LilJen - I've heard comet blades are a bit flat. I have 7 inch rockers and found them great for spinning on.

Frosty
Oh dear.

Didn't sleep very well at all last night but forced myself to get to the rink for the early morning patch before work.

The change in the weather has brought on my asthma, I was really struggling to breathe.

I have *finally* put my finger on the main thing wrong with my skating.
STAMINA. FITNESS. Lack of them

Sunny
Havind said all of the above, my novice foxtrot was better this morning (swing roll wise), and I did manage to pull of jumps and spins.

At least realising that I need to work on my general fitness has given me hope. I really think part of my problem with stuff like wimpy jumps is down to being too weak, and now I've established that.

It'll be one week on Sunday since I officially quit smoking. Good start I guess.

So, in theory, if I acctually get fit, maybe an axel in a year's time won't be out of the question....

S xx

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Frosty Morning:

It has been frosty mornings lately. I'm really not looking forward to freezing all the time. It's enough just freezing in the rink. I had lesson today, working on freeskate program, to imagine, that there is actually stuff between jumps and spins! So of course all my footwork was bad and spins were wonderful. I left out all the jumps. For some reason, okay the reason is I had a nasty fall a few weeks ago, I'm afraid of RFI 3 turns. This is the turn we do all the time, correct? I'm mental about it, and have developed a very very bad habit of now two footing this turn. I'm ignoring the evil coach look.

Sunny Afternoon:

I can center spins. cue the happy dance.

The opening of my program is just so smooth, it's like butter, and when we did simulations later, I was not nervous because it was very comfortable. The rest, oh ho hum, needs work.

It's nice skating in the mornings. Sadly, I have to go to work now. It pays the skating bills

Sunny Afternoon
Started working on my level 6 compulsories. :-)
Field moves run through was not scary - so that is always good!
Another skater told me I did a nice choctaw exercise -made me happy :-)

Frosty Morning
Since I taught myself most compulsories from watching others and videos I have a lot of bad habits - many of which were never corrected despite me having lessons and taking tests. Something we are now trying to work on with new coach. But we won't go down that road......

So I had my first proper lesson on the 14 step - the mohawk is quite wrong. I need to control my left shoulder. Dance coach drew me a diagram of the pattern too which helped.

Once again I demonstrated supreme rubbishness at skating with a partner

Got me thinking which dances I taught myself from watching or from books (and when I say taught myself I mean learned the basic idea of the steps - ie left foot or right foot) - those would be the prelim foxtrot, rhythm blues, canasta tango, dutch waltz, prelim waltz, foxtrot, 14 step, blues, european waltz, starlight waltz, silver samba

Dances I was actually shown the steps to (I wouldn't say taught as I can't do a lot of them anywhere near well enough) - golden skaters waltz, riverside rhumba, rocker foxtrot, willow waltz, quickstep, fiesta tango, paso doble, tango, argentine tango, swing dance, 22 step

Interesting. Is it good to learn from watching? Not sure it is as I've picked up so many odd habits - but then I think it does have its benefits. And I'm trying to sort out the bad things and put them right with current dance coach....

Sunny Afternoon: I had my private lesson as well as LTS classes today. I love Fridays. Offers plenty of ice time with those and practice sessions.

Today I learned the toe loop and actually completed one on my second attempt. Seems to be easier for me than the dreaded Salchow. (Why is it called a Salchow..was there a Mr or Mrs Salchow?....are they dead now?..giggle). Certainly there was not a Mr or Mrs Toe loop that lived sometime back...

Also tried the scratch spin with my coach...not even close...I can't seem to spin on my right foot ...never mind trying to cross my left over. This skill is going to take some time!

Power stroking class was a blast as usual. Very interesting to learn better technique that maximizes the use of the blade. Felt like I caught on to that pretty well.

Freestyle class worked on spins, waltz jumps, 1/2 flips, edges and spirals tonight. I already feel pretty good about these and the progress on them. Felt my waltz had a tiny bit more kick through.

My coach discussed the possibility of entering into the local skate club's annual event called Skate Dallas held in April. Considering this but a bit anxious as it maybe too premature. Would be nice to have the experience and I am DallasSkater now...so it kind of makes sense..no? lol. I really like the idea of putting skills in a very organized way to music...but not thrilled at the idea of then performing them for others...especially judges! eeek. (hold me...I'm scared!)

