Edges

 My lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate. Nice ice, 7 skaters.  I tried to scribe circles but the pen on my scribe is kaput.  Oh well.  I did manage to warmup forward edges.

Today's lesson:

• back edges -- most of the lesson.  We made some good progress on improving posture and flow on these, and getting me to actually hold the free foot in front and keep turned into the circle. Some real improvement here.
• waltz-8 -- just 3 or 4 minutes on these.  I just could not get myself to actually turn. Uck.

3s

 My lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult freestyle. Nice ice, 6 skaters.  I was a little late getting to the rink, so I just had time to warm up F and BO edges.

Today's lesson:

• BI edges -- posture is a bit better.  We worked a bit on the initial push and improved it somewhat. Still getting a little BO edge at the start, but less pronounced.
• 3s -- the bulk of our time.  Danette had me hold a hockey stick again.  We probably need to do that more as it does help me to be more aware of where my trailing arm, especially, actually is.

Edges

 My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate.  Due to work I was running late and didn't get any warmup, and was about 5 minutes late for my lesson.

For today's lesson we continued to focus on edges as we had last week, and also with Holly last week.  Still mostly working on posture and a better push.  I did see some small improvements in the BI edges,, so that was something.

Edges, Again

 My lesson with Holly on the CCIC freestyle.  Ice was just okay -- it was really humid from rain last night so a little crusty and foggy.  About 9 skaters.

Unfortunately, when I got to the rink I realized that I brought my patch skates, not my freestyle skates. So we had a patch lesson instead of freestyle.

Today's lesson:

• edges -- we spent out lesson on these.  Forward were mostly okay.  Back outside were pretty good.  Back inside needed some work.  Holly suggested that rather than being so focused on striking perpendicular to the long axis on the initial BI push that I settle for a shallower lobe for now so I can work on just getting a better push that's completely on the BI edge, not, as so often happens, a brief BO followed by a BI edge.  We worked on that a bit.

After my lesson I spent the remainder of my time working on edges and also 3s.

Edges

 I skated the Chandler adult skate for my patch lesson with Danette.  Nice ice, about 7 skaters.  While it was not that crowded, one skater was filming a virtual test and another was running her program so it was not the best environment for patch.  I also was running late and didn't get to warmup.

I'd been off the ice for two weeks for a variety of reasons, it was good to be back.

Today's lesson:

• forward edges & posture -- we spent this lesson just working on forward edges and improving my posture.  Danette had me do an exercise for edges where I push off, then skate briefly on two feet and then pick up my foot.  I tend to stand up straight on two feet so the point was to get me to skate the remainder of the edge with proper posture.  It will make a good warmup!

Edges

 My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate.  Nice ice, about 10 skaters.  I just got my patch skates back from being sharpened.  Yay!

Today's lesson:

• edges -- Not so bad, all things considered.  We did a few of them 2x to clean up some sloppiness but all in all pretty decent.
• FO8 -- my circle size was out of control.  I need to start practicing with scribed circles again, because my circles were both too large and somewhat ill-formed.  And of course I'm not making it around on one push.  Argh.

This session is pretty crowded and it's Adult 2 so the more advanced skaters are on it, which makes it not so great for patch.  Not sure if I need to move to a different time slot, or what.

Spins & Jumps

 My lesson with Holly on the 7 a.m. FS at CCIC.  Okay ice, about 12 skaters but very doable.

Today's lesson:

• spins -- eep.  After some duds, I got one really good one!  The key was mostly, I think, to actually bring the free leg in, stand straight up over my skate, and not chicken out too early.  Alas, only that one was good, the rest not so much.  Still, it's progress.
• waltz jump -- just a few of these.  Pretty good, actually!
• salchow -- yow.  The very first one was really good! Well, the landing was a little wonky, but the entrance and takeoff were spot-on.  Again, the subsequent ones not as good. Still, I was pretty happy with it.

After my lesson I worked a bit on 3s and stroking, and then a couple of sals and spins.