Toe Loop, Spins, Program

My lesson with JJ on the 7:30 a.m. FS at Gilbert.  Once again I didn't sleep well, about 2 hrs of sleep.

Today's lesson:

• Toe loop -- I showed JJ what I'd been working on as far as fixing the toe loop and we worked it a bit.  The main problem is that I'm not getting a continuous flow when I try to do it correctly... I tend to stop in the middle :-).
• Spins -- these were pretty bad today.  Very frustrating since they were so much better on Tuesday.
• Program -- we ran my program with music -- it had been a while.. eep!  We decided to add one crossover after the FO3/weight shift so that I'd have some more speed in the first part.  That helped a lot.  In general in the week I have before the competition JJ wants me to concentrate on the 2nd half of the program.  I agree -- it's a lot weaker than the first half.  I have also been trying to look up more -- it's so hard!  And I'm so inconsistent it probably is funny to watch.

I only skated the one session as I was just wiped out.  Afterward I talked with JJ a bit about what comes next; for the remainder of the year I want to spend about 2/3 time on the Bronze moves and skating them faster and with more power (more aggressive) and the other 3rd will be maintenance/improvement of jumps and spins.  JJ suggested we video my program once a month and see how it improves (hopefully) as I skate faster.  Seems like a good idea to me.