Frosty morning: I had to limit my jump attempts to protect my leg....Salchow attempts never really came together in what I did attempt. Do notice a tiny strain remains in the ankle but at least the leg feels pretty good.

My coach would like me to upgrade my blades to MK professional. I have searched threads and know you guys generally like them. Wish I would have known which blade to get when I bought my boots. She thinks I would one foot spin without so much toe picky-ness as mine is slight most of the time. She thinks I am centered but slightly hitting the pick. Her tracings show a tiny bit too. Mine is more but not sure if it is my blades or me. She also thinks it would assist my toe landings on jumps as I tend to land too flat footed. Will decide soon.

Frosty Morning:
Bronze moves were a bit of a struggle today. Even with forward perimeter power stroking and also alternating back crossovers to back outside edges, somehow, I get my patterns disoriented and end up too close to each end of the rink. Not a wonder I have such a difficult time doing crossovers in a straight line. I try to use the blue and red hockey lines as reference points but still something is not jiving.

Sunny Afternoon:
A very light Club Session today. Did a couple of 5 revolution camel spins today and keeping good form as well. Usually I fall out of it after the 3rd revolution. (too much of an inside edge or a break at the waist but not today!) I had a fun practice today!

Yes, the jump was named after Ulrich Salchow, and if it makes you feel any better, he is now dead, LOL!
Professionals are good blades and you should be happy with them, but even the best blades will start toe scraping if they aren't sharpened by someone who knows how to keep from flattening the rocker. Make sure you get your new blades sharpened by someone who comes highly recommended by some high level skaters at your rink.

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This is for yesterday's session, which I would have put up yesterday but I had no internet.....
Frosty: spins.....what's up with them? They totally suck! I even fell on one! Man!

Sunny: son came along to break in his hockey skates. He was sort of #####ing and moaning so I loaned him my mp3 player...he skated almost the whole session (he became the fast-skating hockey kid that others complained about, but no one did because the session was very light).

Ran through my program, and my jumps and drunken sailors (and my spirals) were good.

Another skater and I agreed to bring hockey skates to the adult session on Sunday... for some hockey skating! She has been skating on hers and will help me (I will use my son's). Hope I don't break anything!!!

Dallas: Congrats on your toe-loop!!! That was (is) my most hated jump for more than a year (I've made my peace with it lately).

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Ah, show skating!!! I do it for the glitter!

Frosty I was sick most of the week! Still a bit stuffed up, but I actually missed 2 days of work and missed 2 days of skating and 1 Pilates lesson. sigh.

On the other hand,

sunny On Monday I had a great spinning lesson, and give my spin coach major props for running over to the correct rink after he tried to meet me at the wrong rink, LOL. It was totally worth it and I had to hug him at the end. Yesterday, went to practice and have a lesson and actually skated well. I can finally see a possibility of being able to do my new free program. I'm sure I won't do it exactly as my coach has originally planned, but it will evolve. My coach also said my jumps had a nice light quality to them and a good pop, so that was pretty cool.

Happy skating everyone.

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August 22, back on the ice!

Frosty Morning: Only had about 2 hours sleep last night but I dragged my sleepy buns out skating anyway. (It was the first "winter session" at my home club.) Still can't turn the forward Mohawk but getting closer.

Sunny Afternoon: Yup, we got that, and a warm one to! Backward stroking and edges are coming nicely, everything else is progressing slowly but my "core strength" seems to be improving by leaps and bounds - coach commented on marked improvement in "control" and execution

I also switched from a T-shirt and shorts to my fancy (purple) practice dress, something I promissed myself I would do when the regular winter season started at my home club. (My coach narrowly escaped a smack for comments about "Barney"! Seemed appropriate though, being big, old, and purple! LOL!) Ok, so nobody else had any smart-a$$ remarks and even quite a few compliments. Surprising that a dress feels so much different than a T-shirt and shorts! It definitely makes me more conscious of "overall presentation"

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(A.O.S.S.? Got it BAD! )

Sonic: congrats on being smoke-free for one week!!!! It does get easier as time goes by. You will also find your "wind" gets better also as your lungs heal!

Pat: Sorry to hear you have been sick-Get better soon!!! Wow for your spins!!!

Dianne-ya gotta quit that late night partying and get some rest! Glad to hear that you finally broke out the dress! Isn't it funny how it does make you "present" yourself better posture-wise???

Sk8pdx: Nice to hear your camel is coming together nicely!!!

