Serpentines

My figures lesson with Lynne on the Chandler Ice Cafe.

For this lesson we had decided to work on serpentines since we worked on waltz-8 this morning.  We worked on a number of things -- not anticipating the change of edge, body position into the change of edge, etc.  I managed to have a funny fall in the process (no harm done) -- I swear I am the only person who could fall doing a serpentine! Lynne had me bring the free foot forward well in advance of the change of edge so that I am on a stable edge for the actual change.  This had the side benefit of letting me think about the change of edge without having to also think about bringing the foot forward :-).   So I was able to do a much better change of edge (smoother and quicker).  These improved a lot today!  I was really pleased.

I still need to improve my flow through and after the change of edge, and also to get a better push.  Lynne suggested I should work on pushing harder into an FO or FI circle and seeing how many times I can get around the (same) circle -- this is more realistic than pushing onto a flat.  So after our lesson I spent some time on this.  Eeep!  It's really challenging to try to push really hard and still be on a good edge.  Uck.  More work required.