Busy weekend was busy! I had a library conference/workshop on Friday that only lasted until noon so I had some time to drop-in on an afternoon freestyle session at my rink. Christopher was on the ice working with another student so I was glad that he saw that I was practicing but I felt pressure to not screw anything up. It's weird sharing the ice with your coach when they're not working with you. I know he was focused on working with his student and wasn't actually watching me but I always felt like there was a pair of coach-y eyes on me. So much pressure!
Friday Practiz: I spent a lot of time working on power 3-turns to get them to flow a little more. I'm no longer scared of these and actually like working on them now. I'm determined to get these polished! I ran through the other bronze moves and then moved on to spins. Mostly, I worked on sit spins and attitude spins because those need the most work. Overall, it was really nice to skate on a Friday afternoon and I think I made progress on some things.
Saturday Lessonz: We started with power 3-turns because that's what I was working on when he got on the ice. The flow has definitely improved so now we are just working on staying on the axis. He wants me to use the red dots down the length of the rink as an axis but I'm having a difficult time actually seeing them. Something to work on. We moved on to the BX-BO edges. He changed my intro steps so that I'm going in at a diagonal, changed my starting foot to the right instead of the left, and instructed me to do three steps instead of four. It's amazing how much better these start now! Up until this point I was doing four intro steps from the hockey goal and a 3-turn to start the move and now I'm doing 3 steps from the opposite lutz corner and a mohawk and these are great now. Now that the beginning of the move is straightened out, he wants me to focus on power and making it BIG! We moved on to the flip jump and it's back to being a disaster. I think I just need to start from scratch with this. He said I'm putting way too much effort into making such a simple jump happen. Next time I'm on the ice, I'm just going to pick a small patch of ice and start small with it. Finally, we did some backspins. I'm glad I've been working on them but, of course, they still have a long way to go. We worked on getting me out of the flamingo position and into the proper crossed leg position. Again, I'm just going to start small with these and pick a spot on the ice and just do them over and over until I get them right.
Off Ice Exercisez: I've been trying to do more off ice to prepare for the sit spin and the layback spin but, in addition to that, I've been trying to build strength as well. I went to Target and got a hold of some 5lb ankle weights and have been using those for some leg lifts and one-legged squats. So now my body hurts everywhere instead of just in the usual old lady spots. Isn't all of this supposed to make me feel better? Ouch!
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