Debbie S: I'm pretty happy about the parts; maybe after my skating has improved and I pass up a test I will be worthy of a snowflake or something. Actually, Iced Delights have more ice-time so that part is cool (we just share it with the candy canes and gingerbread and gumdrops; but as adults we really stick out as they are all kids!!!!) I'm psyched to be an understudy for Drosselmeyer!!! That part is tres cool!!

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Ah, show skating!!! I do it for the glitter!

sk8pdx: Congrats on the 5 revolutions of the camel. You didn't have that when you were here but the beginnings were being seen! WTG!

doubletoe: thanks for the info on the blades. I think I will get them as soon as I am back from vacation. Thinking I might have them mounted after this LTS semester is over as I fear trying a new blade out in the middle. It would give me a couple of weeks to get used to them before the next semester starts.

Skate@Delaware: Oh no! No jumping ship to Hockey! I have abandonment issues! giggle

Sk8pics: Sorry you are not feeling well..sending wellness vibes!

Rusty: Bahahaha to the Barney reference. I bet you looked adorable. It would only be problematic if little kids start to gather around you for a song!..lol Hope you got some rest today in all of that practice!

Sunny Afternoon: I went to freestyle session this morning. Because they indicated it would start 30 minutes late they charged us 1/2 price! But then it only started 10 minutes late! (I love a bargain!) To my utter amazement Mr Salchow was visiting from the dead! No idea where it came from but was able to land several fully rotated though still not high and rather flat footed...Not quite the thump as usual though! Did 2 toe loops in this session as well that felt pretty decent! All of a sudden I have a little kick through on the waltz too! I left that session on a major high! *pinch*

Went shopping this afternoon and bought more skating clothes...why are those so easy to find and work clothes elude me?!

Frosty morning: Went back tonight. Should have left sleeping salchows lie! Had a few that kind of resembled one but again with the fraction off the landing fully rotated. Did have one good toe loop out of about 10 attempts. Decided I better not risk more. Spins were out to dinner with Skate@Delaware's spins or something...Hey, was that the power of suggestion? I read that before I left for the session! Could not get centered properly and extremely toe picky! What happened? Ugh! Worked on edges and some basics as I thought it was a lost cause tonight.

Tomorrow is a new day.... a new opportunity!

My fur baby (a Bloodhound girl) had minor surgery yesterday to remove a lump from her eye lid and has to wear a HUGE Elizabethian collar and has trouble manuvering with it on. Because I was afraid for her to go up and down the stairs, I slept on the living room floor last night. I don't remember floors being that HARD when I was young? Maybe I just stick out in more places now - LOL!!!

Yes! I haven't felt that nakid in public sine . . . . well, we wont go there

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(A.O.S.S.? Got it BAD! )

Sunny Afternoon:
I was at my weekend enjoying skating on an almost totally empty rink!!! (Sadly, I didn't get a chance to go to Centrals regional b/c I was stuck at my pilates class and well, my schedule is making hard for me to make up the pilates class that I already paid for.)

To add to that, I'm skating with a very old skating friend who just came back to skating again after a 3 year sabbitical to heal his lower back and get himself back in shape to go skating again! So happy to see him back on the ice!!! (He's a really good skater... just out of practice and aging.) The guy has a running bet with his personal trainer that if he lands a double this year that the trainer gets $100! The trainer wants to make good on his bet!!!

I was proud to finally show him that I'm working on loops AND flips (and almost landing them) as well as my backspin! (The last time he saw me skate, I barely can eek out 2 revs...)

Frosty morning:
As Loops needs a detachable left foot, I need a detachable RIGHT foot!!! My skating buddy says that he thinks I have a "mental thing" about having to toe tap on that right foot and "get that right foot up!!! " (Yeah, yeah! Tell me something I don't know, dude!!!)

Right now I'm in the landing on left foot but toe taping the landing stage. (Yes, doubletoe, I'm gonna bring the notes that you gave me this morning to try them out! )

S@D: The part of "Iced Delights" ain't nothin' to sneeze about!!! (Ooooh... she's going to the DARK SIDE to hockey!!! <<<Darth Vader music inserted here>>> )

Sk8pdx: Good to hear about the camel. What you probably need now as far as the Bronze moves wall thing is concerned is to plan out the entire pattern so you know where you're aiming for as far the ice is concern. This is where those hockey lines and circles will come in handy!!! (And while I'm at it, same with all the other Bronze Moves pattern!!!)

