Hockey Stops

I have been going ice skating more and more often over the last few weeks. I went on Tuesday evening and last Sunday morning. With the my new hockey skates, I have put my figure skates away and started spending more time attempting hockey stops.

What is a "hockey stop" you ask?

^^^ That is. And with a failed one on Tuesday night, I landed square on my butt and my right elbow. I overbalanced backwards and up went the legs, and down I came. I lay on the ice for a moment to settle myself until I started feeling the cold again. At this time, Joker and Mirkz had seen my lying there and came to help me up.

This morning (at 4am), my neck is still sore and the graze on my elbow has started to scab up nicely. I'm still keen for skating around, I think I might just have to get used to falling over, or being more game to try things out. For now, I'm just going to practice and keep checking out YouTube for tips :)