Toe guards....el paino en el asso...

Cool! The new ankle guard actually works..no more sore left ankle bone in the new skates! The toe guards I bought tonight to protect the toe of my skates..they took forever to put on...Unfortunately I used a wrench to unscrew my toe stop before Coach Maria pointed out the allen wrench was required to undo the stopper...luckily nothing got fucked up on my skates...

Tonight I was still getting used to my new skates...the delay with the toe guard installation set me back 15 minutes to getting to the floor...But WOWIE WOW WOW..these skates are silent killas.....very smooth, very quiet...and much faster....

We did the same drills as last practice....the skating in a row and weaving in between each skater...but this time we closed in together to one arm length...it seems by far this is the drill we all like to do the most...

We did the 'cannonball combat'...we build up speed..go into a cannonball and try to knock each other over...
Then was some whipping....whipping the jammer position through the blockers....that takes arm strength...I wonder where I can buy some of that? ;) My legs are long and I have wide strides...strong legs....and my arms carry books all day...but maybe I will start lifting some weight...? I don't know..I didn't feel too strong in the arms..Also talking with another skater I realized the difference in floors...the toe stops do not HALT you..like they should...it's the floor we have I guess...all floor surfaces are different and she said that wood is more slippery....meaning I will have to cut the corners differently on different surfaces...

We also did three two minute skating drills....that was fun...and fast...how I like it...I still feel like I'm getting used to my skates so I think Gail and I will go skate during public skating tomorrow night...Some of the library kids go there on Friday nights....Speaking of..I saw one kid there tonight who is apparently on the hockey team on his way out...

I really want some 'alone time' with my skates before I try jumping in them...I felt very stable in my old skates...I need to learn to trust this pair over time....

I'll need to learn the rules of this game now....ugh...more reading...I hope it's more interesting than learning about cataloging library collections.. :)