Ice Skating 276: After Competition

Lil Shauna declared a much needed break after the competition. She deserves it and we also arranged her booster jab on the Sunday after her competition. Thus, she had the perfect reason to take a break. 

The 1st lesson after competition was on a Sunday afternoon and I had to miss it for church. Last week, I got to see her finally.

It was jump day having done her spins the previous lesson. She didn't master her double salchow jump before the competition and is still struggling with consistency. This calls for ice studying and a lot of falling. 

The rink's capacity has increased with the covid restrictions relaxation and the public ice was so crowded. It had been more than 2 years since we got to enjoy an emptier ice. I don't even remember how crowded it was before covid but at its peak, it must be more crowded than this.

I was hiding at the spectators seats initially but was chased out when the full capacity was reached. 

R & J were also in the rink. As a result, the 3 of them spent so much time leisurely skating around and round the 1/3 ice and chitchatting. Zzzzzz. It was only when R was having her lesson that Lil Shauna started working a little harder. I got her to do her broken leg spins, which she of course complained, then her double salchow. 

She managed to land several of her double slachow jumps but was telling me, after studying the ice, that it is still not right. Something about needing to be lighter and not so heavy. Huh? 

Anyway, it was great to be able to see Lil Shauna on ice again. 

Mummy Lim