BO Edges, BO8

 My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate.  Once again gorgeous ice.  Five skaters.  I scribed circles and warmed up with forward edges.

Today's lesson:

• BO edges -- We ran these, they were so-so. We spent some time working the initial push (both directions! ack!) on the boards. Danette convinced me that starting with both feet on the ice for the initial push isn't cheating (lol) so that helped me to get my soon-to-be-skating foot turned out more.  After some work on the boards we ran the BO edges and they were definitely better.
• BI edges-- As usual, better than the BO edges.  We did run them a few times specifically working, again, on the initial push and avoiding the wide step and getting the body turned more.  It did help.
• BO8-- just 3 minutes on these.  The push was better (yay!) but I still need to work more on holding that initial position turned into the circle, and not letting the upper body rotate.  Uck.

BO Push, BO8

 My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate.  The ice was GORGEOUS.  6 skaters  I scribed circles and warmed up with edges.

Today's lesson:

• BO edges -- we ran these some more because I wasn't happy with them in my warmup. They did improve a bit.
• BO  push -- we transitioned into just working specifically on the BO initial push/start, as Danette noticed my initial BO edge push wasn't starting perpendicular to the axis.  So we worked these quite a bit on the circle to get a a better push and position and a better edge that actually followed the circle.  We did a bunch and it did actually get better.
• BO8 -- from there we worked on BO8, mostly holding the stick but without at the end.  The work we'd done did help but I'm still having some posture issues, need to not break forward.  I've also noticed I bend my knees much better on subsequent pushes than I do on the initial push.  Bleah.

FO8

 My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate. We'd rescheduled from Monday due to my flight home from Jo Williams Memorial Cup (Spokane) being very delayed late Sunday.  I was running late, and I'd forgotten to replace the pen in my scribe, so I got a brief warmup of forward edges.

Today's lesson:

• FO8 -- we spent our lesson on this.  Pretty much same old, same old -- Still trying to fix my posture and get a better push.  A bit frustrating.

Edges

 My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate. Nice ice, 8 skaters.  I tried to scribe circles but my scribe marker dried up and wouldn't write (looks like the cap came off in the car).  I didn't really get a warmup from messing around with that.

Today's lesson:

• F edges -- we ran the FO a couple of times, focusing on posture.  The left is generally better  than the right.  The FI were not bad.
• B edges-- Okay.  We ran BO and BI several times to improve the initial push, stand up straighter, and to keep the free foot in front and then 'hinge' it back.

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.