Saturday, February 3, 2018

A Program?!

My lesson today focused mostly on Pre-Bronze Free Skate test stuff but we started off looking at the circle 8 upon my request. Although I didn't make a ton of progress on it, I did make some and I wanted to make sure I was on the right track with it. Mostly, I am getting around the circle better when I don't switch my arms halfway through. If I stay perfectly still, I can almost make it around. So, we decided that I just won't switch arms then. Get a good push off and then squeeze EVERYTHING  and hold on for dear life until you get back to center. Oddly, the inside edge circles where easier. This move will take time to master so I'm glad we started it now.

Waltz Jump - He made one small correction but overall he thinks it's passable.

Salchow - He was actually very okay with the state of this. He seemed pleased. I made sure to emphasize the check after the three turn and that made all the difference, I think. It was actually one of the better salchows I have done in a while and I'm glad I did it in front of him. Now, to be consistent about it.

Half-Flip - He wants more jumps in my arsenal (trust me, I do too!) so he asked me to do a half-flip. The fear barrier was strong as I'm still pretty hesitant to do any jumps on or off of my left toe pick. We worked it out by the boards and I promised him I would work on it.

Toe Loop - Same issue so we worked it out along the boards and, again, I promised him I would work on it. Scary, though.

Spinz - Two foot spin was slow. I'm not sure I even did the required three rotations. I need to wait more before bringing my arms in. One-foot spin was fine.

Lunge - He could tell I hadn't practiced this and I admitted that I don't spend a lot of time lunging during practice. I managed to do a lunge three turn and then fall over ever so gracefully. This will get worked on.

At the end of our lesson, he let me know of a new change to the USFSA rule book regarding the pre-bronze free skate test. As of November 1, 2017, skaters now have the option to perform their pre-bronze free skate to music (1:40 maximum in length). He said it would be so much more interesting if we did a program so he sent me home to think about music (something maybe slower and flow-y). Geez, that escalated quickly. I wasn't thinking about skating to a program until I got to Bronze. Yikes!

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