RFI3

Figures lesson at coffee club at Chandler as usual.... good ice. A bit crowded for coffee club actually, there were like 9 skaters present!

Today's lesson:

• FO edges -- we skipped FI edges today. FO edges are improving. Still need to work on keeping straight up when pushing off and not widestepping.
  
• B edges -- BO edges, the RBO is pretty good. LBO still having problems trusting the edge. Lynne says I need to really commit to it and put my weight all the way over my skate. BI edges were pretty nice... I love BI edges in my patch blades, they are so smooth!
  
• FI8 -- My push is slowly improving although I am still challenged to get all the way around. In general these weren't too bad though other than that.
  
• FO8 -- These have improved as well, though they still have a long way to go.
  
• FO3s -- LFO3 is doing pretty well. RFO3 is still pretty skidded but it is improving.
  
• FI3 -- we worked them at the boards, and then I tried a couple of RFI3s out on the ice. The first one went well until I tried to step forward afterward (I've never successfully done this in patch blades) and of course I fell. But the turn itself was good, and I did a couple more that were okay. Didn't try the LFI3 (we were out of time and I was chicken) but we will work on them next time.
  

All in all a very good lesson. I sometimes get quite frustrated with this but I really am making progress. The additional practice I am getting now (what little there is) is definitely helping.