Saturday Lesson

Not much to report here except, you know, it didn't suck. We split our time between moves and the program.

Movez - Things are coming along. Again with the arms. Swingroll transition on the crossovers needs more swing and more forward extension. Stop extending the leg so much on the back edges. Don't forget to hold everything for the proper counts in the waltz 8. Better stretch on the spirals but make sure you don't bring the free leg down too soon. Overall rating by my coach = passable.

Programz - A little bit of traveling on the one-foot spin during the first go around without music but I fixed it on the actual run-through with the music. He mentioned that it looked like the part after the half-flip has improved a little (yay progress). Just make sure I have a strong check on the three-turn entry of the salchow as well as the landing. Overall rating by my coach = passable.

So now I polish and clean everything up. I have four more weeks which seems like a lot of time but also doesn't seem like a lot of time. I may have to visit a public session every now and then to get some ice time in. I really want to perform well for the test and not just simply "pass."

Also!!!!!! Happy Skate-versary to me! On April 8th last year, I started my jumps class with Christopher and now here we are a year later getting ready to test. I hate that for half of the year I was off the ice with my broken leg but I have come a long way considering I'm recovering from a major injury. I'm really proud of myself for recovering the way I did. I really try my best not to complain during my lessons about what hurts and how much of a setback this all was. Nobody wants to hear a complainer, right? However, I still have moments where I think about where I would be now if I hadn't been sidelined. I just have to remind myself that, although progress is slow, it's still happening. As long as I'm a better skater than I was the day before, I'm moving in the right direction :)