month and the judges must be scrutinizing the videos so closely. 

Lil Shauna is still trying for her double salchow jump. Mastering the double jumps is one of the elements to move on to the next level. When I checked back my blog, she was introduced to the jump in July 2020. I heard her and even Coach say that she is "almost there" so many times. Almost every lesson, I will see her fall until 四脚朝天 when attempting her double sal. Ouch!

It is jumping, falling, studying the video and repeat. Coach says that she is crossing her feet but not tight enough. As a result, she either lands on her wrong foot or 2 feet. 

She is aware of the issue but the problem is that she can't feel her legs/ feet when she jumps. Zzzzzzz. She said that she only knows what happen after she lands. Hohoho. I am not even surprised if she tells me that she closes her eyes in the air lor. Lol. 

She is more of a jumper than a spinner and I am waiting for the Eureka moment when she suddenly gets it, just like the axel jump that she had been stuck so long and suddenly gets it. Then one fine day (actually last Sunday), she was skating leisurely with R and attempting her double salchow jump. She didn't even look like she was going to try hard to jump and she nailed the double salchow jump effortlessly!

I do not always look at her when she is on the ice but right at that moment, I saw her did her 1st even double jump. Hohoho. She was more in shock and doubt. For while, I was wondering if she had executed an axel jump instead. Then, we were all jumping around in excitement. I got the next successfully double sal on video. Hohoho. The "almost there" is finally "there". This is like a Mothers' Day present wor. 

All in all, she got 3 good double sal jumps and then kept falling when attempting to land. Why? She landed with her CG on her butt but she cannot feel anything in the air and cannot adjust. Remember? 

I am hoping that she would not lose her double salchow jumps like she sometimes does. She is worried too, such that she volunteered to come to the ice for practice this morning. 

She is so enthu also bcos she has companion leh. 

Did she lose her jump? Well, she still managed and I saw her land one properly and the rest ended with her sitting on the ice. Hohoho. Fighting!

Mummy Lim