Saturday, 14 January 2012

Skaters and athletes I need your help!

Due to my leg injury I have found my flexibility has decreased and I am finding it difficult to do simple stretches that i used to. I've always been stronger on one leg, but this injury has been affecting all of my flexibility. I haven't done the splits since the day I did my injury. I think more than anything I am scared to try. so i need some advice. what warm ups I could do so I feel more comfortable stretching. what light stretches I could do so I don't feel like my leg is on fire every time I go into one.
I used to know my body and it's limits very well, but now I feel as though I am starting from the beginning again. as my fitness is going to affect my jumps and speed, whilst my flexibility will effect my artistry. I feel like my spins are the only thing that can progress, but I'm having trouble practising because of the lack of ice time. I am confident that I'll be able to skate in my rinks next gala and probably be better than a few of my friends because of my determination and dedication to practise to better my skills but I want my flexibility to be at a standard of a wow factor. also my parents have never seen me skate and I want my Dad to feel that all the money he has put into me and my sister doing this has been worth it.
Don't worry about being shy to post videos from youtube or comment from your own personal experience. I need all the advice I can get because I am aiming high here and I wont lower my expectations of myself. I know I'm sounding very assertive and serious about this but that's only because I am passionate about it. So I would be very grateful for any type of advice you could give me.
However I am glad to announce that I have one more week until I can have my first lesson of the year, sadly it wont be private until text term because my sister and I are at very different levels. I am adamant that I am a confident grade 10 skater, I am top of my class and if I don't push myself to the next level I will be stuck doing minimal things. and not challenging my skills to be developed faster will only make it harder for me to compete because it will be ages until I finish bronze silver and the rest of that lot. so i offer the advice of confidence to all of you out there. even if your not a figure skater in training, you you are passionate about something and you believe in it, no matter how impossible it sounds or people believe it is, if it's your passion and what you what to so, be bold and confident and don't let others tell you what to do because, at the end of the days, It's your life, and you should gamble what you want with it, playing it safe never made champions. So to my powerful skaters I thank you in advance for you advice and ideas, and you will be seeing me around much sooner than you think.

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