Edges
My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate. Nice ice, 8 skaters. I was running late so I just scribed circles, no warmup.
Today's lesson:
- FO edges -- Meh. Okay but not great. Did them over again and they were better.
- FI edges -- nice, as usual.
- BO edges -- eep. As usual with no warmup, difficulties with posture and bringing free foot in front.
- BI edges -- we had to spend some serious time in the first push, as I am getting in my head about it. Yuck. Also I am still skidding on these, esp. the L foot. I would blame it on my blades, but I felt them and they seem reasonably sharp. I think it's because I am just up to far on the darn toe.
- FI8 -- just 2 minutes on these. Not bad, but I am still only getting like 3/4 of the way around. I used to be able to do these nicely. Urph.