I don't always have fields, but when I do, I move in them

Back to the grind! My Bronze moves have taken a back seat while I was preparing for the competition so today's practice was reserved for only field moves. I did a couple of jumps and spins just to say I did but I spent the whole hour trying to get my moves back under control.

Perimeter Power Stroking: I usually incorporate this as part of my warm-up every time I get on the ice so these were still okay. I still need to work on trying to get more extension with my free leg and making sure my arms are pretty.

Forward Power Three Turns: I have been avoiding these for the longest time! I can't do that anymore. I really want to pass this test so I can move on to Bronze free skate. I spent a good chunk of my practice on these because they need the most work. I went back to basics and did them first on the blue line and then moved the whole pattern out to the full rink. I did them very slowly because I think my earlier "click of death" problems were the result of rushing. I have a tendency to rush everything and this is one of those moves where rushing can really hurt you. I would rather do them slowly and correctly than rush through them and have them be sloppy (or, worse yet, fall by tripping myself). I did several passes on both sides. I promise to work on this every time I practice. No more of this "I don't feel like it today" b.s. because that's just a lame excuse and I know it.

Alternating BX-BO Edges: My LBO is not as strong as my RBO so I need to do these more and really lean in to those LBO edges to balance this out more. I need to ask Christopher how my arms should be. Like, do I switch them at all or do I just have them out to the sides like I do in a landing position?

Forward Circle 8: So, yeah, this was crap. Again with the LFO and my wonky leg. All the other circles are fine but when I step onto the LFO circle, I just go straight. I just don't know how to fix this. I'm hoping that, as long as I don't put a foot down, I'll just get low marks on this but I won't be asked to retry and I won't fail the whole test because I think my other test elements will carry me through. Along with the power stroking, I always incorporate the circle 8 into my usual warm-up routine so it's not like I haven't been working on this. I work on it every time I skate and it's still crap. It's always going to be crap. Ugh.

Five Step Mohawk Sequence: These are fine and they flow well. They are a bit noisier than I want them to be and, of course, the solution to that is to bend my knees more and get off those damn toe picks. By far, though, this is my favorite move.

Christopher reminded me that he won't be there for our lesson on Saturday but he has asked another coach who is new to our rink to stand in for him. I forget her name but I'm excited and a bit nervous to work with her. I think it will be nice to have a different perspective. I hope she's okay focusing on field moves because I really need to get this polished. I would like to test in January maybe :)