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.

Freestyle!

 Coach Danette is out, so I skated the adult session today to get re-acquainted with my freestyle skates. Whee! Nice ice, 5 skaters. 

As usual, the first 15 min were... interesting. I worked on stroking and edges. Mostly okay, eventually, but could not do BO edges for the life of me. Uck.

Just 30 minutes today due to a late start (work), but good to get on the ice.

F8s

 My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate.  Nice ice, about 9 skaters.  I warmed up with edges.  I didn't scribe circles today.

Today's lesson:

• FO8 -- most of our time on this.  We worked a bit on getting a better push, and sitting back on the blade more *from the beginning*.  I'm surprised that despite the fact I've been working on this stuff forever, I still often fail to hold back that free shoulder/side and then I have a crappy position.  Like, it should be automatic by now.... oh well.
• FI8 -- just a couple minutes on these. As usual, much nicer than the FO.