Sk8pics: Get well soon!

Rusty Blades: "I love you... you love me..." (Running and ducking...)

Hey! Your purple dress will go GREAT with my purple boots!!! LOL!!! (Glad you broke out the dress! I still hate skating dresses on myself though, so I wear it as little as possible...)

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11-04-2006: Shredded "Pre-Bronze FS for Life" Club Membership card!!!
Silver Moves is the next "Mission Impossible"
(Dare I try for Championship Adult Gold someday???)

Thank you for the support, you guys!!!

Ya know, this is pretty much all sunny:
Ok, no "going to the dark side" yet for hockey....that comes later today. I figure if a skater who has most of her double jumps and spins to die for can skate on her hockey skates, then I can at least try...and she did offer to help me out.

We got our routine for our maids part for Nutcracker...not hard at all-I was expecting moves but there weren't any there (ok maybe the side-toe-hops were a little daunting but I can conquer them). One of the girls wasn't there so I got to work with the other girl....she had no clue on how to do a "synchro spiral" where you are all hooked together? I was in front (I will actually be in the middle) but she didn't understand the alignment or where her weight should be (or anything...so that was a moment several times over). That's ok, we have plenty of time to work out the kinks!

Had my lesson...we touched on the 3-turn pattern. After correcting my multiple errors, it was actually ok. Now if I can just stop getting my directions mixed up and also get on that inside edge I'll be ok.

Ran through my program...the first 1/2 sucked (except for my decent spin) but the rest was really good. Got to yell "EXCUSE ME" several times and EVERYONE heard me...and skedaddled...it was funny cause I didn't stop!!! Not even doing my back spiral And, she thought my drunken sailors were improving!!! Yay! Gotta still work on them (don't look down, she says).

Then, my husband hit the ice and I helped him work on his backward skating (he is insecure). Then we worked on spins. He was TIRED by the time his hour was up! I need to give him off-ice exercises also.

On another note, since I was going to be on the ice for a gajillion hours, I tried out the toe-warmers that hunters used....Toasty Toes was the brand I used today. They worked. No numb toes. I was on the ice from 9:00-12:30 and my toes did not get numb. The only caution was from the rink director...if you stand in one spot long enough, you will "stick" to the ice because the heat could heat up your blades!!! Not a problem! Anyway, I paid about $2.00 at Walmart and you get 2 sets (they heat up to 6 hours). I stuck them to my insoles. Can't vouch for how sticky they are afterwards...also, they are thin, but if you don't have much clearance at all in your skates, they might not work.

I'm going to get more for the show rehearsal and actual show. Nothing is worse than having a short warm-up and then standing backstage on the ice...waiting! The cold just creeps up your legs! These really helped.

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Ah, show skating!!! I do it for the glitter!

WHACK!

You must attract one hell of a crowd at the rink!

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(A.O.S.S.? Got it BAD! )

Sunny Afternoon

I had a decent spinning day - even on rubbishy snowy ice - I managed 3 decent flying camels. They felt nice and light. I had a little too much knee bend and knee sink on landing in the back camel but it was ok. Any more attempts and I would have had someone's head off - it was a little busy.

Had an ok run through of field moves. It was very crowded so it was difficult to get a clear run at any exercise but I started to pick up speed on the right back outside 3s and the inside ones were not dreadful.

Did the Argentine Tango in the dance interval with dance coach - and even though I felt for a bit of the dance I was hanging on to him everyone said it looked very good, we matched and it didn't look like he was pulling me round it. Yay! Really sweet old man at our rink told me that it was wonderful and it made it worth him coming to the rink to see that!
It felt quite fun! I felt it was fast and I was glad (for once) there was someone to hold on to but I didn't feel I was being totally dragged through it and held up! I do a lot of the steps slightly cheated though

Stroking class was good - crowded but good - felt like I was into the ice and over my skates correctly

Overall a pretty good morning!


Frosty Morning

Double mohawk step is becoming the worst exercise of the field moves now - mainly because of the back inside 3 but also because I just don't feel l have any power or anywhere to push!

It was too busy to jump - couldn't do more that 2 or 3 crossovers before hitting someone. So I did inside axels and axels on the stop. Neither were great. Really really trying to cross my feet and inside axels help but I also look down and jumping with my head up is scary. But I have to learn to do it. I told my dance coach the other week I liked looking down to check my feet were still there and he said they were still there and I would know if they weren't as that would hurt! Ah well.

