I practiced over the weekend and my goal was to attempt a salchow. After warming up, I decided I was comfortable enough to try one from a standstill. It was low and slow (mostly low) but it happened! I did about 4 or 5 of them from a standstill and landed each one but my leg started to hurt so I called it a day.
Little by little, I plan on adding jumps back into my repertoire. I need to keep my expectations low, though. I'm a different skater now so I no longer have that "I'll just fling myself in the air and hope I land it" mentality. I'm a lot more cautious. I know in time as I gain back my confidence I'll get a little more daring, but for now I just want to play it safe to avoid aggravating my injury.
Getting my salchow back is a big deal, though! It means I can practice my Pre-Bronze Free Skate test as originally planned (with the waltz and salchow being my two required jumps). That's exciting! I'm back with Christopher for lessons starting this Saturday so I'll have him take a look and see what he can polish up.
I'm planning on testing on April 13th :)
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