Preliminary Test; 3s

My figures lesson with Lynne on the Chandler Ice Café.  I warmed up with edges and scribed some circles and we got started.

Today's lesson:

• FO8 -- pretty good.
• FI8 -- pretty good.
• waltz-8 -- meh.  After running through them we then spent a bunch of time just working on the step forward on the circle; mostly the LBO since that's the weaker side.  We worked on holding the skating shoulder back on the first part of the BO edge so that I don't get so much swing started, then releasing and turning the skating foot for the new push.  I think we made a little progress.
• 3s to center -- I've decided it's not so much that the initial check is lacking, as it is that after the turn I don't control the shoulders and free leg/hip so that I then swing into the circle.  Grrr.

After my lesson I just had a couple of moments to work on the step forward again.