BXOs To BO Edges

 My lesson with Holly on the 8:30 a.m. adult FS at CCIC.  Nice ice, 4 skaters.  I warmed up with stroking & a pretty decent circle-8

Today's lesson:

• BXOs to BO edges -- we worked on this for a while.  I had better power/speed, which was nice.  We worked on improving the pattern, especially bringing the first lobe around a bit more... promptly.
• BO edge -- I was up on my toe a lot on the RBO in the above, so we worked on it for a while.  Weirdly I don't have this problem on the LBO -- it's nice and stable.  So we worked on just skating a strong RBO and holding it without getting up on the toe and without swing.  We made some progress -- I really need to flex the foot and stand up straight!  Urph.

No lesson next week as it's National Showcase.  After that I will have to figure out August as I will be gone a lot for competitions.

Posture

 My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate.  Nice ice, 5 skaters.

I warmed up with forward edges.  I forgot my scribe, so no circles.

Today's lesson was mostly on posture.  We worked on this in the context of edges but also just skating a flat.  I really don't want to stand up straight... in particular my pelvis is always pushed back not forward.  We spent most of the lesson on this.  Eep.

Club Skate

 Our club (Copper State) had a National Showcase sendoff followed by a club skate this evening.  It was a lot of fun!  The production ensemble ran through their program (Matilda) and then we had about 45 minutes of club skate followed by ice cream.

We had a great turnout!  It was a lot of fun.

Moves

 My lesson with Holly on the 8:30 a.m. FS at CCIC.  Nice ice, 4 skaters.

Today's lesson:

• perimeter XOs -- not bad.  F side was a bit slow, but the pattern was spot on.  B side was pretty good.
• circle-8 -- honestly, it was really nice.  Good flow and decent tracing.
• 5-step mohawk -- not bad.   Mohawk was better and doing a better job throughout, but a little long on two feet from step 4-5.

Edges, BI8, BO8

 My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate.  Nice ice and just 5 skaters. I scribed circles and warmed up with one set of FO edges.

Today's lesson:

• Edges -- meh.  They were not bad considering I've been off the ice so much lately.  Eeep.
• BI8 -- I am making it around about 3/4 of the circle.  All things considered that's no so bad. Posture really needs work and of course I need a better push.  At one point Danette had me just push to a back flat and see how long I can hold it.  Eeep.
• BO8 -- just a couple of minutes on these.  I reallllly need to hold that skating shoulder back on these.

Edges, 3s

 My figures lesson with Danette on the 9:30 a.m. FS at Chandler.  Nice fresh ice, about 8 skaters.

Today's lesson:

• edges -- meh.  Still having issues with skidding on the FO edges.  FI were okay.  BO I still need to work on leaning into the circle more.  BI were pretty nice.
• 3s -- eeep.  I think I have just developed a complex on these and I'm not sure how to fix it.  I suspect the answer is that I need to have some practice where I'm willing to just go splat if need be.  Eeep.