Lesson today! During our last lesson, we talked about which spins to include in the new program so today we discussed jumps!
Jumpz - I told him I would like to do a Salchow-loop since I've been working on it trying to get it up to snuff for a future program. He asked to see it and, of course, I bust my ass on it. Sigh. After swearing I'm not lying about being able to do it, I did it again and it was good! Whew! He likes the idea of a Salchow-loop but took it a step further by saying we should add a toe loop to it to make it a three-jump combo! I tried it and made it through sloppily but it can grow. So, yay! But I already had plans for a three-jump combo so I asked him what he wants for a two jump combo. He blew my mind by saying Lutz-toe loop. Like...what? I feel like my Lutz is a joke but he's over here telling me it's actually better than my Flip (in all honesty, he's probably right. My Flip is wrecked so it wouldn't take much to be better than that disaster, lol). He told me he wants me to shelve the Flip for a while and focus on the Lutz instead. His theory is that, after working on the Lutz for a while, my bad habits with the Flip might be gone by the time I revisit it in the future. I trust him. He's never steered me wrong yet so I'll do what he says. So yeah, My three-jump combo will be a Salchow-loop-toe loop and my two jump combo will be a Lutz-toe loop. That means I have one more Salchow and one more loop to round out my other two jumps. Ooof. I can't complain. I like a challenge!
With all of that settled, we got right to work on the Lutz and spent the remainder of our time on that. Lutz after Lutz after Lutz. It still feels wrong to me but I can at least tell that my free leg is better on this jump than on my Flip so he might be right after all.
After the lesson, I worked a lot on spins. I started with the Camel-sit and then finished up my session with the layback. I was able to make some progress on the layback! I was able to spin while leaning my head back. After holding the free leg out for as long as I could, I thought I would ease into the layback part by just looking up at the ceiling to get the feel of watching the ceiling spin. I was able to do it but it made me super queasy so I'm glad I saved it until the end of my session. I kind of felt sick for the rest of the day (like a very mild hangover) but it was worth it! Yay progress!
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