Back Edges & 8s

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

Today's lesson:

• B edges -- not bad, actually.
• FO8 -- the LFO was actually pretty good, the RFO not so much.  Posture on LFO was pretty good and push was okay so I basically made it all the way around, which hasn't happened in a while.
• FI8 -- not bad, but issues esp. on LFI where I'm a bit off balance immediately after the push.
• BO8 -- the initial push was actually pretty good, but issues after.  We had a tangent to work just on skating a flat backwards and looking to each side, just to work on isolating the upper body from the lower.  We also tried this with me holding my hands behind my back, which help to pull the shoulders back and stand up a bit straighter.
• BI8 -- just 3 minutes on these.  Circle size was small and not making it around.  Ugh.

FO8, BO8

 My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate.  Nice ice, 8 skaters.  I was running a little late so I didn't scribe any circles, but I did manage to warm up all my edges.  They didn't stink.

Today's lesson:

• FO8 -- we laid these out at a random spot, which we'd not done in a while.  The posture was a bit better re: standing up, but we spent some time getting me to hold that free shoulder back.  Also some good work on getting my circle size and shape to be a bit better.  Not bad, all things considered.
• BO8 -- Posture, posture, posture.  Actually in many respects these weren't bad, though I am not making it around the circle.  I remember when I could! How frustrating.

Edges & F8s

 My figures lesson today on the Chandler adult skate.  Nice ice, but a bit crowded (11 skaters). I had some time to warmup (forward edges) and scribe circles.

Today's lesson:

• FO edges -- I had had some wonkiness on these in my warmup, so we spent a little time on them, mostly fixing upper body position and posture.
• B edges -- BI was pretty nice, BO actually was good for once after some initial issues with the first push.
• FI8 -- These were really pretty good!  Not quite making it around the LFI but I did on the RFI.
• FO8 -- a lot of time on these.  Posture issues similar to on edges, but not too bad. Still not making it around though.

Edges & Step Forward

 My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate.  Ice was a little rough, and a bit crowded (9 skaters).  Since it's a 60 minute session and I had first lesson, no warmup.

Today's lesson:

• F edges -- FO were a bit rough (no warmup) and way too much breaking at the waist, so we spent some time on them.  FI were mostly okay.
• B edges -- BO also a little rough; we worked the initial push a couple of times to improve the posture and push.  BI were actually pretty nice.
• waltz-8/step forward -- so we did a right foot waltz-8 and then decided to spend some quality time (almost all on the R side) on the step forward.  Still struggling with this, in general I tend to be forward which means that I'm leaning outside the circle when I'm trying to step forward, which is why I can't stay on the circle.

Edges

 My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate, coming back after Danette's trip.  Ice was nice, but really crowded -- 15 skaters!  I was running late so a very brief warmup.

Today's lesson:

• FO edges -- no warmup so posture and flow not good.  They did improve.
• FI edges -- okay.
• BO edges -- more or less okay.  Lobe sizes not even, though.  Ugh.
• BI edges -- I managed to push my feet out from under me on the first push and do the slo-mo fall, lol.  It was pretty funny, really.  That's what I get for widestepping.  These were better after that.
• 3s -- just a couple minutes of these on the wall.

Edges

 My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate.  Nice ice but a bit crowded -- 10 skaters.  I was running late and had first lesson, so we just dived in when I got there (5 min late).

Today's lesson:

• FO edges -- lack of warmup + usual posture issues = more time on these.  Posture is still a problem and I had a lot of flats to start with.  This did improve though.
• FI edges -- as usual, rather better.  Still need to stand up straighter though.
• BO edges -- once again a bit problematic.  More time on these.
• BI edges -- not bad.  Posture a bit of an issue but I have an easier time fixing it on these than the BO.

A bit frustrating, as usual.  I need to get my act together and skate more, or I will keep facing these issues.  No lesson the next couple of weeks.

3s

 My figures lesson with Danette on the Chandler adult skate.  First lesson so no warmup, and no scribed circles.

Today's lesson:

• Edges -- just a run-through of all of these.  The usual posture and lack of warmup issues.
• 3s -- some time just working on 3s on the wall and on the crease, a follow-up from last week. Some small progess.