Smooth: Everything went a lot better today.

Clunky: Not that this meant it went well, you understand, just better!

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Smooth Group (well, just me) lesson on spins. She showed me a totally different way of getting into my backspin, saying it's a much harder entry but you're guaranteed to be spinning if you get it. Rather than keep my free leg along side of me she had me trail it well behind my skating leg, to the point where it was crossed. When you pop into your spin, it pops too and you are right in a backspin position. It was a fantastic entry, and I'm really going to work on it. She was suprised I was able to get into a spin the first time I did it.

She also gave me some tips about my scratch spin, things I'm sure my coach has been telling me, but in a little bit of a different way. It was a good lesson for spins.

Clunky Wasn't feeling well, so I just went and did my teaching and took my group class. My coach is gone this week- so no lesson anyhow, but I probably should have stayed and practiced. Oops.

The group lesson was weird- it was a new coach, and just me. So it's like the first ackward private lesson. I co-teach with this gal for snowplow sam, so it was ackward to show how bad of a skater I was. We ran through jumps and I got some good tips from her- although they came down to bend your knees and look up. Things I already know- but from a different angle I guess. She showed me a different set up for a loop (just skating backwards rather than 3-turn) and I don't think it's gonna work- but I guess I'll keep trying it. She also gave some tips for skating into toe loops- and SCARY! but I've got to try jumping from moving rather than from standstill.

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Smooth:
My compulsory moves program for competition is going very well!!
Coach says that I'm skating stronger than I ever have been since I've been taking from her (I've been with her for a little over two years).

Clunky:
The loop and sitspin failed to appear during program runthrough today!

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Adult Nationals, 2009 "The Time of My Life"

Clunky: No dance lesson today

SMOOTH: My freestyle lesson was sooooooooo good today! I worked on my axel...landed some...still a bit flat footed though...but they are better better than before!! My double sal was ok...then worked on double toe and double loop...which were...interesting! But I'm glad I got to learn/work on them in my lesson today!

I'm super happy because I have improved SO much this summer because I've been skating way more than I usually do

Smooth
Landing my flip and loop again.
Skating 2 days back to back and not dying.
Scratch spins.
My boots feeling comfortable.

Clunky
Feeling uncomfortable doing a lutz.
Thinking about attempting to try an axel.
Back spins. I can't seem to get on the right spot on my blade.
Knowing how to do things, then not being able to do them

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Clunky: After 10 days off my dance lesson was shockingly bad, thats all I need to say!

Smooth: The fact that I managed to get to the rink at all with it being school holidays! AND, after about a year of trying trying trying, I CAN SPIN!!! OK, they travel a bit and are a bit scratchy but finally I have something that resembles an upright spin and it felt so good I did it over and over again just to make sure!!!

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GOALS FOR 2009

• Level One Compulsary dances.......PASSED 19.02.09
• Level One Elements.....................PASSED 10.07.09
• Level Two Free dance.................PASSED 19.02.09
• Level One Free...........................
• Level Two compulsory dances.......

Loving it, Loving it, Loving it!!!!!

I'm throwing my hat into the toe-loops don't work right club. It's supposed to be one of the easiest jumps... but why is it that I can only ever get any height if I do one as the second jump of a combination? Blech. At this rate I won't ever be doing a double toe. Ha.

I had so much trouble with the toe loop but I want out of the club... have been working hard on it this year with a new coach and but my knee just decided to give problems so no toe loops or jump in general for now

smooth:
layback from back to side variation is much better today.

clunky:
knee still hurts so can't do the jumps
after change of edge my spiral = slower than a snail lol... have to figure that out eventually

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Today was all clunky for me.
We had our freestyle on the ice that is all muck when it's humid outside. I had the speed of a turtle when I did my compulsory moves program. Sitspin was the s$%^spin today. Coach checked my blades and determined that my skates need sharpening.
Another thing that I'm considering is that I had three lessons in one week with Coach, yesterday and today being two straight days in a row. Methinks I'm pooped- with these lessons, I'm always coming off the ice sweating and achy.

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Smooth: Double salchows were flying high! Thanks to half the rink being at ISI Worlds in Chicago this week, the ice was nice and empty, and I was able to actually do my double salchows in my program without having to worry about running over a little kid.

