F8s

 My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult freeskate.  We rescheduled from Wednesday.  Ice was nice and just 4 skaters.  I warmed up with edges (decent) and scribed circles.

Today's lesson:

• FO8  -- most of our time on these.  Eeep.  They did get better, but I'm so inconsistent.  I did have a consistent issue on the LFO where I kept getting too much swing as/during moving my arms; my free hip was too forward and it made me skid slightly.  Yuck.
• FI8 -- just a few minutes on these.  They are so much better than the FO8!  I still have posture issues though, esp. on the RFI.

B8s

 My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate.  Mostly nice ice, 7 skaters.  I warmed up with forward edges and scribed circles.

Today's lesson:

• B edges -- not bad.
• BI8 -- most of our time on this.  Push was somewhat improved; I was almost getting around some rather small circles on the R foot.  Working to keep that upper body straight up and not let it turn out of the circle.  The LFI position/posture is so much better!  Urph.
• BO8 -- just a couple of minutes on these. Still need to work on holding a strong core. 

Patch Perseverance

 I skated the Chandler adult skate for patch practice.  Nice ice and 6 skaters.

I worked on edges, FO8, FI8 and a little bit on 3s at the end.  For FO8 I'm getting about 3/4 of the way around the circle.  Argh.  FI8 is a bit better, almost all the way on the RFI but about 3/4 on the LFI. Grr.

Edges & FO8

 My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate.  Nice ice, 7 skaters.  I was running late, so no warmup and no scribed circles.

Today's lesson:

• edges -- mostly okay.  Still some posture issues but with no warmup I'm not surprised.  I did definitely have some issues on the LFO -- leaning out of the circle and a resultant flat.  Ugh. Back edges were pretty nice, actually and I did a better job of controlling the free leg.
• FO8 -- meh. Push is really inadequate and still working on posture.  Not happy with these at all, really.  Danette held my trailing hand to try to get me to stand up straight and lean into the circle.