Keeping me in the Loop

Per usual, I really didn't want to get out of bed this morning but I did anyway. I have too much to work on to skip sessions.

Movez - After my warm up, I ran through the entire Bronze MIF spending more time on the circle 8 (worst move) and less time on the five step mohawk (best move). I made some progress on the LFO circle. Again, I used the center hockey circle and just tried to maintain an LFO edge without putting a foot down. There were several where I made it 3/4 of the way around without putting my foot down. I mean, just a few days ago I was happy with one foot down and now I'm almost making it around a full hockey circle with no foot down at all. I probably would have made it all the way around if not for lack of momentum. Anyway, it's coming along. Slowly, but it's coming.

Spinz - I worked on backspins for a good chunk of time and forced myself to work through them instead of giving up out of frustration. I can't say that real progress was made here but I think the goal was to simply push through it and make sure I work on it without giving up.

Jumpz - Finally, loop jumps! I'm pretty sure I spent half the practice on these alone. Now that the fear is mostly gone, I'm not hesitating when attempting them. But I am taking my time to make sure the technique is correct. So, I spent a lot of time doing them from a standstill (LFI glide - RFI 3-turn - hold with leg crossed - jump). I did this over and over until I was consistent with getting my leg crossed in front. It definitely feels different when my free leg is properly crossed so I can easily tell when I've done it right versus when I go into full flamingo mode with my leg. When I do it correctly, I can feel my free leg "unwrap" on the landing. So, I think about half of them were good and proper while the other half were flamingo'd. I had kind of an emotional moment working on these though. The first time I landed one with the proper free leg, I really felt like, I don't know, I won? I'm really proud of myself for not letting this beat me. Almost a year later and I'm consistently landing the jump that broke me and, well, it's kinda neat :)