No lesson this morning since Christopher is busy coaching some of his other students at the Ft. Collins Classic. I hope they all kick ass. My back-up coach Michele is also out of town this weekend so I was on my own today. That's fine, I have plenty to work on.
Edgez and Movez - After my warm-up laps, I started in with some forward and backward edges followed by a couple of patterns of the Circle 8. All is well here. I moved on to the Power 3 turns and these are feeling pretty good now that I feel like I have a little bit more power. The step forward from the crossovers even felt pretty nice! BX-BO Edges were better today than they were on Tuesday. I forgot a lot of things on Tuesday and, overall, I kind of felt like I was in a fog. But today I felt strong, capable, and I was able to recall a lot of the things we talked about in our last lesson a couple of weeks ago. Super! I did the Power Perimeter Stroking as part of my warm up earlier so, after I was done with the BX-BO edges, I just moved on to the mohawks. I did these on the circle so I could focus on that PUSH on the third step. These felt nice.
Spinz - Okay, I'm loving this sharpening! I haven't had consistently centered spins like this since, well, since never. The only thing different lately is the sharpening so I'm totally giving credit to the blades. I did lots of camels and sits and dabbled in a few back spins. I even threw in a bunch of scratch spins in the mix for variety. Nice!
Jumpz - All of my usual jumps got jumped but I spent the majority of my time on two things: landing the waltz jump with the free leg in front (to better prepare me for a waltz-loop) and the flip jump. I really tried to put more power in my waltz jumps and extend more while in the air. I felt pretty powerful on these. But, I spent more time on the flip jump than anything else because they felt good. Guys, I think I've turned the corner on my flip jump fear!!! I did so many today that I lost count. No fear, no hesitation! Because of today, I'm feeling much better about the prospect of including this jump in my Bronze Free Skate Test. Since we never really set anything in stone in regards to where we plan on placing the flip jump, I put it where I felt the least resistance (after the stag and in place of the waltz-falling leaf-half flip). It feels pretty natural there and I like the way the stag jump prepares me mentally for the flip. I will run it by Christopher when I see him for our next lesson.
All in all, a really good day. I stopped and got "celebration doughnuts" on the way home because dammit I deserve it :)
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