Resurrecting Silver Moves
Had a nice long (2 hour) skate and a long lesson today with Coach L. We spent the first half of the lesson resurrecting my Silver Moves. We did everything but 3s in the field. Spirals are fine. Both cross strokes and power pulls were better than they've ever been and very close to passing - I have NO IDEA where they came from! We played with the new 8step pattern a bit, but my FO mohawks have not improved with these months of no work. OTOH, they have not gotten any worse either, so that's something.
Second half of the lesson was spins and jumps (such as they are or are not). We looked at the long neglected spin entry from a 3turn and I actually made more progress to day than I ever have before. And we finished up with waltz jump into side toe hop. She wanted me tack another waltz jump on the end for a 3 jump sequence but I just cannot seem to convince myself to add the third jump.
All in all, a really good lesson and a good skate. I have a fabulous impressive bruise on my forehead and another on my leg from last week, but I am feeling good and even somewhat enthused about my skating for the first time in ages.
Second half of the lesson was spins and jumps (such as they are or are not). We looked at the long neglected spin entry from a 3turn and I actually made more progress to day than I ever have before. And we finished up with waltz jump into side toe hop. She wanted me tack another waltz jump on the end for a 3 jump sequence but I just cannot seem to convince myself to add the third jump.
All in all, a really good lesson and a good skate. I have a fabulous impressive bruise on my forehead and another on my leg from last week, but I am feeling good and even somewhat enthused about my skating for the first time in ages.