I came home from skating last week feeling so annoyed and frustrated that I have actually contemplated quitting altogether. And for the first time since day one that I have not looked forward to the lesson tonight.
It's bad enough that I have to use the rink skates so I am struggling to do anything in them and I am in constant pain when I skate. But when the regular coach has been away for 6 out of 9 weeks and the replacement (whilst a lovely person) is flying by the seat of her pants, having not been given any instructions by the regular coach as to what to do, there is no structure to the lessons. I am starting to get very irritated.
Last week, the three of us in the class that are somewhat in-between beginner and intermediate level spent over an hour on the same thing with no instruction at all to help us understand what we were doing wrong. It just consisted of one foot glides backwards. I have made very little progress in this term because I feel like we have lessons where we 'wing it' and so does our coach. It seems like the beginners are getting instructed properly and so are the class above us but the few of us that really need help with our backwards stroking and crossovers are just left to 'practice'. This really shits me! If we were coming in only to practice, I don't want to pay double what the practice rate is and I definitely wouldn't come in on a Monday because of the ice surface.
Why is it that every time I find something I enjoy that is actually good for me, I have some external obstacle that prevents me from really thriving. Gargh!!!!
