I got to skate 2 days in a row! This is something new for me. I haven't been able to skate as much as I wanted lately because of work, but I needed to skip yesterday because the kids were gettinjg on my nerves and I seriously would have punched one of them in the face if I went. So I went skating instead. And today, I didn't get called in, so I went skating again. And today was even better than yesterday. I was able to center some scratch and sit spins, and gain more speed and more revolutions. I was able to do cleaner, stronger jumps. I was skating faster. It was amazing. If only I could skate every day so I wouldnt lose the progress I made today.

Just curious though, does anyone else find the flip to be much easier than teh toe loop? I know a lot of people say that the toe loop is the second easiest jump, right after the waltz, but the flip is just much easier for me. Although I think part of it miight lie in the fact that my LFO 3 is easier for me to do than a RFI 3, so I have to think less going into the entry. Actually, all outside 3's are easier for me than the inside's, and I think for most people it's hte opposite. Maybe I'm just strange.

A lot of people find it difficult to do a correct toeloop, because it's hard to check the rotation well enough to get a good pick without turning forward. Look at the thread about hating the toeloop, LOL!

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My husband does. He was saying just there this evening that he's finding it much easier to learn than the loop and than the toe-loop, although at the moment both those jumps are technically much better than his flip, which isn't totally there yet. He reckons that when it's stable - which it isn't, quite - it'll be his favourite jump. "But I must get more height, both on it and on my loop jump!"

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Can you go in the early mornings before work? That's what I do. I've been skating every day lately.

And yes, the flip is far easier than the toe loop for me too, though I think sometimes I'm doing a toe salchow...

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