I love the Sport Stable because it is a shiny new ice rink but I hate the Sport Stable because they cannot for the life of them be consistent with their ice schedules. I went there with the intention to skate on the 4:00pm - 6:00pm public session (because it is relatively uncrowded and it's a steal at only $5.00) but when I got there, I was told that the public session didn't start until 6:25pm. Instead, they had a freestyle session going on currently from 3:30pm - 5:30pm. So I ponied up the $12.00 and skated for the remainder of the freestyle. Trust me, I like skating on the freestyle sessions much more than I do the public sessions but I'm trying to be conservative with my money. This is not a cheap sport.
My ultimate goal today was to at least attempt the flip jump and to tackle that fear head on. Since it was me and just one other skater, I figured that if I fell in my attempt, she won't really judge me. Besides, she was too busy worrying about what she was working on to care about what I was doing all the way on the other side of the rink. So, after a warm up of MIF, spins, and basic jumps...I went for it! I think I did about three attempts and all of them were two footed but I pushed through that fear barrier and that was good enough for me!
Since I was feeling inspired, I worked on some more advanced moves. Now that my forward and backward consecutive edges feel pretty solid, I wanted to experiment with trying one of the moves on the Preliminary test - the alternating forward three turns. Doing the three turns was cake. Getting the transition down from BI edge to FO edge on the blue line is a different story. Essentially it was a mess. But now I'm determined to get it right!
I'm also struggling with a bit of a coaching conundrum. Last week, Kelly from the Ice Centre skated up to me after my lesson with Christopher and agreed to coach me. She said she would email me with more details regarding her rates and available times. Toward Wednesday, I still hadn't heard from her so I sent her another email to remind her and see if I could get the ball rolling on this. I only have two more lessons with Christopher (our lesson tomorrow and the one next Saturday) and then I will be without a coach. It's now Friday and I still haven't heard back from her. I'm wondering if I should move on and consider other coaches or if I should wait it out. I don't want to be annoying and send her another email but I'm concerned about having a gap in my coaching. I really want to stay with the Ice Centre but at this point I may have to consider another coach from a different rink. I met Nancy (a coach of one of my skate buddies) during a Tuesday morning freestyle and she seems great. She has also agreed to coach me but going with her would mean joining a different club farther from my home. Another option would be to ask Christopher to continue coaching me but I am afraid of him saying no now because he may not want to step on Kelly's toes and take a student from her. Ugh. Why is this so tricky?
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