F8s, Posture

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

Today's lesson:

• FO8 -- we started by just working a long FO edge without worrying about the push, to try to work on posture.  Just some pushes followed by a long glide on the circle.  LFO was okay, but trying to stand fully straight up without bending forward on the RFO was tough.  Also I was tending to lean out of the circle, which made me go flat and skid.  Yuck.  Then we worked just the regular FO8 and it was a bit better.
• B edges -- from there we went back to the line and did BO and BI edges.  They were not bad, actually.

B8s

 My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate.  I scribed circles and warmed up with edges.

Today's lesson:

• BO8 -- eep.  We worked a bit on posture (of course) and also trying to keep the free foot close and not just be in 'landing position'.  It's not clear to me which is cause and which is effect --- am I leaning forward because my free foot is out, or is my free foot out because I'm leaning forward?  I tend to think it's the latter.
• BI8 -- again, posture issues.  Danette pushed me around a bit (my backwards scooter-push is awkward) and when she's holding my hand I can stand up nicely.  Geez.

FO8, BO8

 My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate. Nice ice, 6 skaters. I scribed circles and warmed up with forward edges.

Today's lesson:

• back edges-- We spent some time on these, especially working to get me to stand up better on the BO edges.  We worked them a bit on the wall, then on the line.  After that we went on to BI edges, which were pretty much okay.
• FO8 -- some definite posture issues/leaning forward that we worked on for a bit.  It's much worse on the R side then the left.
• BO8 -- just a couple minutes on these.  Struggling to have a good  push and get the free foot in front afterward.

FO8, BO8

 My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate. Nice ice, 8 skaters -- but a couple of dancers which made life... interesting.  I scribed circles and tried to warm up FO edges but too much traffic.

Today's lesson:

• F edges -- FO were a little rough so we did them again.  FI were okay.
• FO8 -- Mmph.  The usual posture issues.
• B edges -- not too bad, actually.
• BO8 -- just a couple of minutes on these.  Danette worked with me to get the free foot in front after the push, and then keep it close after.  Not horrible.

F8s

 My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate.  Nice ice,  8 skaters.  I scribed circles and warmed up with forward edges.

Today's lesson:

• Back edges -- BO were okay.  I once again spent a little time working the BI push on the wall before trying them.  It did help a bit.  Danette had me do a little exercise for this -- BI lobe, BI lobe, BI circle.  Lather, rinse, repeat. Urph.   It was not horrible though.
• FO8 -- I feel like these were actually better.  I'm making fixes but I'm not consistent with them, which is frustrating.
• FI8 -- not too bad.
• BO8 -- just a minute (literally) on this. Eeep.

FO8, FI8, 3s

My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate.  Nice ice, 10 skaters.  I scribed circles and warmed up with forward edges.

Today's lesson:

• back edges -- BO were slightly wonky but okay.  We spent a little extra time on the BI initial push to decrease the wide-step and set a better edge.  They were okay.
• FO8 -- still not making it around the circle, but a little better than last week.
• FI8 -- just a few minutes on these.  Not bad, actually.
• 3s -- just a couple on each side.  Actually not that bad, in that at least I was able to turn them after holding the edge.  Other than that they were kinda rough though.

FO8, FI8

 My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate.  Nice ice.  I scribed circles and warmed up edges.

Today's lesson:

• FO8 -- most of our lesson.  We worked (as always) on posture and getting a better, more controlled initial edge.
• FI8 -- just a few minutes on these.  They were okay.