Today was a half and half day as we started out working on the program and finished with Moves. I have to say that I look forward to my lessons each week not only because of the instruction but also because I feel so capable afterward. Empowered even! So yeah, having that guidance and being able to use it to get better as a skater works wonders on my soul :)
Programz - Straight away, I asked him to fix something that's been kind of eluding me in practice. After the half flip, I'm supposed to do a LFI mohawk - crossstep - then start the three turn sequence. I guess I remembered the choreography wrong because in my practices I had been adding an extra three turn in the opposite direction and it was really throwing me off. Thankfully, Christopher got me back on track with this and made the corrections. I was unnecessarily making it more difficult than it needed to be. Once that was corrected, we ran the program in its entirety (I didn't fall!) and he made some small corrections. Mostly, it was what he had told me last time; I'm still not making full use of the ice. Something to work on for sure. We talked a bit about testing dates and both of us agreed to shoot for the April test date but with the option to extend to May if I'm not ready. My new pink dress shipped on Friday so not having a dress is no longer an issue!
Movez - I asked him to look at my crossover pattern and my Waltz 8 because I wanted to be sure that I was indeed making improvement and not just learning different mistakes. With my crossovers, he surprisingly had nothing to say about the transition so I'm assuming I'm doing it up to standard now? I'm still going to keep working on it because, although it feels right, I'm not feeling much of the change of edge. He did have some advice on the back crossovers. He would like to see me extend that underpush more. He knows I can do the crossovers but he wants to see POWER! So, fewer crossovers but the ones I do should be strong. On to the Waltz 8, he seemed okay with them but really wants me to remember to count and not rush. Hold every part of each turn for the proper amount of time. Also, make it BIGGER and keep the free-foot closer to the skating foot. So, I have some homework. Just when I think I've got it there is always something that needs improving. I'm okay with that. Oh, and of course we weren't done because he knows how much I loathe spirals and he wasn't about to let the lesson end before making me do them. Frickin' spirals, man. Ugh. They pretty much looked exactly as they did yesterday during my practice with the left one being wonky as hell and the right one being passable at best. These need work.
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