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so at practice last night we were working on things that we're not 100% confident on (hello, hockey stops!) and then at the end of practice our HR was like "okay, we're going to work on backwards crossovers."

My history with backwards crossovers is a bit fraught.  When I was a little kid skating my heart out in the basement listening to Hooked on Classics, my backwards skating stance was with my left foot behind me (i.e., my left foot leading in the direction I am skating).  Fastforward thirty plus years later, when I discover if you're going to do backwards crossovers in derby direction, YOUR RIGHT FOOT NEEDS TO LEAD IN THE DIRECTION YOU ARE SKATING HAHAHAHAH NEENER NEENER NEENER TO YOU.

So I had to relearn how to skate backwards.

Anyway, after much trial and error, I got fairly decent at backwards crossovers where I only pick up my right foot.  I can go around the track, I do it with no issues when I am the front IPR and all that.

So last night I decided to try and do backwards crossovers where you pick up both feet.

I realized something this morning, on my way into work.  Do you know what ice skaters do when they want to get up a LOT of speed to propel themselves into a huge jump or an amazing spin or an axel or a lutz or whatever it is they're called?

THEY DO BACKWARDS CROSSOVERS WHERE YOU PICK UP BOTH FEET

It was legit terrifying and very much a JANE STOP THIS CRAZY THING experience.  I couldn't think of a way to stop moving my feet without crashing and burning.  (Eventually I did crash and burn, resulting in a somersault on the track.)

(I also realized that I probably should not wear my glasses to practice.)

so that was last night's practice. We're having a scrimmage on Thursday and then we're off for about two weeks and things start up again.  I don't really have any officiating scheduled either (WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?  I KNOW!) so I don't know what I'll do with myself.