F8s

 My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler Ice Cafe.  Nice ice, 6 skaters.

I had first lesson so no warmup and no scribed circles.  I'd not skated patch for 2 weeks so... things were approximate.

Today's lesson:

• edges -- meh. FO edges I had some issues with keeping a good edge, esp. on the L side.  FI edges were okay. BO edges were also okay.  BI edges... we worked a bit on the initial push. I'm still kind of wide-stepping it and I still need to get the heel out more -- the initial lobe is too small.
• FO8 -- a lot of time on this -- still having issues on the LFO where I'm leaning out the circle, especially when I rotate the arms.  It improved a bit.  Really need to work to keep the shoulder back and lean into the circle more, and of course sit back on the edge more.
• FI8 -- just a few minutes on these.  Not too bad although some issues on the RFI.

After my lesson I stayed another 15 minutes to work on BO8 a bit.  I'm getting around the RBO okay (!) but need a better push and more control on the LBO.  Urph.