FO8, BI8

My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate. Nice ice, about 6 skaters.

I had a bit of time before my lesson, so I scribed circles (first time in a lonnnng time) and did some quick forward edges.

Today's lesson:

• edges -- eeep.  FO lobes were waaay too large.  FI were okay. BO was mostly okay aside from some flats and skids.  BI were pretty nice, actually.
• FO8 -- Eeep. Flats! Skids! Large circles!  Geez.  Not so great.  I remember what the body position is supposed to be, but I was not doing it.  Grr.
• BI8 -- mmph.  Back in the day these used to be okay.  Now I can't seem to get a good push without going to a flat, and my push is too weak to carry me around the circle.  Yuck.

Not so great.  To be fair I've been off of patch for a while.  I meant to get more practice in but other things in life are affecting me. Ugh. 

Moves

 My lesson with Holly on the CCIC adult skate.  Beyoootiful ice, just 2 skaters.

Today's lesson:

• circle-8 -- wow!  This was really, really nice.  Well traced and good circle size.
• perimeter XOs -- Pretty good.  Pattern was good, and really nice power on the BXOs.
• power-3s -- ugh.  We spent some additional time working on BXOs because the BXOs in the moves are not good on the L side.  Those CW BXOs are not so great on the circle, either. I'm up on my toes too much and the body position is not good.
• spins -- just a couple of these at the end.  Ugh.  Not good.

Private Ice

 Whew!  After a bit of an unintended break I was able to skate the 8 a.m. adult skate at CCIC for a lesson with Holly.  I had private ice!  And it was fresh and just gorgeous.

I had about 10 minutes of warmup time, which I badly needed as I felt like Bambi on ice.

Today's lesson:

• perimeter XOs -- just once through these.  Eeep.  Actually they were not that bad, considering.  I was a bit slow, and off pattern on the FXO side.  BXO side was also slow and lacking power, but the pattern was okay.
• circle-8 -- just once.  Actually, it was really nice! Good flow.  Of course it helped that the ice was immaculate.
• spins -- just a couple of these.  The first was pretty rough and traveled a lot.  The second was a bit better.  I was a little nervous in them so they were not as good as they could have been.