Fully Sequenced

Lesson today and I'm super glad I worked my ass off this weekend to get that step sequence down because today was all about the sequence!

But first....Power Pulls. They were pretty bad. Once I remembered to cross my foot in front, things got better and easier. They are still my least favorite move. 

Program - So, first he wanted to see me skate the choreography I have so far without the music. I fell on the first combo jump (to be fair, I hadn't warmed up my jumps yet as I was first lesson) but the rest was okay. I only fumbled through the toe steps but everything else looked pretty good. He actually said I made a lot of progress with it so yay! Practicing works! He gave me a little trick with the toe turns and it makes no sense to me why or how it works but it does! I was doing them with my arms in first position and my hands turned inward toward my chest but he had me turn my hands palms out. My turns instantly felt more secure and less scary. Like, that's some voodoo coach magic right there!

So, we added more to the sequence and added another jump (a loop jump). All I have now is another jump and one more spin and this program will be fully choreographed! Woot! 

We rounded out the lesson by working on the lutz jump. I'm putting on the brakes right before the jump (dragging my toepick. Bad) so I'm almost coming to a standstill when I pick in. It's gross looking so we worked on the backward glide into the jump and then we worked a bit on the picking in. This jump has such a long way to go but I want to keep it in the program. I have until September to "get good" and I think that is plenty of time to work on making this a bit more proper. 

I think once I get a handle on everything, this program is going to kick ass!