A cornucopia of skills

As the title of this post implies, I worked on pretty much everything this morning. One hour really doesn't seem like enough when I have so much to polish up. Ugh.

I got a sharpening over the weekend and, honestly, it's not the best. Something is wonky with the outside edge on my right blade. It's very scratchy and, when I was working on the circle 8 during my warm up, I could not get all the way around on the RFO circle. I've never been unable to get around on the RFO. I tried a harder push and nothing. I just peter out 3/4 of the way around. All the other edges are fine. I'm not sure what the problem is exactly but I think I'll suffer with the way it is and get another sharpening somewhere else a couple of weeks before the competition. There's a place in Littleton that I've heard good things about but it's a bit of a drive. Might be worth it though. The pro shop at my rink mostly does hockey stuff so more often then not, my sharpenings aren't the best but I accept it because, let's face it, I'm not a high level skater so what they usually do is usually good enough. Except this time. 

Movez - Besides the Circle 8 suck, the other moves are about as decent as they can be. I ran through all of them at least once. Everything feels fine for the most part.

Jumpz - I wanted to run through my program jumps in isolation so I could work on some of the issues that Christopher pointed out during our last lesson. I'm not sure anything really got better today but I worked on it. Mostly, I spent time slowing down the salchow and improving the glide through on my toe loop but I ran through the other jumps as well. Since my RO edge is exceedingly grippy after the sharpening, my loop jumps felt more stable so there's that, I guess. I also worked on the stag jump with more speed on the entry. Terrifying.

Spinz - Nothing fancy. I just worked on the sit spin and the attitude.

Compulsoriez - Yeah, I haven't touched this since my last competition back in September so I spent a good chunk of time getting it committed back to memory. The difference now is that I feel faster so I feel like it's well below the time limit. Or maybe I'm rushing things. That's more likely, I guess. Anyway, I need to remember to work on this each time I practice because it's one of my events for sectionals. I can't just let it slide. It's important too.

Programz - Chunks. Need I say more? But I did spend some time working on getting the footwork sequence more speedy and the ending more deliberate. Twizzles are still hit or miss but the push under into the ballet jump is better. Overall, it feels more comfortable.