Given that you've just given me one of the best tips I've ever taken on my flip entry, I DOUBT THAT!!! LOL!!!

Keep working on it!!! If/when you DO feel discouraged, tell yourself that I've worked very hard on these moves and I'll be da**ed to not keep going 'til I get that PASS!!! (Or at least that worked for me after my second retry on Bronze Moves...)

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Cheers,
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!!!

Monday
– my axels this week have declined a lot after the success which I had had with them last week. I am now back to landing them half a turn short and I am not pulling in tight enough. My feet are crossed too loosely and I am not quick enough to pull in. I am going to go back to practising lots of three jump- backspins and standstill axels to get my feet right again.
- my interbronze field moves felt wobbly and just not right.

Friday
– camel spins felt much better than they have done in a long while! I didn’t feel like I needed to try so hard to make them spin. I practiced a few camel-sits and camel-sit-sits which were somewhat successful. My sit spins need to be much lower but at least I was able to do the change and continue spinning.
- My single jumps up to a flip felt nice.
- My attempts at double loops were not too bad. I got 1.75 turns on it several times even though they were not very high. Why can’t I turn one and a half turns on the axel?

YEAH!! You DID show those moves who was boss! I will endeavor to do the same.

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"You don't have to put an age limit on your dreams." - Dara Torres, 41, after her 2nd medal at the 2008 Olympics

Sorry to hear about your retry, doubletoe. But keep plugging away, and you'll soon be done with those moves!

Friday:
Skated on a couple of near-empty (by Sat standards) FS sessions this morning and got a lot of work done on moves. 8-step is getting quicker, and I think I'm getting my FO mohawks on an outside edge. B/c of the light attendance, I was able to identify my tracings on the 3-turn patterns and I could see that most of them were placed correctly and were on the correct edges - some of the back 3's were still a tad early and wiggly.

Was able to do back sit-back scratch from a back pivot. Also landed a few flips here and there, although I'm not sure they're recognizable as jumps yet - lol.


Monday:
Why is it that I can do a back sit from a back pivot, starting in an upright position, and not do one from a forward sit, when I'm already in sit position? I guess it's an issue of coordination on the foot change and weight shift. And the camel is still a battle.

Cross rolls are still giving me trouble, esp the back ones, but I got a tip from another adult skater on holding the edge a little longer before stepping, and it seemed to make things better. My goal is to be able to discuss testing with my coach within a few months (notice I said "discuss testing", not actually test - lol) w/o her thinking I'm crazy.

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Terri C is a Bronze lady!
Gold Moves, here I come!

Debbie: I think your Friday practice is very similar to my practice today.

Monday: Can't do a back pivot spin from a forward spin as well unless I was doing it at a slower speed. As for back sit... as the Fonz would say "AAAAAYYYY!!! SIT ON IT!!!" (Or rather that's what I SHOULD be doing! It's currently more like a back squat spin right now! LOL!!! )

CROWD session today!!! Tried to do a layback for fun but kids keep coming TOWARDS me and I almost knocked over over. Fellow skater said "Next time you'll do 5 more." My reply was "Do 5 more revs, or take out 5 more kids???" Camel was certainly of the picture for the same reason.

Friday: Landed ONE loop clean... barely!!! (Any time I land ANY loops clean is a celebration right now for me! ) But did land 3 more flips clean this afternoon!

Someone compliemented me on my back scratch spin (well, more attempt) this afternoon. Geez, lots more reason to celebrate!!!

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Cheers,
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!!!

CECILIAS - Please clean out your Inbox!

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"You don't have to put an age limit on your dreams." - Dara Torres, 41, after her 2nd medal at the 2008 Olympics