Tuesday, 30 June 2009

• "Have to pee...close the car door....have to pee....close the car door."

  Yesterday was derby practice number 3. Apparently I'm a fast learner. My reason? I don't like being bad at stuff. I'm not kidding. I hate not being able to do stuff because I don't understand or I can't. I'm single minded to the point of being reckless according to my friends and loved ones. John thinks most of the time if I can't be good at stuff right off the hop I won't bother trying. Which would explain my hatred of Math and my first year of University I think. It's a habit I'm trying to break. And I'm using derby to break that habit I think.

  Here are are few things I've learned so far;

  - How to do cross overs. I suck at them but I'm getting better. I know a lot of people are going to be like, "Cross overs those are easy peasey." Yeah on ice skates maybe. I've been ice skating since I could walk (I'm canadian...they kick you out of the country if you can't ice skate by the time you're 2 I think.) But cross-overs with quads on your feet is a whole other thing. Now yesterday one of the trainers worked with me on my cross over one on one. I mentioned to her if she could tell me where on my legs I'm suppose to feel it I'll know I'm doing it right. That's what has helped me in pole. She also helped me by giving me a mnemonic device. Those help me HUGELY! I learned this when I was taking piano. The more mnemonic devices I was taught the easier it was for me to remember. So we we named the two step process of cross-overs. First when you cross your legs it's "have to pee" then when you push off with your back foot it's "close the car door" I know I've closed the car door with my foot before *shhhhhh don't tell John* Remembering, "Have to pee....close the car...have to pee....close the car door...." is so so so so helpful.

  - It's okay to fall. Really it is. Even in front of a whole lot of people.

  - Being the new kid doesn't get any easier even when you're 25. However people will be a lot nicer then they were when you were the new kid in school.

  - Derby stance = buring thigh muscles.

  - Derby practice = bliss afterwards

  - John doesn't like getting hugged after practice. Apparently he wants none of my "derby love." Men!

  - Double knee stop reminds me of the gorgeous spin in pole. And once again I found an application for pole dancing outside of the studio. Go me. You have to have your feet the same way in the stop as you would in the gorgeous spin or you'll get a skate in the ass.

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