5-Step & Spins

 My lesson with Holly on the 7 a.m. FS at CCIC.  Okay ice, 13 skaters. I had first lesson.

Today's lesson:

• 5-step mohawk -- eep.  We worked a bit on trying to get my off my toe on the 3rd step.  Key point -- bend the knee more on the 2nd step and stay down. This really helped a lot.  Still needs more work but some improvement.  Yay.
• spins -- I got one that was pretty decent, tho it traveled. The point on this was not exiting early when I could have held it longer.  Ugh.

After my lesson, I worked some more on spins, did a waltz jump, and spent some time working on 3s also.

I'm not a fan of mornings, for sure, but I'm really enjoying these sessions.  Most of the club skaters are there and it's a really warm, fun environment.

Back At It

 I skated the 7 a.m. FS at CCIC for my first lesson with Holly since.. October, I think. Whee!  Ice was good, but seems the whole club was there!  Nice to see everyone.

We started off with perimeter crossovers.  Some work on the forward side to fix the pattern a bit.  On to 3s on the crease.  These are about the same (well, maybe a little better) as in patch skates.  We finished up with some waltz jumps, which were surprisingly okay.

After my lesson I worked a bit on the 5-step mohawk, and tried some spins (which didn't happen, oh well).

Good to be back.

I'm Alive

 Yes, I'm still alive, though I fell off the posting wagon -- sorry!

I have been skating this whole time, but just on Mondays for my patch lesson.  So, not a lot.

However it's summer and I'm trying to get my act together, so I skated the adult FS session today at Chandler for some freestyle practice.  I had not even put my freestyle boots on since... October, I think!  Eeep.  Anyway it was an adjustment.  I skated about 45 minutes and managed to run through most of the Bronze moves (except power-3s!  I'm such a chicken).  It went better than I expected.

Tomorrow morning I have my first lesson with Holly in ages, now that the CCIC summer schedule is operating.  Wish me luck!