Movez - Really couldn't do much in the way of full-on Bronze moves but the middle of the rink was left abandoned for long stretches of time so I took advantage of the open space and worked on the Circle 8 quite a bit. For some reason, my left leg cooperated tonight and I was able to do the full move with decently-sized circles without a foot down! I feel like I really made some progress on this and so I kept working on it and working on it to make it stick. I stopped only when another figure skater got on to share the middle with me. It was an hour session and I'm pretty sure I devoted half of that to the Circle 8. I feel a bit more confident about it now! I also worked on the Five Step Mohawks and both sides of the Power Three Turns but, because of the crowds, I had to break the patterns pretty frequently. But hey, at least I can say I worked on them!
Jumpz - I worked on all of my program jumps but paid special attention to the toe loop. I did a couple where I feel like I got some good height (which, in all honesty, was kind of scary). I think the difference is that now I am forcing myself to hold that RBO edge for a longer amount of time before picking in. I'm not sure if my glide-through got any better but the flow and height of the thing certainly did. I also did some half-flips to prepare for the flip jump. Doing these tonight, I tried to get more power and height so I can eventually add that extra half-rotation for the full flip. I really wanted to attempt some flips tonight but I chickened out each time. I feel like I am only brave enough to do them when Christopher is there. I hate this. I have done this jump before and have been practicing them off-ice but I go through periods where I just...can't. I wish I knew a way to get my mind right on this.
Spinz - I also dedicated plenty of time to these as well because I know I struggle with the entrance and centering. I really want to improve these. I started with some one-foot spins and, when I felt like those were steady, I moved on to the attitude spin. My goal with these was to improve my body position to make it less like a one-foot spin with an arm variation and more like a proper attitude spin. I went to the boards and got into the attitude position. I've determined that if my back doesn't hurt slightly, I'm not attitude-y enough...lol. Then I went out to open ice and tried a bunch where I forced myself to really feel my back flexing to get the free-leg higher. I think I made some headway on this! It helps that my spins were centered this evening. Since spins felt pretty good, I decided now would be a good time to work on backspins for a bit. They are still mostly flamingo'd but I was able to muster some courage to get the free leg crossed in front for one revolution here and there. I even dabbled in some change-foot spins. Again, these were flamingo'd but I got 3 revs on each foot so there's that. Finally, since I know it was on the list that Christopher gave Coach G this past weekend, I know he's going to want to start looking at my sit spin. I did some from the wind-up and was able to get a few that were centered and had at least 3 revolutions but the dorsiflexion in my left ankle is still garbage so they were squat spins at best.
All in all, it was a productive practice and I feel like stuff just kind of clicked tonight. Physically, I know I have it in me to do some of these elements well, I am just battling some pretty big fear issues. I think if I can find a way to overcome that, I can really start progressing on some things.
No comments:
Post a Comment