Yes, I figured that may have been what happened when Jazzpants' flip was called as a loop, but the toeloop call for the flip was a bit of a head-scratcher, LOL!

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Yeah, I could buy the argument about my flip being called a loop. (Secondary coach and I have been working on that issue... )

The toeloop was the head scratcher. That particular judge had down me down for 4 TOELOOPS!!! (I'll fix the third one soon. One of my "extra toe loop" in a jump seq was a WALTZ JUMP!!! I have primary coach rearranging my jump seq. so that it will be OBVIOUS that there is only ONE toe loop.) The flip was the 4th toe loop, so I thought maybe he thought I was jumping CCW?

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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!!!

[Spring]
Had a ton of fun at the rink acting a fool with a friend...there is something about my skating friends that i just don't get from my non-skating friends...

Worked on axels and yet again was sooooooooooooooo close...however, I did have some that were landed on my toe I just need to get that consistent...but I was also focusing on pulling my arms in....which is helping with the rotation (of course).

Laybacks were good again But, flying camels need some work...

Did the power 3s, back double 3s and brackets just to keep up with it.

Found out that the next test session is on 4/26, so I needed to do some switching of things for work (I needed to switch my duty week with someone...I asked the person who was on duty when we don't have ice to switch, and I "sweetened" the deal by telling her that I would cook for her...she chose caramel french toast )

[Winter]
Still not landing my axel the way it should be landed....

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Winter: Had one of my worst sessions ever, and during my lesson to boot. I couldn't do anything. I apologized to my coach for sucking so bad.

Spring: Had a great follow up session which removed the stench of the previous one Besides doing all my jumps, I -finally- did a clean reconstructed axel! Unfortuneatly I was so suprised I sat down on the landing.

Winter ouch. everything hurts.
I am having SO much trouble with the traveling circles in our latin program. I fell out of both of them last night. The larger one I more FLEW out of then fell, and the smaller one I messed up everytime. Neither fall hurt- since the ice was clean I just slid for a long time, but today I have bruises. I end the routine in a stag (no split anymore, I can't get down fast enough) and I stabbed my thigh one of the times. I didn't cut it, but it hurts! My legs, back, and arms are just general sore because I skated about 45 minutes more than I'm used to, and went to the gym for the first time since i hurt myself yesterday. It's going to be a long painful day.

Spring My private lesson went well. The ice was terrible, but I managed a few decent combo spins. I hope I can do them on good ice too... My coach praised my program, and told me my spiral looks excellent. I don't know if I have competition, or will be against a book- but the book makes me nervous. Now that I know how it's judged, I don't want to end up with a participant ribbon! and I know that I can't beat the book.

We set my compulsory routine, and that was fine- if I can hit the skills. I did it 5 times and once I missed the salchow (that never happens WTH?), and twice I missed the combo spin (that happens a lot). Good ole toe loop was always there for me, but is argueably a toe waltz 90% of the time. I don't think I'm beating anyone, alive or book there- but it was a good way to force me to get better at these skills.

During the lesson I also practiced stroking to music, as I'm doing the stroking event. He put in a 4:00 song, and had me turn around to stroke the otherway at the 2:00 mark. Oh my goodness that was the longest 4 minutes of my life! By the time I switched to clockwise I thought I was going to die. Still, the only comment was "arch your back more" and I didn't hit any toepicks, so I think it went okay.

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Winter - Dutch waltz was appalling. I hate that dance. The progressive after the second swing roll gives me fits for some reason.

Spring- Did the canasta tango to music for the first time. Coach said "It has hope."

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Winter - in the Arctic: So, maybe I should stop competing, because as soon as I send that form in I get mental block and triple the nerves and I'm convinced I'm going to make a fool of myself. Headed to practice this a.m. with good intentions...almost nothing worked and I couldn't bring myself to do a flip at all - I thought I looked totally awkward this a.m. I don't mind at all that I'll lose to the other skater, I just don't want to have people in the stands wonder why I'm bothering....ugh.

Spring: Well, my RBO double 3 is killer lately. However, I think I've turned it into a twizzle, I'm not quite sure. I like it though. I wish my entire program could consist of it.

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But doesn't that happen to everybody as soon as they've sent in their entry forms? It certainly does to me. And then there is the awful week before you actually go to the competition when you wonder whether you have actually ever skated before or if you just dreamt it all.

It's called (by me, anyway) "Darkest Hour Syndrome", and it's more than made up for by that wonderful moment when they call your name and you go out there and everybody cheers their heads off. We will not discuss that less than wonderful moment at the end when you know that, once again, you've made a complete tit of yourself, and the applause is more polite than enthusiastic - but the rare occasions when the closing applause is enthusiastic more than makes up for it!

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Bleakest Darkest Winter: Another disastrous day on the ice! Energy all gone, brain fried, no zip..... burned out..... need rest.... and Nationals in 14 days Wake me up afterward and tell me how I did

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Spring: I had a "stolen" session on Wednesday (using time I didn't expect to have), which is always nice. I ran into mikawendy at the rink, too, and we chatted over the zam break. I also had a decent lesson with my secondary coach last night in anticipation of testing today.

