Float away: Back in the harness today. Waltz jumps are really getting high, and there's no more hesitation in going for them from back crossovers. I finally have the flow my coach was looking for.
A little hot, but eventually floaty: Dissected salchow further today. I got the opening edge longer and worked at jumping higher and really bringing the free leg through. Some were scary, several were scratchy and a bit wonky, but I started to see what she wanted, and I stopped that poppy "jumping in place" with it. Its not quite secure, but its light year's beyond the basic beginner salchow, so that's good. Worked in the harness on waltz toe combo, to get rid of hesitation before picking in and to try and really "go for it." Again, some wonks, some errors, but overall a better and bigger combo.
We spent the last few minutes working on my inside eight figure. Looks like we will have a Figures comp at our home ISI comp in May!!!
Another member of our team wants to do it, and an adult make skater who competed last year is up for the old inside eight, so we're going to give it a shot!! Coach is please that I'm keeping edge and getting full around with the loops. Now I just have to find a clean patch and work on following that tracing. This really is fun!!
Mr. D: "Free leg to the side" was a problem with my sal at times too--I tended to jump out not fully around and that led to a smaller poppy jump. We started to get rid of that today.
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