And I swing my leg too far back and not anywhere near enough through in axels. I WILL get this jump to look decent. I can rotate it so i WILL make it look better. I will. I've got the hard part! The rotation.

Dianne: sorry to hear about your doggy...hope all heals well with her!!! I'm sure it's inconvenient having to haul her around...just like having a new baby isn't it???

Frosty: Ok, everyone, the hockey skating career will be put on hold for a while until I work on the "skills" needed...What a difference! Never thought I'd actually MISS HAVING A TOEPICK!!!! I actually felt like I was leaning backwards, and if I leaned too far forward to compensate, then I pitched forward. I only fell two times but one of those I smacked my chin and saw stars!!! My head hurt for about 15 minutes after that. Should have a nice bruise tomorrow!!! I only skated on them for about 15 minutes.

Now, for your watching pleasure (sorry about the quality of the video)...me skating in hockey skates:
http://tkahline.sk8rland.com/video/terryhockey.3g2
(I showed this to my family...they wanted to see a video of me falling don't ya love 'em???)

Sunny: We just messed around. After changing back to my lovely figure skates, I did some spins. Did them S-L-O-W-L-Y and relaxed. They actually worked much better! Did the ole' "hug the barrel" with my arms, kept my hip closed and leg more forward. Actually did several that were centered or more centered than my other disasters!

Mohawks: why were these evil things invented? They rank right up there with bunny hops. Did the exercise my coach gave me for outside mohawks: ccw on the circle on the lfo edge, right foot at heel, lean body into circle, really open arms then when I'm ready to switch feet, look right. Actually, they are getting better. Still doing the insides in both directions (more to the left which is my worst direction).

Off-Ice Dance: Walk-through the Swing Dance. I like it!!! They are also doing this in the show, but I'm not in that number (too bad, otherwise I'd get to dance with a real ice dance GUY!!!). We dance it on ice tomorrow night.

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Ah, show skating!!! I do it for the glitter!

Rusty: What a mom for sleeping on the floor. I bet she was comforted by your efforts. It is hard when a fur kid has something as they can't tell you when they hurt. Quick healing for her!

Jazz: Very cool that you were able to show your progress to your friend!

Skating@Delaware: interesting tip on the toe heat. Will consider that this winter! Ouch to the breaking your fall by the chin! eeek. Impressed that you attempted backwards in Hockey skates!

Kate: That dance sounds like fun!

All Frosty: Lasted all of 25 minutes on ice today due to wearing too restrictive clothes. Wore a track suit that had no give in the material. (But I looked cute!).. Egads, what a difference that made. Was unable to do anything! Then was so distracted by my clothes to do even the simplist of things. Purple barney suit sounding better all the time! lol.

I look at it on paper, but I am having a difficult time transferring it to actually skating it on ice. I think a lot of my problems too are stepping on diagonals on the axis instead of straight forward on all the perpendicular stuff. Oy. I sort of took a break from moves lessons to start preparing for our Holiday show in December. I am planning on setting up an extra lesson or 2 so that I can work on those details with my primary coach. My test is at the end of December.

Sunny Afternoon:
I dunno what happened... after I came back from vacation, Camel spin seemed to *click*. I am getting at least a minimum of 3 revolutions consistently. yippee!!

Today I had such a fun session! I am making further progress on scratch spin. I am able to bring the free foot around to the front and then cross at the knee. Now I am just stuck at sliding the free foot down and crossing at the ankle without feeling like I am going to trip over myself. Worked on backspin too. Only 1 rev there but feeling less wobbly. Even sit spin is beginning to take shape. Today was just a happy spin day!

Frosty Morning:
nothing to post here except seeing S@D in hockey skates , what-R you doooing? . I am still enjoying spin nirvana.

OUCH! It is as if I could hear the thud all the way over here S@D . I hope you have a quick recovery from your fall.

Mohawks aren't so bad, they are fun! Butterfly stretches will help.

OOOPS!!! Boy do I need to proof-read my post before I post it! LMAO!!!

(Narrowly escaped Dianne from whacking me...)

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11-04-2006: Shredded "Pre-Bronze FS for Life" Club Membership card!!!
Silver Moves is the next "Mission Impossible"
(Dare I try for Championship Adult Gold someday???)

Thank you for the support, you guys!!!

