Movez - My power 3 turns felt really good today! I feel like they were a lot less scratchy too so maybe these are halfway decent now? Circle 8 was also nice so I did it a few times. I'm feeling a lot more secure on my LFO edge now compared to a year ago when it seemed impossible. BX-BO edges were fine as was my power stroking. I spent some time trying to get better flow on my five-step mohawks. Oddly, it's not the mohawks that are difficult for me, it's really just getting into a groove with it. Hopefully we can spend some time looking at this tomorrow during our lesson just to make sure I'm on the right track.
Spinz - My focus was mostly on backspins and camels today. For the backspins, my "boob trick" is working really well and I had a couple of spins that were right on that sweet spot so I was able to spin for a while (I'm guessing about 5-6 revs?). They are still flamingo'd but I'll take what I can get at this point. Next up were camels and I'm still struggling getting past 1-2 revs. I had one where I snapped up into it from the entry and that was the one where I got the most revs. I think I'm just getting up on my toepick during these and that kinda stops all momentum. I really need to figure out where to put my weight (I mean, I know where to put my weight I just can't get my body to do the thing). I did a couple of sit spins and attitudes just to say I did. They were meh at best.
Jumpz - Well, I'm back to being fearful on my flip again. So stupid. I've been practicing them on the floor at home, I know how they are done, I've done them before, but I just cannot get past the fear! I'm registering for an all day figure skating clinic that takes place here in town in April and one of the sessions they have focuses on sport psychology. I'm really hoping I can figure out why there is such an impenetrable fear block on this jump. It makes zero sense to me and I'm so frustrated with myself because, until I get past this, I can't move on and make progress with my skating. Sigh.
Skillz - I worked on backward 3 turns but didn't make much headway. I'm experiencing some fear issues on these too. In fact, it feels like the same kind of fear I have with the flip jump. I'm wearing padded shorts so backwards falls don't really hurt so there is no reason why I should be scared of these. I wish I could unplug my brain and plug it back in again to reset things. It's crazy how willing I am to work on other scary things but not back 3s and flips. Ugh. Finally, I did some spirals and twizzles to keep those from deteriorating.
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