Victory!

I can sticky skate! Finally!

I've had a huge issue with my sticky skating from the very beginning. I thought I would be fine. In the skate classes I took at the skating rink, they called it "scissors." Your feet simply go in and out in an almost circular motion, both feet at the same time. It wasn't the way the other girls skated though, and I always fell behind them when doing it. The person who was helping me said she thought it was slowing me down because it's so similar to plow stopping over and over again. So she took the time today to show me various methods of sticky skating and I feel so much more comfortable doing it. This is the best and most confident I've felt after practicing in such a long time. ("Best" being in reference mostly to confidence. My legs are sore as all hell.)

Will I pass testing after Labor Day? No. No, definitely not. But I'm a step closer to being competent. Now that I know the basic move, I can practice whenever I have some free time so I can improve on the movement.