So I started all this groundwork for this huge plan to get better in the offseason.
I started it off right by skipping Monday AND Tuesday practice. I havent ran or done my burpies because I suck. No excuses, I just suck.
I AM going to the gym tomorrow (which I have always been proud of being hellbent on not being a gym-goer) and I am going to run until I just can't anymore. Bare minimum, I want to run a timed mile, take a stretching break, then just run some more until my muscles turn to jelly. Immediately following: go home and just lay on my floor in a pain angel. ("Pain Angel" GTS*)
Wednesdays practice was pretty motivational. Our Coach is implementing a lot of, shall we say, "Creative Writing Class" type tools to help motivate everyone. I feel like in general, it will help me personally. Included are journal entries and some imagery readings during stretching.
Monday will be a good practice because we are going to the gym as a team with a personal trainer BEFORE practice, so that day, I am sure I will be feeling like I was hit by a truck. All of that on a Payroll Monday. Oi. No Mercy.
On Wednesday some of are drills set me up perfect to work on my first platform of goals.
-My outside cuts have already greatly improved which also helped in my outside hockey stops which was just a perk of improving the first. Still not quite as strong as my cuts/hockey stops to the inside but its already very close. I feel a lot more during these drills because I was really digging so SHRUG that shit happens. Can't let it discourage.
-I do not know why I thought getting anywhere on the track (within 10 ft) in 3 steps sounding challenging. Its actually very simple, so I may revamp that one.
-We did basketball shuffles so this was perfect chance to work on my speed and gait with those. I managed to keep up with a player that is pretty quick at these. So that was very much an improvement. Now, to keep the consistency.
One thing NOT on my list are grapevines. Now, my thing with grapevines is we do grapevines PRIMARILY to work on cross overs. We are told to get low when we do these. However, I feel like my body mechanics its impossible for me to get into standard derby position and do grapevines. ALSO, when your crossing over, chances are you are not in a pack, therefore are not in derby position preparing to be hit. Your legs are pretty straight and you are bent over at the waste with tits over toes.
I don't think I have ever seen blockers GRAPEVINE over to the outside line from the inside line or vice verse to catch a jammer. . .
So it makes you wonder. . .why do we grapevine drills the way we do? Seems kind of counter productive. Any thoughts on grapevine in derby positions as a drill are welcome with a open-mind.
I want my grapevines to be this pretty! Notice how the legs aren't so much bent in derby position but bent mainly at the hips. TOTs.*
This position gets a bad rap as "TABLE TOPPING" but in reality if you're a jammer this is position you want. Take heed and watch a speed skater. Most leagues have a former speed skater or two, watch their form. They are table topping like a boss. Its how you are taught to skate fast. So I, as a jammer, work on this form a lot.
However, I am primarily a blocker so I know when to abandon the "good" table topping and get my ass low.
Yeah, thats me. Average "In-Pack" low for me. I have seen people's "in-pack" lows a lot lower. I am 5'0 so, me needs to work on that.
So summing it up, I slacked off this week, but I made some improvement with my 1st platform.
You gotta take the good with the bad. . .even if the bad was 75% my fault.
I will be checking in again either Saturday night or Monday, posting my results on my gym adventure.
I feel like I should really reiterate how much I DESPISE gyms. . . .already putting myself in uncomfortable situations for the sake of PROGRESSION!! RAWWR!!
Striker-isms
*GTS-Google That Shit
*TOTs-Tits Over Toes
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