F8s

Today's figures lesson on the Chandler coffee club as usual.  They seem to be taking more time with the Z-break these days and the ice is a bit better than it had been.

Today's lesson:

• FO8 -- we spent 2/3 of the lesson on these, and laid them out in 3 different spots on the ice.  I am getting pretty decent at choosing arbitrary spots on the ice and skating from them, which is good :-).  FO8 was not too bad today although I am pretty inconsistent and I still need to work on controlling my upper body better.  The actual edge is getting better though.
• FI8 -- finished up with these -- boy, these are a breeze after the FO8s!  Sooo much more comfortable although I am still fighting that free hip too often on the LFI8.  I need to just think of tucking the free foot/ankle in behind after the push and that seems to help a lot.

The figures competition in Portland is coming up!  Less than 2 months to go and I have a lot of work to do if I can hope to be competitive on the FO8 and FI8 (just doing those two figures).