Lesson Notes
Learned a new novice move - I believe it's the quick rocker turn sequence (the one in the corners w/ forward perimeter xover stroking down the long sides). Quickness and power are the focuses of the move. Right now, I don't think I'm getting much on either. I only make it about 1/2 way around the corner before I slow to snail's pace. I think that straightening out so I don't hit the wall is making me lose speed. Good news is that I didn't smack the wall once while learning the move :)
Coach also wanted to see jumps today:
Axel and 2loop have the same correction. I need to push off the ice more with my skating leg and use the toepick.
2toeloop: I need my skating leg to pull into the picking foot. I'm jumping too early now. I need to almost turn forward on take-off and my skating foot should be near my picking foot.
2salchow: I actually landed the only one I tried. No corrections. I'm sure that's not because it was good, but because coach wanted to get to harder jumps. We did spend a few minutes just drilling the entrance edge though. I still tend to kick my leg straight from back to front. Coach wants me to sit on the inside edge and keep my leg more to the side as I almost turn forward by the time I'm jumping.
2lutz: Actually has 2 recognizable attempts. This was great improvement b/c they were so sad - no outside edge, just an 's' curve on my entrance's tracing - that I totally stopped working on them while preparing for the test. My big problem is leaning forward which I know that I have a tendency to do. My other problem is that I was leaning way over my picking foot (right foot). That pulled me over the inside edge. Coach wants me to look left on take-off and pull over toward the left side more. It's funny b/c jumping is always about being over the right side in the air - I never thought to get more over my left side on take-off.
That was the lesson. Nothing spetacular to report. Just cleaning up some things that have been neglected during test prep.
Coach also wanted to see jumps today:
Axel and 2loop have the same correction. I need to push off the ice more with my skating leg and use the toepick.
2toeloop: I need my skating leg to pull into the picking foot. I'm jumping too early now. I need to almost turn forward on take-off and my skating foot should be near my picking foot.
2salchow: I actually landed the only one I tried. No corrections. I'm sure that's not because it was good, but because coach wanted to get to harder jumps. We did spend a few minutes just drilling the entrance edge though. I still tend to kick my leg straight from back to front. Coach wants me to sit on the inside edge and keep my leg more to the side as I almost turn forward by the time I'm jumping.
2lutz: Actually has 2 recognizable attempts. This was great improvement b/c they were so sad - no outside edge, just an 's' curve on my entrance's tracing - that I totally stopped working on them while preparing for the test. My big problem is leaning forward which I know that I have a tendency to do. My other problem is that I was leaning way over my picking foot (right foot). That pulled me over the inside edge. Coach wants me to look left on take-off and pull over toward the left side more. It's funny b/c jumping is always about being over the right side in the air - I never thought to get more over my left side on take-off.
That was the lesson. Nothing spetacular to report. Just cleaning up some things that have been neglected during test prep.
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