Backspin Prep, Cross Strokes Prep

My lesson with JJ on the 8:15 FS at Gilbert.

Today's lesson:

• backspin prep -- JJ had me working on 2-foot spins which were not so great, but improved.  Then we went back and worked some more on the spin exercises he gave me a while back with the alternating forward and backward pushes.  Yikes.
• cross strokes -- for the last few minutes JJ had me work on an exercise for cross strokes, basically a swizzle and then cross the feet over and hold.    Yikes.  One way is not so bad but the other way is really scary.  I couldn't make myself do them without holding onto the boards :-(  I'm such a chicken these days!