I'm so tired... I don't wanna even type right now!!
...But I will because I need to keep this thing updated and whatnot. :D Short and sweet though.Â
League practice on sunday ended up being pretty awesome. (Minus the opposing team being buttholes in our rink for scrimmaging) Newbies were off in the corner doing skills. So I can do SO MANY MORE THINGS NOW. A few pieces of information that turned out to be very vital to my understanding of some moves. Sow now I can do moehawks at high speeds, hockey stops, power slides, and duckwalks.
moehawks: add a little hop when you do it. my right foot tended to drag on the floor because of a kind of mental block. it was just hard for me to pick it up, and as a result i kind of carouseled, and strained my groin at high speeds. adding that little jump eliminated that mental block and you clearly have your two steps! I WAS LIEK WOAH WTF THIS IS THE BEST PEICE OF ADVICE EVER.
hockey stops: i found myself spinning around and kind of doing a 180 like the power slides. turns out if you just keep your torso facing forward when you do the stop, you can actually DO THE STOP. i coudnt do hockey stops before this peice of info, and now i totally can. WHAT!?! it helped me to remember to keep my arms kind of still and not waving all around and facing forward.
power slides: your feet are ending up pretty much like a T. your front foot facing forward, and the other in a duck walk angle. go into a moehawk first then cut your edge hard with your back foot.Â
duckwalks: i literally just went through a few different ways that people start them from a standstill, and found one that worked for me. i always started differently, and once the start is off its hard to come back from it. my left foot tends to be straight and my right is angled. by starting with my left foot back in a t stop position, my foot didnt go into the duckwalks like that, and i could do it.Â
on another note. We did newbie scrimmage today and I ended up jamming quite a bit and that was pretty cool. I like dodging the people. But I'm also crazy and stayed after our 2 hour practice for another 1.5 hours of speed practice. I'm dead and icing my knee that i fell on hard twice. Vegging out: commence.Â
