I have found that my brain is a pansy. It keeps telling me I can't do things, keeps freaking out, keeps getting in my way. Seriously, SHUT UP, BRAIN! I know you're afraid, I know you're thinking about things really hard, but stop. You are just making this harder on yourself. I tend to get really caught up in my head. Especially when I'm having a hard time grasping something. I get frustrated, which makes it worse, till I'm a mess of mental constipation.
Case in point, I was having a really hard time with mohawks. I mean a REALLY hard time. I could do them really slowly and jerkily if I was by myself skating in a straight line off the track, sometimes. I could not do them at all on the track, even on the straight-aways. I had help on them from really great people who were good at teaching, but my brain would lock up, and my body followed. Then, finally, one day it worked. I managed to shut up my brain and just DO IT. It's been two weeks since then, and I still get stiff and uncertain at times, but when that happens, I'm able to tune it out and just turn. I'm getting faster and more confident at it, and soon I won't have to think about it at all.
I need to learn to do this more often. One of the home team captains was telling us skater-tots last week that one of the qualities her team looks for is NOT getting stuck in your head. She spoke about how if your brain tells you that you can't do something, you wont' be able to, and how much faster your brain gives up than your body.
You hear that, brain?? You are such a wimp and you are NOT the boss of me!
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