Hi everyone! I'm an adult beginner who's been skating for 1.5 years or so. I've enjoyed it so far and overall I feel like I've been making somewhat steady progress. I have jumps up to a single loop (not a good one but I'm working on it), started working on forward sit spin and back scratch, and started working on a bit of more advanced footwork as well (FI bracket and basic inside twizzles)
However there's one thing that I just can't seem to figure out. Spirals. I can't even do a stable forward spiral on my strong side on flat. I think I have developed a irrational fear of it for some reason. I can hold the position off ice and can hold my edges for pretty long but everytime I try to put things together I just get super scared and end up giving up. It's really weird because I've had bad-ish falls on other elements, including slipping off my toepick when doing a toeloop and landing on my chin, but they never quite lead to any serious mental block like that.
I wonder if anyone had similar experience and have any advice on how to cope with those? I really, really want to be able to at least do basic spirals.
However there's one thing that I just can't seem to figure out. Spirals. I can't even do a stable forward spiral on my strong side on flat. I think I have developed a irrational fear of it for some reason. I can hold the position off ice and can hold my edges for pretty long but everytime I try to put things together I just get super scared and end up giving up. It's really weird because I've had bad-ish falls on other elements, including slipping off my toepick when doing a toeloop and landing on my chin, but they never quite lead to any serious mental block like that.
I wonder if anyone had similar experience and have any advice on how to cope with those? I really, really want to be able to at least do basic spirals.