As promised...

Well, no surprises here!!! The butterflies in my stomach were definitely going full force here!!! I was skating "angry" on the first, second and fourth move. I didn't expect to pass on the power 3's. They were sucky to start and we all knew that going into the test and I concentrated on the first, second and fourth move to make up for it. 5 step mohawk was the wildcard move for me.

I had no retries to do!!!

Forward Perimeter Crossovers:

No surprises here! I had trouble during the warm up... and I really needed to slow down long enough to watch out for those toe pushes...

Judge 1: 2.5 - nice speed but steppy and toe pushes. Good extensions, but POINT YOUR TOES!!!
Judge 2: 2.5 - maintained flow throughout; extension fine; watch out for toe pushing; work on push under
Judge 3: 2.6 - maintained flow and power; extension OK

Back Perimeter Crossovers:

The "some flat edges on strokes" is partly b/c I was dealing with the ditch! The knee bend part is the part I'm concerned about... since in practice it wasn't that bad...

Judge 1: 2.5 - Again, excellent speed for level. Need to push through more. More knee bend and get off those toe picks!!!
Judge 2: 2.4 - Would like to see more knee bend, sit back more on blade to get less toe scraping.
Judge 3: 2.5 - maintained flow and generated power throughout; some flat edges on strokes

Forward Power 3-turns:

Yeah, yeah! I know this moves for me SUCKS!!! Almost killed myself on the 2nd half of the move! NEXT!!!

Judge 1: 2.4 - Good power/flow for level. Turn is OK - not on toe but back edges on toe/ leaning forward too much
Judge 2: 2.4 - Cautious, need stronger push and edge into 3 turns
Judge 3: 2.4 - Flow OK, Shallow lobes, on toes on 2nd half

Alt Back Crossovers to BO Edges:

VERY VERY happy about this move! Jay said it was my BEST move out of this test!!! It's a bit slow for me, but as long as I kept the flow, I was happy!

Judge 1: 2.6 - Good speed/flow -> NOW you are NOT on toes!!! GOOD!!! BUT POINT TOE on free leg!!!
Judge 2: 2.5 - Maintained flow throughout, some scratchy on crossovers. Extension good
Judge 3: 2.6 - maintained flow and power; good ice coverage; good upper body control

5 step mohawks:

This was the wild card move... but thankfully I focused on the other moves to make up for this one! I needed it!!! I concentrated on KICKING thru the extensions!!! But I still have to work on those nasty mohawks!!! But WHEW, I got a passing mark from Judge 1!

Judge 1: 2.5 - Excellent lobes -> Scratchy on mohawk. Don't look down!!! POINT TOES!! Good speed.
Judge 2: 2.4 - edge quality of step 3, 4 and 5 OK Extension OK. Need to work on smoother transition in mohawks
Judge 3: 2.4 - Maintained flow & control; Some MOH hopped; Extension OK

Overall Total:

Judge 1: 12.5
Judge 2: 12.2
Judge 3: 12.5

Passing average: 2.5
Passing total: 12.5

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jazzpants

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!!!

WooohOOOOOOOO Way to GO!!!!!

Congratulations!!!!!



Julie

Nice goin', Jazz. Thank you for sharing the judges notes. This will help give some insight as I prepare for my first try at passing Bronze MIF in December. Hangin' out with the Pre-bronze Peanut Gallerians is nice, but I don't want to stay here forever. Reading about your struggles you have conquered over the course of time through your posts has given me much inspiration. Thank you, Jazzpants. I hope to meet you at AN someday.

Plus, you got some "overs".....and YOU PASSED!

Loved reading the notes. I dug out my AB moves test sheets.......how strikingly similar our power 3 comments were! I was 2.4 from all judges on power 3's. Although each of them said power was "good", there were other issues...... Like completely freaking out and losing ALL FOCUS when I got to that move!!!!!!

Thanks for taking your time to write these up, Jazz. I'm still smiling about it!

I agree here i want to move up soon as well i am planning on trying bronze moves around the end of the year as well. Thanks for the comments.