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Sorry to break the professional skater streak with my n00b skating experiences :laughing: I swear when I'll get the money I'll start taking classes...

Yesterday I went skating with my friends and I got helped by two serious people to start trying to do a spin (without being able to do three-turns or controlling my edges well, lol), which I didn't really succeed in (yet), but there was a funny moment.

I was trying to do a basic RFI entry on two feet, but I didn't have enough initial push and lost my balance easily. So one of the two skaters who helped me guided my movements, "pulled" me which gave me the push I needed, and I entered the spin so nicely! It made me feel as if it's not like I can't do stuff because I am no good and skating is not for me, but because I have no one teaching me the right technique... 

(Three turns still feel impossible tho) 

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5 hours ago, Murieleirum said:

Sorry to break the professional skater streak with my n00b skating experiences :laughing: I swear when I'll get the money I'll start taking classes...

Yesterday I went skating with my friends and I got helped by two serious people to start trying to do a spin (without being able to do three-turns or controlling my edges well, lol), which I didn't really succeed in (yet), but there was a funny moment.

I was trying to do a basic RFI entry on two feet, but I didn't have enough initial push and lost my balance easily. So one of the two skaters who helped me guided my movements, "pulled" me which gave me the push I needed, and I entered the spin so nicely! It made me feel as if it's not like I can't do stuff because I am no good and skating is not for me, but because I have no one teaching me the right technique... 

(Three turns still feel impossible tho) 

Well that takes guts. Usually what happens when I offer to pull someone for a spin practice, even if the skater knows how to do 2 foot spins or 1 foot spins is like this:

Me: Well I can help pull you to get into the circle for the spin-

Rinkmate: No no no

Me: You sure? It might help...

Rinkmate: Positive, I might fall if you pull me. It's too scary. 

Me: o_O

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9 minutes ago, Xen said:

Well that takes guts. Usually what happens when I offer to pull someone for a spin practice, even if the skater knows how to do 2 foot spins or 1 foot spins is like this:

Me: Well I can help pull you to get into the circle for the spin-

Rinkmate: No no no

Me: You sure? It might help...

Rinkmate: Positive, I might fall if you pull me. It's too scary. 

Me: o_O

 

I am a person who trusts easily :pouty: especially if the person helping me knows what they're doing... plus, I know that if I don't get anything wrong/if I don't fall, I won't learn a thing, so I am motivated by that! 

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Just now, Murieleirum said:

 

I am a person who trusts easily :pouty: especially if the person helping me knows what they're doing... plus, I know that if I don't get anything wrong/if I don't fall, I won't learn a thing, so I am motivated by that! 

 

Yessss that's the way to go. Only way to make fast process is to let yourself fall LOL

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1 minute ago, yuzuangel said:

ugh i did too many shoot the ducks yesterday that i literally could NOT skate or even glide on my left leg. so i just did 3turns on my right leg for 1.5 hours today. now i'm anticipating being very sore tomorrow on both...

Oof I can feel that... I honestly' don't know what I did to my left ankle, so I've been doing most things with my right leg and it's definitely coming back to bite me in the ass :13877886:

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4 hours ago, yuzuangel said:

ugh i did too many shoot the ducks yesterday that i literally could NOT skate or even glide on my left leg. so i just did 3turns on my right leg for 1.5 hours today. now i'm anticipating being very sore tomorrow on both...

Ouch, but aren't sore muscles one of the best feelings tbh

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19 minutes ago, axelnojutsu said:

That’s basically the subtitle of this thread isn’t it :war:

If you think about it, it applies to this whole forum :9:

 

But yeah, petition to rename this thread Masochist Corner

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