Tonight was another fun practice. For starters, Karen was there (yay!) so that was a pleasant surprise. And the most splendid surprise of all..? My quads, for the first time, were not shrieking at me!! Now, they still ache because I am beating the shit out of them, but it's just your normal run of the mill muscle pain rather than the level of Hell it has been. Nicey nice.
We did scooter pushes again...my goal is to be able to do them without having to pause to ease up on the leg I am bearing down on. I think my form is getting better at those, I just need more strength and endurance.
We tried weaving a short course on one leg. I was pleased to see that I could go straight across the short part of the rink on one foot, so my balance is coming a long some. But once it came to weaving the course I saw where my biggest downfall is where that is concerned...I really have to do some work on my left leg strength. There was a definite discrepancy between my legs in the level of difficulty at squatting down and staying on one leg while also shifting my weight to weave. I see some one leg squats and presses in my near future along with the normal two leg variety.
We did quite a bit of lateral work tonight. I actually really love that. I rock at it...if I do say so myself. I had another little boost to my ego then because I was able to go up and down the line at a pace much quicker than the other girls...and with very little forward roll. By the end of that set of drills I even managed a couple short sets of lateral skips, go me!
We worked on knee lunges too. I hate that but only because I simply can't get back up off the ground without using my hands yet. I feel like a slow lumbering beast when I have to get back up off the ground. Thankfully that is a skill I can work on at home so I hope to make some big improvements on that by the end of the month.
The best part of the night by far was working on 'falling small'. In derby you fall a lot and get knocked down on your ass even more often. And since you're generally skating in a group of a dozen women (give or take) you need to train yourself to instinctively fall in such a manner that you do not pose a hazard to yourself or those around you...if you splay your arms and legs you could get rolled over and get hurt, trip another girl and hurt her, or both. So when you fall you want to pretty much tuck into yourself as much as you can (and keep those fingers in a fist so they don't get broken) and be less of a danger on the track.
What is it about throwing yourself to the ground that is so much fun??!
Seriously had a blast with that drill! We skated as hard as we could then just went down, trying to stay small. God bless knee and elbow pads! Worth every penny I spent. We also worked on our baseball style slides...nailed it! I love falling drills. Again...amazing how much difference being pain free makes.
Mouth ended our practice by wearing us the fuck out! We skated a small oval (BTW...just about finally getting the hang of cross overs! YAY!) and he would stop us randomly to do 25 of one of the following: crunches, mountain climbers, fast feet (where you stamp you r feet as fast as you can until he says stop), or barrel rolls. Great cardio! After that we joined the pack for another 150 crunches. I. Am. Beat!
Overall, awesome night.
Oh, nearly forgot to mention this...I totally shredded my laces tonight. That really cracked me up. So Rob is going to take the kids shopping this weekend to have them pick me out a couple pairs of skate laces for Mother's Day, lol.
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