Light Program Runthrough & Jumps

My lesson with Holly on the 7:30 a.m. FS at Gilbert.  Okay ice and 3 skaters (me, Q and Addie).

I warmed up with stroking and slaloms and some other stuff.  Amusingly I had a "toepick!" moment when I started the slaloms -- had not fallen on something like that in a long time.  No worries, all good.

Today's lesson:

• light program runthrough -- since Autumn Antics is rapidly approaching it seemed prudent to spend a little time on my Jenny program.  We ran it once with music and while it certainly wasn't perfect (salchow didn't happen) it was actually pretty good.  We'll work this every lesson.
• salchow -- I actually did one of the nicest salchows I think I've ever done!  And then a couple more than were not quite as nice, but pretty good. So, we moved on.
• toe loop -- back at this.  I think I'm overthinking this a bit.  It's still cheated.  I did a couple that were relatively okay, but the majority were not so good and a number of them were two-footed.  Oh well.

No lesson next week as I am off to Seattle for NWP Regionals.  Whee!

2019 Sherwood Invitational Video

This finally arrived! 

3:13 FO8
6:04 FI8 (complete with the pant-stirrup debacle)
9:18 BO8 (this went horribly wrong)

I'm not sure I blogged about the pant stirrup issue, but you can see the end of it here.  As I was warming up my FI8, for some reason the stirrup on my R pant leg came loose and the velcro end stuck itself to my (vestigial) toepick on my L foot.  I noticed this when I felt like I couldn't move my leg and looked down. Fortunately I was able to skate over to the side and fix it before I skated.

Anyway, here it is. Not too pleased, esp. w/the BO8 where I apparently got really confused and put my foot down and did numerous other wrong stuff.  Oh well.

 

Choreo

My choreography session with Tammy on the 7:30 a.m. FS at Chandler.  I had a half hour to warm up,  I did some stroking, perimeter XOs, some spins and jumps.

We continued working on the dramatic program, and I was able to show Tammy my proposed prop.  It looks like it will work fine, so that's good to have out of the way.

 We were able to finish up the program, although the timing is still somewhat approximate and we have lots of refining to do.  I do have something I can practice now, so that's good.

• arms overhead (left)
• arms overhead (right)
• small dip and arms overhead (together) w/2-ft turn
• 2 chaine' turns to the left
• push into LFO swing roll to change of edge (LFI), swing leg back
• stroke, cross and hold feet with arms back to the right side.
• LFO waltz-3 (x 2)
• LFO3
• BXO into
• waltz jump
• 2 alternating FXOs with arms
• lunge with arms
• mohawk into
• back hockey glide, CW with arms
• spin w/arms on checkout
• RFI3
• salchow
• slalom left then right, "looking"
• LF attitude
• Skate to boards w/arms, pick up prop
• Back swizzles
• Turn, present prop
• skate to left with prop held high in R hand
• skate to center
• back pivot
• face judges & lift prop high w/two hands

 We added everything after the spin today.  It seems like a lot but it's only two jumps and one spin!

I realized just now I still don't have a costume for this!  ACK!  And no choreo for the next two weeks due to camp and my travel.  Urph.

Back Edges

My figures lesson with Danette on the 7:30 a.m. FS at Chandler.   I warmed up with forward edges and scribed a circle.

For today's lesson we continued looking at my back edges.  We started with BO edges and working more on the LBO to get a better body position (holding the skating shoulder back and staying facing the circle with the free foot in front).  I actually worked on doing an initial push to the LBO, which was very weird since I'm so used to pushing to the RBO to start.  Eeep!  It did get a bit better but wow I sure don't want to bring that free leg in front and over the print.  Uck.

After that we went to work on the BI edges, incorporating many of the same corrections but of course trying not to wide-step the initial push and to get more power.  Some progress.

Between next week's camp, me going to NWP regionals and Danette's schedule I will not have a figures lesson for 4 weeks now. Ugh!

Toe Loop

My lesson with Holly on the 7:30 a.m. FS at Gilbert. Okay ice and just me, Q and Addie.

I warmed up with stroking, some waltz jumps and some of the spin exercise that Holly had me doing back in the day (tap-tap-tap around).

For today's lesson we continue working on the toe loop down the line.  The goal is to toepick in on the opposite side of the line from the R foot.  It seemed like these were a bit better in our last lesson.  Oh well!

Next week we'll need to work on refreshing my Light program, it's been a while.

Back Edges & BI8

My figures lesson with Danette on the 7:30 a.m. FS at Chandler.  5 skaters and 3 coaches; ice was kind of crusty (humidity is high).

I warmed up with edges and scribed circles.

For today's lesson, we started by working on BO edges and specifically my body position on the BO edge, especially the LBO.  We worked holding the hockey stick, and then not, and also on the boards.  Wow.  Getting me to actually really turn into the circle (and STAY that way) is really rough for me.  AND looking into the circle, and holding the free foot in front and over the print, not off to the side.  Eeep.  Lots of work for that.  The RBO is much easier and better.

For the last few minutes we worked briefly on BI edges, and then the BI8.  In some ways this is much easier for me, but getting a good first push is still a challenge for me.  Urph.

Choreo

My dramatic choreography with Tammy on the 7:30 a.m. FS at Chandler.  Ice was not so great (it's really humid) but only 3 skaters most of the session, and then private ice the last 15 minutes :-).

I warmed up with stroking, crossovers, a couple of spins and waltz jumps, and then spent a little time on toe loop and walking through the choreo we already have.

We continued working through the program.  Here's what we have now in total:

• arms overhead (left)
• arms overhead (right)
• small dip and arms overhead (together) w/2-ft turn
• 2 chaine' turns to the left
• push into LFO swing roll to change of edge (LFI), swing leg back
• stroke, cross and hold feet with arms back to the right side.
• LFO waltz-3 (x 2)
• LFO3
• BXO into
• waltz jump
• 2 alternating FXOs with arms
• lunge with arms
• mohawk into
• back hockey glide, CW with arms
• spin w/arms on checkout

Good progress!  I think we are about half done, or maybe a little more.  Need some more jumps and much more footwork but we are making good progress.

BI Edges & 8

My figures lesson with Danette on the 7:30 a.m. FS at Chandler.

I warmed up with edges and scribed circles.

For today's lesson, we started with a debrief of the Sherwood Invitational figures competition, since I had not seen Danette since then.

After that we worked on BI edges for a bit, mostly on the first push.  It still needs to be more... authoritative.  Stronger.  And of course I need to bring the free foot in front, and for a little while not just a cursory amount of time.

After that we worked a bit on the BI8.  It's still weak and I'm not getting around.  Danette encouraged me to work on it and esp. to keep going vs. restarting when I don't make it around.

Toe Loop & Spins

My lesson with Holly on the 7:30 a.m. FS at Gilbert.  Okay ice, 6 skaters and 3 coaches.

I warmed up with stroking, slaloms, perimeter XOs, BXOs to BO edges, and circle-8.  It was a little rough at first as I'd not skated in over a week.  Yuck.

Today's lesson:

• toe loop -- We continued to work these on the blue line.  Holly had me push the RFI edge for the RFI3 out to the side more to have more curve.  This was a really good improvement!  I'm still landing a lot of them on two feet, but did get a couple that were on one foot.  Still a little cheated but much better. Yay!
• spins -- just a little time on these.  Still trying to get me to look up and pull up a bit more.  Urph.