In my head

I skated an early morning session and spent the bulk of my time working on moves. After Saturday's debacle, my head is kind of a mess. I can't believe I went from feeling so awesome for finally getting the flip jump to work to feeling so low in such a short amount of time. When I say that Saturday killed my spirit, I really mean it. I'm doubting everything now. I hate that one bad lesson set me back so far. But work got done today regardless:

Perimeter Power Stroking: I usually use this as part of my warm up so working on it never really feels like a chore. It feels pretty good, actually.

Forward Power Three Turns: These need the most work so I spent a lot of time at the blue line slowly trying to get my arms and hips to work in unison. The more I do them, the more comfortable they feel. I eventually moved the pattern out to the long axis of the rink and did several passes here too. Because I've spent so much time focusing on being aware of my body parts, I no longer fear those click of death moments. These still have a ways to go yet but I think I'm making some progress.

Alternating BX-BO Edges: Now that we have added a 5 count and Christopher fixed my arms, these feel so much better, even on my bad side! I just have to remember to count and keep my arms and head in the proper place and I'm good.

Circle 8: So much improvement on this! My LFO edge is so much more controlled and my circles are all pretty much the same size. I did these really early in the session before the ice got all marked up so I could see if I was retracing the circles and they actually look pretty good. I still want to work on a stronger push, though, so I'm not done with these yet!

Five Step Mohawks: No changes here. Just keeping them under my feet now. Christopher hasn't seen these in a while so I would really like him to look at them just to make sure they are acceptable.

I ended the session with some spins and jumps. Attitude spin and sit spin got worked on, all of my program jumps got done, and then I ended with some flip jump attempts (I fell on the only two I attempted). I feel like I'm starting over on the flips and I'm really sad that the confidence I built up to do these is completely gone now. I'll just keep chugging along!