Skating on the Planet

[robin]

Me attempting a salchow 

 

Any tips on how to prevent taking off forwards? lol Whenever I try taking off earlier I end up rotating on the spot hmm

[robin]

12 hours ago, Xen said:

Hi there.

I don't know if this would help, but for both sit spins and uprights, maybe you can try to hold your arms out a bit differently. The way most people enter into the spins, during the wind-up edge before you step in, you would have your right arm out and back a bit further, and your left arm swinging to be in front of you right? Instead of winding-up your arms, maybe hold your arms out in a rounded 160-180 degree. Kind of like you are holding a giant giant beach ball/balloon on your left side. In short, your arms are going to be open on your left side, not winding up.

It was how I learned my sit spins. XD And it helps a bit with holding the step-in edge to a good half circle before I start spinning. I also find it easier to center too.

 

This advice helped me today 

For the first time I was able to enter a decent upright spin 

[yuzuangel]

6 hours ago, robin said:

Me attempting a salchow 

 

Any tips on how to prevent taking off forwards? lol Whenever I try taking off earlier I end up rotating on the spot hmm

Well actually with sals taking off after 0.25-0.5 rotations is normal, it's supposed to be 0.25ish. AFAIK that just comes in time with more practice and stuff. I think the mark on the ice on takeoff should look like a J with a little toe pick mark at the end when you take off. It doesn't look like you take off completely forward? Anyway it looks good!

[robin]

4 minutes ago, yuzuangel said:

Well actually with sals taking off after 0.25-0.5 rotations is normal, it's supposed to be 0.25ish but that just comes in time with more practice and stuff. This looks good!

 

Thanks! I guess I’ll need to practice more. This is one out of two decent sals I landed today and I was just lucky to be filmed right then lol

[yuzuangel]

18 hours ago, Xen said:

Hi there.

I don't know if this would help, but for both sit spins and uprights, maybe you can try to hold your arms out a bit differently. The way most people enter into the spins, during the wind-up edge before you step in, you would have your right arm out and back a bit further, and your left arm swinging to be in front of you right? Instead of winding-up your arms, maybe hold your arms out in a rounded 160-180 degree. Kind of like you are holding a giant giant beach ball/balloon on your left side. In short, your arms are going to be open on your left side, not winding up.

It was how I learned my sit spins. XD And it helps a bit with holding the step-in edge to a good half circle before I start spinning. I also find it easier to center too.

Thanks xD yeah I actually use that arm positioning when I first learned the entry to the spin and I think my spins were more stable but then I wanted to do the windup because that's how real skaters did it LOL but you know, I should go back to it again just to get better at the entry and centering. Thanks 

[Xen]

2 hours ago, yuzuangel said:

Thanks xD yeah I actually use that arm positioning when I first learned the entry to the spin and I think my spins were more stable but then I wanted to do the windup because that's how real skaters did it LOL but you know, I should go back to it again just to get better at the entry and centering. Thanks 

Ah, I didn't know that you learned all your spins that way. I didn't, and a lot of teachers here don't teach that. The issue I found with some of the students just learning spins, is if they do the proper wind-up, what they usually do is that they raise or hunch their shoulders when entering into the spin-right as they lift their free leg up for the first position, their shoulder moves, becomes uneven, unbalanced, and that throws everything off. The beach ball/balloon image, even if you wind up you can try to hold it a bit more rounded, is to help keep your arms even and prevent shoulders rising.

2 hours ago, robin said:

 

Thanks! I guess I’ll need to practice more. This is one out of two decent sals I landed today and I was just lucky to be filmed right then lol

The basics of the sal look alright, and more importantly you got the rhythm right for the launch. =) With time and a bit more speed and guts, you should be able to launch up for a bigger salchow.

 

Edit: you guys have guts to get your skating filmed. I'm such a coward. XD

[robin]

6 hours ago, Xen said:

The basics of the sal look alright, and more importantly you got the rhythm right for the launch. =) With time and a bit more speed and guts, you should be able to launch up for a bigger salchow.

 

Edit: you guys have guts to get your skating filmed. I'm such a coward. XD

 

Thanks, I’m glad to hear that 

 

And LOL this time only worked bc my brother was recording (to show my mother who hasn’t seen me skate yet). I can’t for the life of me do well while being filmed usually lol

[robin]

Today I tried backwards crossrolls and it kinda worked yay tho I don’t wanna know how I looked doing them lol

[axelnojutsu]

Remember how I had "just a little bit of a cold" and I was gonna power through because ice time is precious and all that?
Yeah, that little cold had me off the ice for over 2 weeks in the end 
I didn't completely start back from 0, but I lost a lot of progress nonetheless 

[robin]

5 minutes ago, axelnojutsu said:

Remember how I had "just a little bit of a cold" and I was gonna power through because ice time is precious and all that?
Yeah, that little cold had me off the ice for over 2 weeks in the end 
I didn't completely start back from 0, but I lost a lot of progress nonetheless 

 

Sorry to hear that  backwards progress is so so frustrating but I’m sure you’ll regain it soon

[duygu]

I started skating at November.The only one rink avaible in my city and it is very small, even so I keep going.One month after my coach quit the job and moved from city!!!!!

I really want to learn but I haven't any opportunity.I am going to crazy and I am starting to thinking about moving from here for better possibilities.

[axelnojutsu]

5 minutes ago, duygu said:

I started skating at November.The only one rink avaible in my city and it is very small, even so I keep going.One month after my coach quit the job and moved from city!!!!!

I really want to learn but I haven't any opportunity.I am going to crazy and I am starting to thinking about moving from here for better possibilities.

Sorry to hear about your predicament
Is there any chance of getting another coach for the rink?
 

[robin]

7 minutes ago, duygu said:

I started skating at November.The only one rink avaible in my city and it is very small, even so I keep going.One month after my coach quit the job and moved from city!!!!!

I really want to learn but I haven't any opportunity.I am going to crazy and I am starting to thinking about moving from here for better possibilities.

 

Oh no oh noo I’m so sorry to hear that 

 

Well, I had my first class this week and I’ve learned by myself until now.... it’s not ideal but it’s possible to learn on your own

 

Move if you can!! 

[duygu]

11 minutes ago, axelnojutsu said:

Sorry to hear about your predicament
Is there any chance of getting another coach for the rink?
 

There are no other coaches in city 

 

11 minutes ago, robin said:

 

Oh no oh noo I’m so sorry to hear that 

 

Well, I had my first class this week and I’ve learned by myself until now.... it’s not ideal but it’s possible to learn on your own

 

Move if you can!! 

Actually I wish I can learn myself but I can't because if I learn wrong nobody can corrected me, this is why I don't try to learn myself.Also I afraid from injuries.

I wish I can move but I don't know is it possible  .I will try to change my school in a big city when schools are over for this year...

[axelnojutsu]

After that let down of seemingly forgetting everything I learned last week, this week has been pretty amazing, I feel like I’ve made as much progress in just a few days as I have since I started skating 

Finally managed the spin entry and a couple revolutions without falling over, a somewhat acceptable spiral, suddenly “got” 3 turns inside and outside....

I’m just so happy and motivated right now, I hope it’ll last