I also tend to "fall out of it" when sliding my leg down. It's ok when my free leg is at the knee, it happens when I slide it down...yesterday was much better. My backspin varies between 0-2 revs.....(disappointing from last April when it was as high as 6 )

The hockey thing is something I have always wanted to try. It was fun! The fall was SCARY but not too bad. I was down before I knew what had happened!

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Ah, show skating!!! I do it for the glitter!

Mmmm...a lovely frosty morning with a hot mocha latte!

• Hey what, I can do camels? YES I CAN! Okay so there's still work to do but I'm pretty darn happy about the 5 revolutions I can hold fairly consistantly. Not bad for no coach, if I do say so myself.
• I did my usual barrel roll entry into a waltz jump which I've done plenty of other times in front of my skating friend, but this time his eyes nearly bugged out of his head. Apparently I'm getting lots of air time again, which is a good sign because it means...
• My new skates are quite nicely broken in now. I have good knee bendability and am no longer having stupid falls as a result of unfamiliarity with the feel of the new skates and/or lack of knee bendability. They've gotten quite comfy and today I even tried skating barefoot for an hour or so.
• Replaced the 50/50 cotton/nylon blend laces with my preferred 100% cotton ones. Oh my, does that make a nice difference. More than anything, I only have to tie my skates once now and things stay tight and consistant for the entire duration of my skating.
• The loop jump, which was the hardest for me to learn, has become my favorite jump. I even like it more than the flip now, and it's gotten a lot bigger. Sometimes I accidentally even overrotate it. Now, if I could only take advantage of that and bust out a double...

Darn sun in my eye...where are the clouds?

• Sit spin isn't low enough.
• Backspin not right...sometimes I can hold it for a while, but it's wildly inconsistant and sometimes it feels awful right from the entry. Sometimes, this happens
• I want money for coaching. Waaaaah!

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Frosty:

Why do I have to be so clunky whenever I do footwork in my program? Argh. I suppose it was an improvement over yesterday, when I clunked so much that I wound up on my butt. But still. It's better without the music and that's not a good sign.

Sunny:

Overall, the program was much better than on Sunday. I need to get more confident when skating my program, and skating in general on crowded sessions. I back off way too easily. If it's my program, I have the right of way. So move. Thanks. Anyway, Mondays at 6am aren't busy at all, so it was a much less stressful run through and I completed more elements successfully. Landed both lutzes, but didn't try the combo. Missed the flip, AGAIN. Hit the back camel, which was nice. Flubbed sit/change sit. Loop and salchow are very consistent, so no worries there. Really it's the flip that I tend to miss. It's supposed to be a flip combo too. Sigh......ok more frost sneaking back in there.

Very sunny. I can do 3 out of 5 Silver Moves with some skill. Maybe not passing standard yet, but I can do them and they aren't totally wrong. Feels fab for just over three months work. Maybe a year is realistic and I can test next summer. Next week, we're tackling the power pulls and 8 step mohawks, which I can't really do at all yet.

This is for yesterday but...

Sunny Afternoon

• It was really a Sunny Afternon. We finally recovered from our first season's rain storm to a nice pleasant weather.
• Did all the Bronze moves for warmup fine
• All the spins minus camel are fine... then...

Frosty Morning:

• The birthday kids came... and the regular kids were playing tag (note: they are NOT supposed to do that during public session. I saw management coming down hard last time from same said group of kids. The dad ENCOURAGES IT too!!! *sigh*)
• Landed one flip clean but it was at a standstill.
• Loops: Well, I wasn't really expecting to land, though I had quite a few clean lands to a standstill. I was playing around with the arms today (yes, doubletoe I tried the tip...) Well, I tried to arm toward the left hip but ended up way up just under my chest... however, that's okay!!! That's where I really should be!!! I still get a bit more lift on the jump. Also, I experimented with bending the knee deeper just before the takeoff and tried to spring up... the new foot position that my secondary coach wants me to do is making it really hard to do it. HOWEVER, experimenting with deeper edge back crossovers to set up does seem to help. I'll stick with working the arms for now though...one change at a time! If nothing else I'll get rid of my "machine guns arms!" (*doing machine gun arms and shoot at random now*) MUHAHAHAHAHA!!!

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11-04-2006: Shredded "Pre-Bronze FS for Life" Club Membership card!!!
Silver Moves is the next "Mission Impossible"
(Dare I try for Championship Adult Gold someday???)

Thank you for the support, you guys!!!