New Skills, Who Dis?

Lesson today! After Sunday's awesome practice, I was feeling confident going into my lesson this week. Christopher said that this is the lesson where we focus on details (and by details, he means fixing my jump technique). 

Jumps - So, we started with the Toe Loop. A few years ago, I fixed my Toe Loop so it wasn't a Toe Waltz but an actual technically correct Toe Loop. However, somewhere along the way, I slipped back into bad habits and have been Toe Waltzing again (especially when it's in a combo). We started off reviewing a back pivot and then went on to do some small Toe Loops. Once I got those correct again, we added Toe Loops onto Toe Loops. Now, I just need to keep up with it and not fall back into the bad technique of the Toe Waltz. Next up, we looked at the Flip jump. He had me doing four half-flips into a full flip. That was helpful but not nearly as helpful as the next exercise he gave me which was to do a walk through of the Flip and make sure my free leg was crossed in front. Somehow, this made things click. It forced me to lift the free leg up into that "h" position quicker and just overall improved things. Next was the Lutz. We worked on the same exercises as with the Flip but more of an emphasis on the outside edge entry. Then something neat happened! He asked to see a Lutz-Loop (which I've never done) and I DID IT! I've never attempted it before because my Lutz is so technically bad that my landing isn't secure enough to add a loop but damn! I did the thing!

Spins - Next up were spins and, like Sunday, it was a good spin day. I was getting some good camels and I even managed a Camel-Sit-Upright combo. 

So yeah, I'm not sure why I'm killin' it lately but I am and I like it!