Might As Well Jump

At practice last night Pixel Ninja digs out the pool noodles....(I am sure he lays awake at night thinking of new ways to torture us...LOL)....actually the pool noodles are a great tool for a lot of the drills we do as it creates a safe obstacle.  But this time I see him taping them down to floor one in the center and one in each corner and another at the end of the floor....I am not gonna lie I was getting a little excited because I knew this was a drill I didn't try before. (OK lets be honest I was super excited...LOL)

I paired up with FireCrackYa and she explains the drill and demonstrates.  I have to do a figure 8 doing a crossover at the center of the pool noodle...well OK so I try it a few times and got it down.  Then I notice some of the girls doing the same thing but jumping...I think to myself "humm that looks like fun I wanna try" But when in doubt if its what I should do...ask the coach.  So I did he said "Yes you will do that eventually but for now just practice getting the steps when your comfortable you can try the jump."  I think to myself "When I am comfortable?? heck, I wanna do it now" So I did and I have to say I was pretty good...did it a few more times and it felt really good! Dammit I am jumping!...So confidence is up a couple more notches...what now?...LOL

Then the girls start skating around and jumping with both feet off the floor ...well of course I wanna try that too....check with coach make sure its OK to try it and again he says "you can do it when your comfortable, if you give it a try just remember to bend your knees and if you fall fall forward like you have been taught." So you can see from the picture how that turned out..LOL I obviously did not bend my knees enough cause I landed right square on my ass! ...LOL I think I did pretty good for one night though and next week I will get it!

 
It was pretty cool watching the girls though ....Smokey 5-0 and Klem'Mydia Burns where jumping over skate boxes! Amazing! For our skills tests we only need to be able to jump 3 inches but I have to admit watching them was really something to see!

As for me...well I am just gonna keep on trying :) But for now as Van Halen says (with my own little creative insert..LOL)

I get up, and nothing gets me down.
I like to jump. and then go round and round
And I know, just how it feels.
You've got to roll with the punches to get to what's real
Oh can't you see me standing here,
I'm getting ready for a derby scene I ain't the worst that you've seen.
Oh can't you see what I mean ?