Fumbling through Footwork

 I was back at APEX this morning for my Saturday morning freestyle. Time to pick up the pieces and get this program back on track. My main focus today was to work on the Choreographic Step Sequence and that bloody lutz. 

Lutz - Ok, it's really scary going into this with top speed from the program. I have all of these powerful crossovers and extensions to get me to the other side of the rink for the lutz set-up and my speed is great. I'm making it to the other side. Yay! But, when I'm gliding back and getting ready to pick in for the Lutz, I hesitate big time! I'm just going in too quickly! And, yes, I know it's better to go into the Lutz with speed but damn. I'm just not there yet. I'll keep working on it though. Each time a little quicker until it's where I need it to be. 

Steps - Since I barely worked on the step sequence last week, I need to put in extra work this week. On the floor, I'm hitting everything just right with the music. It's awesome. On the ice, I'm a fumbling mess. I know all the steps and can do them just fine, but again, speed is the issue. This sequence is FAST and, well, I'm not...yet. The toe turns in particular are really slow. When I see more accomplished skaters do toe turns, they seem to lightly skip over the ice. Mine are still very clunky steps. Ooph. But, I think I was able to do the reverse Ina Bauer like Christopher wanted! I'll have him take a look but it seems okay. Overall, I feel like I can do this sequence without Christopher dumbing it down for me but it will take time to make it flow. The bones are there. It just needs to be fleshed out. And speed. It needs speed. 

Moves - I touched on moves but didn't spend too much time. I almost ate it on a FO 3 turn of all things but my back 3s were good. Spirals felt nice today too. 

Spins - Gross. Could not center a damn thing today. Actually, I'm going to blame the ice. I can never seem to center my spins at APEX but at the Y I can center almost every singe time. I'm pretty sure the ice at APEX is haunted or something. How else can you explain it?