Many congrats to Annabel and Robert! Way to go!

I had my first synchro practice Saturday morning and it was tons of fun! We were working on patterns and I caught on pretty quickly. I only cause one boo-boo when we were doing a moving circle and I lost my grip on one hand. I was able to get it back together, though. My right leg was quite unhappy with me afterwards, though, as it was my supporting leg for almost the entire hour of pumping.

Delta Lesson #2: Worked on FI3s for most of the lesson. Instructor showed us two different sequences we could practice: FO3 with extra rotation straight into FI3, both rotating the same direction, and then alternating FI3s down the line. I understood both exercises, but struggled with the turns, of course. When I did the alternating FI3s with a spot they were pronounced "pretty" by one of my classmates.

Then lunges. Mine is still my best skill. I worked on the forward edge patterns during our free time.

Just as I suspected, the turns are giving me the most difficulty in the level. I was actually more sucessful in the alternating pattern than when I did the turn alone, so I'll pratice that a bunch and maybe the solo turn will evolve?

WTG Annabel & Robert!

What am I missing here? How do you go from a FO3, which puts you on a BI edge, straight into a FI3? Do you possibly mean BI3?

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Nope. It was kinda crazy, I thought, but then I just did it without thinking and it was better.

LFO edge, turn all the way around until you're going forward again, RFI 3

There was no back three -- you just kinda do the FO3 and rotate all the way around then step with the other foot into the FI3.

Maybe he was teaching a twizzle without calling it that? I've never done a twizzle, so I don't know. *Shrug*

What I was missing: You didn't specify the change of foot previously.

Twizzle: Consecutive threes on the same foot without a check. That does seem to be what you were doing. Technically, there is no other way to get from LFO3 to LFO again with no change of foot or edge and not leaving the ice, except a LBI3. The speed and absence of a check is what makes it a twizzle.

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