Ever-decreasing circles#

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:31:58 +0000

More of that crossover stuff, and it does seem to help. Tried both sides, and suffer differently on each - turning left I have to concentrate hard to get an outside edge on the left-foot setdown; turning right I'm still not getting much carve on the (right-foot) underpush. Funny how those should both be exactly the same problems I've observed in ordinary skating, isn't it?

To get the left turn working, I must remember to land the left leg well forward (so I'm in the same position as I would be for a parallel turn). For the right turn I haven't found out what works, so more practice needed until I do.

It is a really good drill for building confidence, though: if you can turn around a circle with your legs crossed, both feet on the ground, and on corresponding edges (it doesn't work if the last of those is missing) it's a pretty good indication that your feet are both aligned approximately where they should be and you're not about to stub a toe wheel and go flying. At least, it feels like it. It would be ironic but not altogether surprising if I come out of this with right crossovers better than my left.

In other news, I have created the first non-blog content pages on this site. These are writeups of my current opinons on Outside Edge Setdown and The Fall, and unlike all the various blog entries which touch on either of those subjects are going to remain current whenever my opinions change - i.e. unlike the blog entries, I'll happily go back and edit them as I learn more. At some point I will also create some kind of index of non-blog content on the site so this stuff doesn't get lost.

In other other news, I haven't mentioned my teeth lately. Yesterday I had the icky stuff drained from my dead front tooth again, and it remains under observation to see if the infection ("quite bad", says Mr Dentist) clears up or if he has to attack the problem at the root. Pun intentional.