Axels were also pretty nice. I nailed every one of them in my program, but without the music because I didn't work that section to music today.

Sorta clunky: Dance coached is being super picky on my Paso and Starlight because I'm testing August 15th and she always goes, well...kind of pyscho before test sessions. It's for the best though, so I just do as she says.

Smooth: had a good dance lesson on my American and Harris Tango

Clunky: I could not do an axel for my life...I hope I am not losing it because I was JUST beginning to get it really solid this week

smooth - I'm making headway on my two nemeses. I've finally got a feel for the salchow, a few more practices and I should really have it. Backspin also, it's not there by a longshot, but I have a better feel for it. About a zillion more tries should do it.

not much clunking today at all. I'm flying!!!!

You could say I had the CLUNKS.

Wednesday I stayed home from the rink to rest my hip and I had a huge headache.

Thursday I woke up thinking I was OK. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. I was slow moving and was too late to make it to my first session of the day so I just took my time and met up with my friend and had brunch (Orange Juice, French toast and lean ham). That went fine. Then made it to the rink in time for my second session only to find out that it was test day (I didn't have any tests ready to test because I'm at this point far from my prelim FS and my ice dance partner hasn't made it to the rink in weeks so the Prelim Creative dance wasn't up either.). So then after changing in to my skirt and tights and back again. I left to go back home to prepare for my church's music practice later on in the day. On my way home, my left ear started to bother me. So then I went to the walk-in clinic to be checked out and found out that my left ear was full of fluid and bulging out. Turns out I got another infection. Got the meds, went home practice the music I was to practice at church with the band, packed my car full of my instruments and gear and then tried to eat lunch. Found out that the rye bread I was eating was bad, so I had to throw out the rye. It seems that every time I have a music purformance I get an infection of some sort. Why?

Smooth: The only things smooth Thursday was my song performance during music practice and that my husband took me out for dinner after music practice.

Oh well, next weeks skating will be much better since I'll be there for all three days and both of my sessions each day. Now what I do on the ice, that could be another story. I don't know the future.

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Singerskates, I think I got your headache--I had a huge headache on Thursday. (I hope yours is feeling better.) Mine started while I was at the rink, and by the time I was done for the night, I was so nauseous I thought I would toss my cookies right on the rink floor. I couldn't figure out what was causing it, as I was not dehydrated, and not low on salt/potassium as far as I could tell from what I ate. I just went home and went to bed after that.

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Hope you're feeling better now.

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http://eastcastlemusic.tripod.com

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Sounds like a migraine. I get them once in awhile and they are dreadful - all you can do is lie down.

I didn't skate yesterday as Husband didn't feel so great - he had a bad throat. Meant to go to the teatime session but was too busy.

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Clunky: Started prepping for my preliminary ice dance test. Those dances look easily but are quite difficult. I feel the dutch waltz is going to be my nemesis. The rhythm and blues and canasta tango are much happier.

Smooth: Managed a couple of clean lutzes and loops.

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Thanks, I woke up the next morning and was feeling much better (though I was wiped out when I woke up).

Yes, that's what I thought, too. I've only had a few other headaches this bad in my lifetime. The odd thing was that I felt better while skating, but between ice cuts and after the session I felt the worst.

Mrs Redboots, I hope your husband is feeling better soon!

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Clunkier than Clunky: I went to a lovely party in a garden last night, tripped on something, went flying and twisted my right foot - in a different place than my healing fracture/strain/torque, but it hurts and it totally ruined my night.

Of course I'm worried I won't be able to take my Bronze Moves in two weeks... too bad because I am really in shape and was skating pretty well for me... we shall see. Getting some acupuncture this afternoon may help - working with my PT on Tuesday, other treatments -- I have got to take that test!!!!!!!

Smooth: Not a whole lot right now.

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Clunky: I hold my shoulders incorrectly in all of the bronze moves patterns. I still struggle with clockwise crossovers and that affects my perimeter stroking. My RFO power turns are kind of wild and uncontrolled...blargh!

Busy public session today so had to work on things in chunks.

I'm not banking on passing bronze moves the first time...but I have a month until the test so there's a chance (slight)

Smooth: I don't know why the only good moves pattern I have is the 5-step mohawk sequence...but I'm grateful that I have one of them down!

Good sit spin today, fast.

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