Winter: I'm still a little nervous about this Willow Waltz test today. I might not have put it in except for the fact that DS is skating two tests today (Novice moves retry and a fourteenstep) and I figured that I'd be there anyway. Primary coach (and test partner) was not displeased with it at Monday's lesson, so we'll see.

Rob

[Spring]
Test forms for April are out as of yesterday! I'm going to print and fill one out before my lesson today so that I can send it out tomorrow...there is no way that I am not getting into this test session

Program was actually pretty good, except for once again not getting my lutz in because a certain coach likes to plunk her beginning skaters in that corner!

Spins were wonderful today! Camel spins were fast and with minimal bobbles, the scratch/back scratch has been working for me...laybacks were decent for just starting to work on them again...

[Winter]
Flying camels were a no go...Marissa saw that I'm jumping out not around...need to work on that...

Axels were not happening last night Again, for the most part, I'm getting the rotation, but landing hard on a flat foot...I had a few that were closer, but not close enough for my liking....

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thanks! yup, let's hope that's what happens in the end!

Winter - slightly thawing: Lesson this morning was much better than the last couple of practices. I did manage to get the flip-toe and the salchow after - but not to the music. Need to slow it waaaaay down. Have been trying to speed through straight line footwork in an attempt to be both Sasha Cohen and Alexei Yagudin. I am neither of those skaters. Change foot spin wasn't great. Once I totally aborted my flip in the program because for some reason I took off in the air in the middle of my three turn and then was in a weird position.

Spring - I know exactly what I'm doing wrong, so there's hope of fixing it. Skating at top speed like a banshee and not getting the positioning I need - not setting up the flip/transferring weight, and looking down. OK, so that's what I need to work on. My coach is very good at combating my neurotic skating issues, which is above and beyond the call of duty. My loops were good today and I still love that double 3 turn.

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Skate __
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Spring: Edges back today - I think it must depend on how I tie my boot, so I must remember to take my time doing that!

Spent a long time dancing this morning - a beginner adult dance couple were playing all sorts of music, which was great fun, and we were able to do some thoughtful run-throughs of the compulsories we need for this year, as well as some casual run-throughs of dances we don't!

Winter: Our waltz hold is still awful, especially when Husband is going backwards. I'm sure it's partly him not me - I'm quite convinced he sticks his bum out; no matter how far forward I push my pelvis, there he isn't! Coach1 had suggested we tie ourselves together with a Dyna-band, so we tried that, but not very successful.

I canNOT do that Foxtrot Mohawk in our free dance for love nor money!

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Spring: Worked on my show program today. We did a complete overhaul the other day and added some choreo to it today. I also landed all my axels on the run-thrus except the first.

Spring: I landed a clean 2sal and some 2footed ones.

Winter: There were so many girls on the ice today!!! I normally don't skate today, but it was spring break here so I went on the pursuasion of my coach.

Winter: It's been snowing since last night and the snow shows no sign of letting up. I hate hate hate shoveling the driveway!!!

Winter:

Had no energy after the first runthru of the program... my lower back was killing me during the second runthru of my technical and barely survived my artistic program runthru afterwards. The only reason why I ran it is b/c my personal trainer was on the ice with me and well, obviously I want to keep up with my training and not slack off. Of course, my personal trainer was there to help me with the start of my music (since my CD didn't have any lag time. )

Ummmm... it's Good Friday... but NOT GOOD for this skater who wants to run thru her program and can't b/c she had TWENTY-ONE (me included) skaters on the ice, never mind the coaches that are on the ice with them...

Spring:
Went thru my critique notes with my secondary coach and I'm VERY thankful that I did. Yesterday my primary coach gave me a fix that solves the problem of the waltz jump being mixed up as a "toe loop." HOWEVER, the "new" jump sequence is NOT a sequence!!! The way it's set up it's too different jump. (Okay, I'll start another thread on this...)

Sooooo we went back to the old jump sequence BUT we added a "toe tap" between the sal and the waltz jump. When we went thru the jump sequence with someone that didn't know what the jump look like, it passed the test (well, sorta... he said "that was a salchow-toe tap-waltz jump-toe waltz" Alright! I need to fix that problem too!!! )

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Silver Moves is the next "Mission Impossible"
(Dare I try for Championship Adult Gold someday???)

Thank you for the support, you guys!!!

Well isn't Jazzpants a CW skater? The judge might have just seen the foot that picked, not made the CCW vs CW connection and assumed it was a flip.

(My coach had a skater fail a test because the judge said she repeating the same side of a move on the test and reskate. It turns out she did her good side first, opposite of what most skaters did first- so when the judge saw her start the second part of each pattern on the side most skaters do first, they can only guess, he must have not paid attention to the first side. The tape clearly shows both sides)

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Actually (to be nitpicky) it was intended to be a flip but it was called a toe loop b/c he didn't make the connection between a CCW vs. CW connection. My secondary coach thought the same as doubletoe... he wasn't watching the direction that I was turning!!! (But I know what you mean...)

