The Stick

 My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler Ice Cafe.  I warmed up with forward edges and scribed circles.  Nice ice and only 5 skaters.

Today's lesson:

• B edges -- these were pretty nice!
• BI8 -- our whole lesson on this.  As we started, I asked Danette if she had The Stick (it's a hockey stick). She didn't, so she went and retrieved it.  We used it to work on posture/body position on the BI8.  Urph.  The LBI is kinda okay (of course at this point I am NOT making it around the circle, despite the fact I competed this... what, 2? 3 years ago? grrr).  The RBI... this is where the stick is really handy.  It's very clear to me when the R arm/shoulder is not where it's supposed to be as the stick shows it.  We worked it a bunch, first with Danette holding the stick with me and pushing me around, then by myself.  This did help.  We'll need to work on it a bit more but I'm glad we made some progress.