11th october
Hi there ! So, since last time, I had one group lesson and something like... 3 public lessons for 2/2.5h each, I think ?
We had the chance to get one more free hour at our group lesson, that made it to a 2h lesson instead of a 1h. This was because we were waiting for our friend to drive us back home (she is in the advanced group so her lesson ends up later than ours).
So ! We practiced some basic stuff for what I remember, like edges, slalom, backward, crossover... And in the bonus hour, we learned to jump on two foot, from Fd to Bd, a little spin on two feet, and our teacher made us fall on purpose ahah (I got a bruise from that !).
In the public lesson, we practiced again - I think I have more confidence in my first 3 turns, but I have to work on it more and also practice the other ones (left foot, and other edges).
I also learned new moves thanks to my friends :
-”cygne” (it’s like a hydroblading, but less lower, I don’t know the english word ahah) -> sometimes I can touch the ice with my hand and sometimes not -waltz jump -> tiny and sloppy one ! But I love this move ! -shoot-the-duck -> the basic one, just by lifting the leg with one hand :)
My friend also showed me the first jump, the toe loop ! I was too tired to try it this time but I definitively will the next time.
Also, I’m beginning to recognize some familiar faces at the ice rink as there’s often the same people coming to skate. Some of them encouraged me yesterday ^=^ That motivates me even more ! The session was great, with lot of people from ice skating (not hockey).
I really need to buy gloves that cover the fingers though as I’m falling more often during practice now ahah !
I think that, from now, my skating routine will be like ;
2h/2.5h on tuesday 2h/2.5h on thursday (1h/2h group lesson on saturday) 2h/2.5h on sunday And maybe add in 2h on saturday and another 2h on sunday.
That would make 5h to 10h/14h a week :)
I’ll try some ballet lesson next monday too, to see if it can improve my skating !
See you :3














