I overslept and didn't go to the 6:00am Tuesday morning Freestyle Session at the Stable so I went to the 6:00pm public session this evening. You guys....THERE WAS NOBODY THERE! YAAAAS!
So, this meant I could go full out on my jumps and not be worried about someone judging me for falling. And fall I did! Right off the bat I fell on my warm-up while doing forward crossovers. It was one of those instantaneous falls where you don't even realize you're down until you're on the ice and writhing in pain. I hit my knee pretty hard (minor bleeding) and will be adding a pretty substantial bruise to the collection of bruises on my left hip. I think I caught a rut in the ice with my toe pick and down I went. The rink was empty but the ice was super torn up from hockey. Anyway, ouch. I had to sit for a while to recover from that.
I worked on forward and backward edges. These seem pretty good so I moved on to other things. Two-foot spins are fine as are my one foot spins so I feel comfortable if I were to test them soon. Backspins are....well, let's just not even talk about backspins. Waltz Eight looked and felt nice. I'm making my way back to the center like I should! No more lopsided figure eights!
Finally, jumps. So, you know how car dealerships have those inflatable things out front that flail about with their arms? Yeah, that's how I look when I'm doing my salchow and toe loop. I mean, I guess it's pretty cool that I can land these jumps but must I look so chaotic while doing so? And I have video proof that this is the case because I got daring and brought my phone out on the ice, set it up against the boards, and recorded myself doing various things. The phone doesn't lie, folks. I'm definitely flail-y.
Lesson coming up on Saturday. I think Christopher will see some slight improvement from last week but I imagine he's going to spend a lot of time fixing my wonky arms. May the force be with him.
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