Nothing extraordinary to report about my Friday night practice except for the fact that my Flip decided to leave me completely and I got run over by a hockey player and really hurt my elbow. Although losing my Flip was disappointing, I was more upset at getting run over. It was a hockey coach working with her student who was skating backwards and wasn't watching where she was going. I wasn't mad at the hockey kid but I was upset that her coach wasn't keeping a better eye on her student's surroundings. I'm usually pretty good at avoiding people on the ice but this kid was skating backwards really quickly doing some sort of drill and, honestly, I didn't even see her coming. Just CRASH! The coach asked me if I was alright (I lied and said I was fine) but I feel like she should have apologized. Yeah, her student was skating backward, but the coach was skating forwards and should have seen the collision about to happen. Hockey kid wasn't hurt because of all the padding she was wearing but she looked scared like she was about to get yelled at. I assured hockey kid I was fine and packed my stuff up and left to go lick my wounds elsewhere.
Before the crash, however, I was able to do some spirals so there's that! One more thing to check off on my list of things I was scared to do!
Anyway, testing today. Apparently, the Jumps class is split up into parts. I passed Jumps 1 but I didn't do so well on Jumps 2. I mean seriously, it's a lot to learn in six weeks so I wasn't really expecting to pass anyway. My goal with this class was simply to get back what I lost over ten years of not skating. I would say that I not only achieved that goal but surpassed it as I have learned things during this session that I have never worked on before (such as the Loop and Flip jumps).
Oh! And my coach dilemma is finally resolved! Before my lesson, I spoke with Christopher about the possibility of him coaching me since I never heard back from Kelly and he said yes!!! I should have just asked Christopher from the start. He was the natural choice since he has already been working with me and knows what I struggle with in terms of skills. We agreed on a June 1st start and will have our lessons on Thursdays during the first early morning freestyle session. I had to fill out the paperwork to contract with the Ice Centre for those sessions and, once he signs off on it, it will get processed and I will be good to go come June! It will be nice to work with him on things other than jumps. I realized this evening that he has actually never seen me skate. Boy does he have his work cut out for him!
Here are the two "report cards" from my Jumps class with him. There was a lot to learn and I'm proud of myself for getting as far as I did :)
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