*bouncy bouncy skating joy*
Nov. 19th, 2008 10:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annwfynTonight at the ice rink I got approached by one of the girls who works there and asked if I'd be interested in joining an all girl ice dancing team!
I'm actually feeling really bouncy about this. I never think of myself as that good. I mean, I go skating, I bounce around the rink, but then I see some of the really good skaters there - the ones who can do back flips on the ice, or the ice hockey boys who swoop past me, leaving a stiff wind and a spray of ice in their wake, and I just feel terribly inept. But apparently I don't look that bad from the outside.
The group in question are called the Pink Ladies, and are an all girl figure skating troupe, mostly doing synchronised stuff, and a bit of ice dancing. It's not terribly advanced stuff - they are just hoping to get good enough for some local competitions by the summer and have some fun - but it would be good for me, and it does sound nice.
I need to tighten up a bit on some of my skating - my crossovers in particular are kinda wobbly (mostly because I don't ever practice them) - so I need to put some proper work in over the next few weeks, but I'm hoping that I can maybe make a go of this come the New Year.
I don't know if I will be good enough when I actually turn up. I don't know if I'll be able to be reliable enough, or if I'll have the time, but I think the fact that the lass in question asked me if I'd be interested after watching me skating just makes me feel so much better about myself on the ice.
Now, I just need to sort these crossovers out.*
* And I know that I ought to be able to do crossovers. I know they are not exactly highly advanced. But I don't like them!
I'm actually feeling really bouncy about this. I never think of myself as that good. I mean, I go skating, I bounce around the rink, but then I see some of the really good skaters there - the ones who can do back flips on the ice, or the ice hockey boys who swoop past me, leaving a stiff wind and a spray of ice in their wake, and I just feel terribly inept. But apparently I don't look that bad from the outside.
The group in question are called the Pink Ladies, and are an all girl figure skating troupe, mostly doing synchronised stuff, and a bit of ice dancing. It's not terribly advanced stuff - they are just hoping to get good enough for some local competitions by the summer and have some fun - but it would be good for me, and it does sound nice.
I need to tighten up a bit on some of my skating - my crossovers in particular are kinda wobbly (mostly because I don't ever practice them) - so I need to put some proper work in over the next few weeks, but I'm hoping that I can maybe make a go of this come the New Year.
I don't know if I will be good enough when I actually turn up. I don't know if I'll be able to be reliable enough, or if I'll have the time, but I think the fact that the lass in question asked me if I'd be interested after watching me skating just makes me feel so much better about myself on the ice.
Now, I just need to sort these crossovers out.*
* And I know that I ought to be able to do crossovers. I know they are not exactly highly advanced. But I don't like them!
