This weekend's skating has been fun.
Yesterday me and another adult had a group lesson, and coach decided we'd do some dance. We had a go at the Rhythm Blues - I caught a toe pick and went splat
After checking I was OK we carried on and had a play with the Fiesta Tango. Main coach may cry - I actually enjoyed these dances, with no pressure trying to get them competition ready. Maybe I'll give pattern dance another go at the Inclusive Championships...
Today was my lesson with my main coach. We did Level 1 field moves to warm up, then looked at my 3 jump and toe loop. I landed a 3 jump-toe loop combination which I'm rather happy about
Then we worked on spins, front upright is getting 3 rotations now but not consistently, backspin is improving albeit very slowly it feels. I'm either going to stab my leg with my blade or get my feet tangled together with this spin, I can see it now... We ran through everything on Bronze, everything is showing improvement, which is nice.
Then had our regular footwork group, only me and another chap in tonight, we did twizzles, cross rolls, cross behinds, then we got to make up our own routines - coach gave us each an emotion and a few things it had to include, and 10 minutes to fit it all together. Great fun, apparently this is to get us used to thinking on our feet during programs. Finished with his horrific cardio/endurance exercise - laps of slaloms, cross rolls and lemons, then when the music changes, 3 jumps from 5 back crossovers. All set to "The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac. I'm starting to really dislike that song...