Weird - normally at 6am, the rink is crowded with kids - all doing things I can only dream about right now - but there. This morning, nada. Just a few adults. The one little girl that was there took a spectacular fall just as she was doing warm-up laps. The ice is really rough today, and I guess she caught an edge. When she didn't get up, I skated over to her and discovered that she'd really hurt herself and was crying. Normally, I'm the first to step in when things like this happen, but I don't really know what to do for a skating accident. Fortunately, one of the adults came up right after me and took charge. The little girl had hit her knee pretty bad. The other adult and I helped the kid off the ice where her mother was waiting for her. She was back on the ice doing laps to work it out about 20 minutes later, so I am guessing no lasting damage.
Partway through my practice, while I was working on forward crossovers (it was nice to not be in peoples' way today!!) one of the adults came over to offer some helpful tips - I must really REALLY look clueless sometimes - I'm growing an increasing set of informal coaches! Actually, I appreciate the help - all I can get!
At any rate, Windy ("like the wind", she said) was correcting my form - once again, I'm not bending my knees enough... Sigh. I asked her what happened to the kids, and she said she didn't know, but that one of the local competitions might be starting today. Turns out, she's been skating since she was a kid herself - I would guess she's about my age now. She mentioned that she didn't like to be here by herself because if she falls, there won't be anyone to help. She'd be the other adult who helped me with the kid earlier.
I can really feel for the kid - as I have said in an earlier post, ice is hard.
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