All of us CW skaters are gonna have fun getting dinged for a toe loop that was a flip!!!

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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!!!

Spring - I practiced the Swing today and never chickened out of the mohawk. They weren't beautiful but they were on time and they got me in the right spot.

Also DD has changed the end pattern since we are doing it in the show with a chunk of the end curtained off....so I have to hold my left leg in front of me in flair for 4 beats. Then step forward to do a chasse. THat's a little tricky but DD told me to make sure I bring both feet together frist and it was much easier. Actually turning my head and shoulders to get read to step out gets me a better lean and a better edge for the flair. I am going to have coach work with me with that in my next lesson though.

j

Winter: Ah well, sent back to retry the Willow again at a later date. At least I made all the turns and had passable flow; extensions and toe points needed work. No great surprise...

Spring: DS at least passed his novice moves on the 2nd try (and the fourteenstep), so I had some vicarious skating parent pleasure out of the test session.

Rob

[Spring]
Back to test mode with coach...worked on moves and spent time reworking the power circles to make sure they are on pattern (this simply involves me turning a 1/4 turn on the back ones so that I am facing the short axis, not the long axis).

Power 3s were okay...CW were a little...eh...but okay...Back double 3s were good, but coach wants me to push a little harder on the outsides to get a bit more speed going through....Slips and rips were fine....

Did a clean program run through for coach...she actually said my first camel-sit was beautiful

We had time at the end for axels, which was good...coach was funny because I am so close, and she just wants me to land it, but I'm still not pointing my toe the way I need to be...so she tortured me with doing loop/loop/loop/loop and axels from a side hop and she started calling me twinkle toes I had a couple that were close to landing on the toe, but not many...

[Winter]
Brackets...my nemesis....FO-BI were okay, FI-BO I struggled with them as usual...there is something about the BO edge and the positioning of my arms that just isn't working...I am way on my toe and almost forcing the edge...I have no clue on how to fix that

No ice until I skate on campus on Wednesday because of Easter and show practice....then I will have my lesson on Thursday because of show practice and the show....then I leave for a work trip to Atlanta and then my club has no ice until 4/12! Luckily I can skate on campus for that week so that I don't get too rusty before my test! I just don't know what we are going to do for lessons because my coach isn't on staff at the rink on campus....

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Good for you for trying, anyway! Congratulations to your son!

Spring:
Had a really good lesson today in spite of the fact that there were several birthday parties going on and I hadn't practiced all week. We only did 4 things the whole time - one foot spin from T push (from and to the line), back spin, FI threes, and FI mohawks. I love the T push entrance, it feels so solid, and I love the feeling of guiding myself into the spin with the L arm. The entry is very nicely controlled, and I got several good spins. Got a few single revs on the backspin in lesson and entered one so perfectly that when I bailed, coach said it would have been perfect. I was afraid I was going to catch that BO edge and fall like a ton of bricks straight over with nothing between my head and the ice. That's when we moved on to the FI threes. Coach showed me a new way to practice them by doing half swizzles on a circle to get up some speed, then feet together, one foot and turn. That went fairly well, with no touchdowns of free foot at all. LFI mohawks are suddenly not so scary, so we worked on properly checking them, which still needs work. RFI mohawks are a bit better.

Winter:
I really need to practice, and I really want to, but getting up early (before 11 AM) is just so hard for me still. I may be teaching a 9 AM class on Thursday mornings, so that should help.

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It gets even better as a CW jumper if you do a toe loop entrance with RFO 3 turn step on left then pick, exact same outside 3 turn as flip entrance. For sure you get a flip call.

My coach calls my flip a floop. I have severe flooping issues. My whole body is floopy.

Winter: I have no ice as we found out yesterday on our session that the rink was being taken over by a hockey tournament. April 11 was what we were told, apparently not, that was a typo, it was March 21. How they mixed it up that severely I don't understand especially since we are on a holiday weekend. So, no ice for 10 days as there is another event after that!

I fell a lot on my session, I was falling on spins, both entrances and exits. My body is all convoluted trying to hold onto an edge that didn't happen, and over I go. These are good falls, I don't hurt. Isn't skating stupid when you celebrate falling? The result is that I think I know what is going on, but I won't see coach for lesson for at least three weeks, so can only fret about it in the meantime.

Spring: (trying to think of something good) I have my program choreography figured out, finally and can do the whole thing to the music - almost! I'm not on time but do have all the steps memorized. Lots of off ice walk throughs will reinforce that.

I'm a bit happy at having the skating break. I've got a few naggy aches that could do for a rest.

Sounds like a little "Jedi mind trick" would be called for--"this isn't the jump you think it is" instead of "these aren't the droids you want"....

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Dont try this at home folks (at least not in front of the children!)

Congratulations to your son, and commiserations to you! Is the Willow the same level as the 14-step in the USA as it is here? It is an eeeeeeevil dance, and hard to get the timing right.

There weren't any children around, luckily!

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