Yesterday's lesson was interesting. Half an hour private, then half hour group edge/step/whatever coach fancies lesson.
Mentioned dance stuff, coach's face looked very sad, but he's agreed, if I temporarily take on another lesson after Blackpool so we can get everything done to a decent standard.
My lesson we did:
Spins, then a funky chocktaw/back crossover exercise to get the step into the spin better. Spin is still 2 rotations but getting closer to 3 again.
Jumps, focusing on height for 3 jump, making sure my foot is properly pointed down on toe loop. Then salchow. Oh, salchow how I dislike you. I can do the nice entry, but then struggle to jump. Or a messy entry, with my free foot going down, but then a jump off the proper edge. Ugh. Got a few bits to work on for that.
Group we did:
Backspins - ugh, I can't do an attempt, then finish with my feet crossed like coach wants
An exercise to help with positions in 3 jump
Spreadeagles - coach, my hips don't go that way! He has similar hip structure to me, and wants to be able to do one by the end of the year. I currently have a baby inside spread
A friend in the group can do an Ina Bauer, when I asked how on earth that was possible, I got told once my spread works nicely, I'll be taught how. Oh dear...
We all also had to do coach's evil stamina exercise that I've posted about before. Not fun on a busy session, kept seeing people in my (limited) peripheral vision and freaking out during the jump portion of the exercise. Had my nice bright vest on though, so people had fair warning I wouldn't see them!