So I had my lesson yesterday and it was going pretty well, and toward the end I asked my coach when he could teach me how to spin. He said he couldn't until my core was stronger
He then explained that while my legs are great, sometimes I tend to wobble forward or backward in my middle area and when that happens, it happens really fast. It's really noticeable whenever I'm practicing my waltz jump on the wall (I bend forward a lot when I land), but it happens during other maneuvers too. I've decided that I'm going to cut out fast food for a month and do some exercises focusing on my core during the week, and hopefully that will improve things.
This may be a dumb question, but I was wondering how I would know when I'm getting stronger there? Will it just be a matter of not wobbling anymore? I initially thought that was because of a balance issue. I also don't feel like I'm doing anything with those muscles while I'm skating, but my coach has told me that core muscles are very important. I'd like to get it under control because my waltz looks good on the wall and people keep telling me to do it off the wall, but I'm still bending forward on the landing around half of the time and it makes the jump scary to me. I've noticed that a lot of my hang-ups with doing different elements are psychological, so I feel like once I'm more stable on the ice I'll improve faster.
Any thoughts on this or recommendations on what exercises to do would be appreciated!
He then explained that while my legs are great, sometimes I tend to wobble forward or backward in my middle area and when that happens, it happens really fast. It's really noticeable whenever I'm practicing my waltz jump on the wall (I bend forward a lot when I land), but it happens during other maneuvers too. I've decided that I'm going to cut out fast food for a month and do some exercises focusing on my core during the week, and hopefully that will improve things.
This may be a dumb question, but I was wondering how I would know when I'm getting stronger there? Will it just be a matter of not wobbling anymore? I initially thought that was because of a balance issue. I also don't feel like I'm doing anything with those muscles while I'm skating, but my coach has told me that core muscles are very important. I'd like to get it under control because my waltz looks good on the wall and people keep telling me to do it off the wall, but I'm still bending forward on the landing around half of the time and it makes the jump scary to me. I've noticed that a lot of my hang-ups with doing different elements are psychological, so I feel like once I'm more stable on the ice I'll improve faster.
Any thoughts on this or recommendations on what exercises to do would be appreciated!