Dream a little dream
Last night I had another skating dream. I dreamt I was landing a double axel. The dream was very realistic. For those of you who dont know, ever since I begain skating I have been having so-called "psychic skating dreams". Yeah. Sure. Anyway, whenever my skating dreams seem realistic, I soon land whatever jump I was doing in the dream. Now, I have had the double axel dreams on and off for years now, and have never landed it. Mainly because I am a bit of a perfectionist and for some insane reason, I feel that I must perfect all the other jumps leading up to the double axel before I will let myself even work on it. Dsmkbgfsk!!! I know. I'm stupid. I never thought this way about any of my other jumps. Hell, one day my friend dared me to try a double flip, and whaddaya know...I landed the damn thing!! She was sooo pissed. The next day she dared me to try a double loop. Boom!!! Landed it. That was the same day Nancy Kerrigan was whacked in the knee. Hehehe! I wasnt even anywhere NEAR supposed to be attemting them. I was still pretty new to the single axel. The jumps came easy for me....they just werent all that consistant. What WAS and IS consistant are spins. Dare me to try any spin, and i'll do it better and faster than anybody. *blows smoke up ones ass* Hehehe. But no seriously, I speak no lies. I even started skating in the 1st place because I wanted to know how to spin. I loved winding myself up on the swings and spinning undone as a kid. The feeling I thought, was magical. Still is really. Spins are pretty damn hard though. Mainly because when I spin, I dont breathe. I can exhale, but inhaling screws up the whole thing. I can take teenie tiny little breaths, but not when I start spinning fast or while in certain positions. Screw even trying to exhale on a layback!!
*Ahem* Where was I? Oh yes. My double axel dream. I have let myself work on it here and there for a teenie bit. I'm not afraid of the jump. I just dont know what it is exactly. *shrug* A while ago I was taking from this one coach who was absolutley AMAZING. He put me on the harness, and wanted to see if I could do the double. So after trying some singles to get used to the feeling of the harness, I tried a couple double's. The 1st one was a bit squirly, the next couple went pretty well...meaning I landed them. The next one, I landed also. But when I stopped and looked at my coach he was bent over with his jaw completley dropped. HE then started jumping up and down adn yelling that I landed it on my own without his help pulling the harness rope. I couldnt believe it. I mean, I was concentrating so hard on jumping straight and pulling in tight that I wasnt even paying attention to feeling the pull on the belt. So of course he took me off the harness immediatley and wanted me to do it on my own. Now, skaters know what this feels like, but for those of you who dont, I'll explain. When you jump on the harness and then try the same jump off it, it feels completely different. To me it feels like im lighter, but almost as if i'm skating through a layer of sticky glue on the ice surface. The belt does add some weight...but its mainly mental more than anything. Anyway, I tried the double axel but popped it and did a funky single. It was terrible really. The same went for the next ones too. MY legs felt like jello. I was also excited and nervous, mainly because of my coach's reaction. I so very badly wanted to please him.
Blah...I could go on all night about skating. But I work in the morning, and I dont want to be tired for the session tomorrow night. >:D
*Ahem* Where was I? Oh yes. My double axel dream. I have let myself work on it here and there for a teenie bit. I'm not afraid of the jump. I just dont know what it is exactly. *shrug* A while ago I was taking from this one coach who was absolutley AMAZING. He put me on the harness, and wanted to see if I could do the double. So after trying some singles to get used to the feeling of the harness, I tried a couple double's. The 1st one was a bit squirly, the next couple went pretty well...meaning I landed them. The next one, I landed also. But when I stopped and looked at my coach he was bent over with his jaw completley dropped. HE then started jumping up and down adn yelling that I landed it on my own without his help pulling the harness rope. I couldnt believe it. I mean, I was concentrating so hard on jumping straight and pulling in tight that I wasnt even paying attention to feeling the pull on the belt. So of course he took me off the harness immediatley and wanted me to do it on my own. Now, skaters know what this feels like, but for those of you who dont, I'll explain. When you jump on the harness and then try the same jump off it, it feels completely different. To me it feels like im lighter, but almost as if i'm skating through a layer of sticky glue on the ice surface. The belt does add some weight...but its mainly mental more than anything. Anyway, I tried the double axel but popped it and did a funky single. It was terrible really. The same went for the next ones too. MY legs felt like jello. I was also excited and nervous, mainly because of my coach's reaction. I so very badly wanted to please him.
Blah...I could go on all night about skating. But I work in the morning, and I dont want to be tired for the session tomorrow night. >:D