Made the mistake of filming myself today
Took the day off today so I was able to go to a public session with my daughter and there were only a few other people there. It was empty enough that I felt comfortable for the first time ever asking her to record a couple videos for me so I could see myself skate. Good lord. After 5.5 months of lessons (currently in LTS level 3), I look like I have never stepped foot on ice before. I have 0 confidence, my forward stroking is hilarious, I lift my foot for a millisecond when doing one foot glides (I swear it feels longer…) and I immediately almost fell over doing some simple backward swizzles. When will I ever see improvement in this dang sport?! I do one 30 minute group lesson (with a few minutes of warm up), one 30 minute private lesson (with about 15 minutes of warm up), and I try to attend a public skate for about an hour once a week. I do a bunch of off ice exercises like balancing and foot strengthening. I feel like I’m sinking a lot of time and energy into something and seeing ZERO progress. How on earth can I actually get better?
(I’m mostly just venting here, but if anyone has ever gone through this and has any advice, I’d love to hear it.)