I have been skating on a 7ft rocker for the last 12 years off and on. I got new skates 4 weeks ago and have been skating on an 8ft with hardly any problems at all. It was actually a pretty easy transition, my jumps are better as are most of my moves. However, up until 2 weeks ago I had my spins as well, then I fell on my face, and then a week later the back of my blade caught and I fell on my butt and my funny bone (which hurt way worse than falling on my face which required an xray to make sure nothing broke). But I've had so much trouble getting my scratch spin back. I think it's my thoughts getting in the way. I'm thinking too much about it now because I'm afraid to have falls like that again. So now I'm back to feeling like a complete beginner because I can't do my spins like I had them.
Any suggestions for getting over this?
I should also mention I'm now very aware of the ruts in our ice left by hockey because of it. I won't try and spin over them bc we have teen guys that will purposely put ruts in the ice because they think it's fun. And on Fridays we have this very large guy who slaloms his way down the ice (sort of) and that alone leaves ruts from him (he's just on inside edges) and those are enough to trip someone... (I sincerely hope that that does not sound bad, it's just dangerous that he leaves ruts unintentionally because he doesn't know how to properly skate).
But it's so frustrating to not be able to spin. I probably need an empty session where I can just try over and over again to get them. I keep trying to lean to far back which is part of my problem... My internship ends next Tuesday and while my mom is going to be on me to find a job (nowhere is hiring and I haven't had time to send out many resumes between my internship and my part time job and last week housesitting for my boss) I'm probably going to take a few mornings and skate around to get some more practice in and then work on my freelance work and job hunt. There are thankfully two places that one will be hiring a junior designer as soon as they hire a senior one (though there's no indication on how long that will take) and another that said they're still moving offices but to contact them next month and they will hopefully know by then if they need another designer. I have a better chance there because I went to school with the art director.