Struggles

Lesson today and we worked on all of my struggles. 

Power Pullz - The forward pulls have definitely progressed even if they are not exactly where I want them yet. But, considering the left pulls were non-existent at the beginning of the year, I'm happy that they are happening and they are more pull and less swerve. I complained to Christopher that, although I'm trying for deep edges, I rarely hear them rip. He brought back an older exercise where you do two deep edges on the same foot on the same lobe. We both heard some rips! So, it can be done. I just need a little more oomph. The backward pulls were good but can be a little more twisty in my torso. I'm a little too proper with the posture. Overall, these have been improving since I've made them part of my warm-ups. I'm glad I started doing that because these were garbage before. 

LBO 3 Turn of Doomz - Yeah, back to this. Still not happening. I asked him how he's not sick of working with me on this after a year and a half and he said that he sees me improving in other areas so he knows I can do this eventually. He'll just keep going until I get it. Best coach! 

Flipz - These have always been technically sloppy but they have become more so in the past couple of weeks. He strapped me into the pole harness and I had a couple that felt better but they are still pretty gross. The fear is gone and I'm landing them but the take-off is so.very.bad. 

Axelz - We didn't do any because we ran out of time but he said that we will do some on the track harness next week when we are in the red rink (it's the only rink out of the three we have that has a track harness). In the meantime, I'm still working on the on-ice and off-ice Axel preps. Why do I feel like I'll get my Axel before I get a proper flip? Sigh.