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Last night was the first session of derby bootcamp. Now I am stiff and sore! Actually I pulled up better than I expected to, certainly better than after my first circus class.
Derby stance is more difficult to keep than I thought. I've been doing it wrong - not bending my knees nearly enough. More squats! I really need to work on my balance. A lot of the maneuvers we worked on last night entailed being able to skate steadily on one foot and that's not something I'd ever tried. And it would help if i just, you know, was more fit.
The test at the end will assess us on
-t stops: i think i managed one correctly
-plow stops: i managed them alright, as long as i remember to bend my knees more
-jumps: we didn't work on those at all
-single knee falls: my recovery is too slow at the moment but i can do them
-double knee falls: same
-and an endurance skate - 25 laps in 5 minutes. Last night I did 15, but i also dropped out for about two laps cause my ankle cramped up and I fell. As long as I can manage the crossovers while turning better, and not fall down! i should be able to get that. I think I might be able to do this.
A banana in the car after training was the nicest thing I have ever eaten in the world! Next time I shall have a banana before training too. Also, we do really need to bring more than one bottle of water each. And be more than 10 minutes early for training! but I know how to get there now - except that Friday training is somewhere else.
Derby stance is more difficult to keep than I thought. I've been doing it wrong - not bending my knees nearly enough. More squats! I really need to work on my balance. A lot of the maneuvers we worked on last night entailed being able to skate steadily on one foot and that's not something I'd ever tried. And it would help if i just, you know, was more fit.
The test at the end will assess us on
-t stops: i think i managed one correctly
-plow stops: i managed them alright, as long as i remember to bend my knees more
-jumps: we didn't work on those at all
-single knee falls: my recovery is too slow at the moment but i can do them
-double knee falls: same
-and an endurance skate - 25 laps in 5 minutes. Last night I did 15, but i also dropped out for about two laps cause my ankle cramped up and I fell. As long as I can manage the crossovers while turning better, and not fall down! i should be able to get that. I think I might be able to do this.
A banana in the car after training was the nicest thing I have ever eaten in the world! Next time I shall have a banana before training too. Also, we do really need to bring more than one bottle of water each. And be more than 10 minutes early for training! but I know how to get there now - except that Friday training is somewhere else.