Feb 20, 2013

Stopped On Wheels

She's skating straight at me and at the very last moment before she hammers full force into my sternum she turns her hips and her wheels make a great breaking screech and she's standing there blinking smiling like she's waiting for a bus.  This is the hockey-stop I've been working on for two years.  It's taking so long because I had excuses.  My excuses were; I had an ACL surgery, a divorce, a move three states away, and a new derby league.  Now I am out of excuse.  I do them at the end of practice and when we're doing foot worky things but it's slow going.  I hesitate. I question.  I over-analize.  I forget to work on them.  I feel like I kinda have it, sometimes I make that great scritching noise with my wheels but I don't yet have the nerve to try it going full blast with someone standing in the way yet.  I will though.  Then I will hockey stop all over town, screeching up and sliding in sideways like the Dukes of Hazard announcing "I could have plowed into you with everything I have, but choose not to."

 

5 comments:

Melanie said...

I could watch hockey stops all day. Amazing.

Jenny said...

me too

Michelle Gautreaux said...

i'm just in admiration that you just get out there and play hockey - i think i would break a hip. LOL

Michelle Gautreaux said...

okay reread and haven't been on your blog in awhile - you are on a roller derby team - WHAT!! that is awesome, but the statement above still applies for me LOL broken hip would happen.

Debbie said...

I'm overthinking my hockey stops, too! And every time I think Iv'e got it, I fall down.